Last night kids came to Central to answer questions about The Talented Clementine by Sara Pennypacker. What a hilarious book! Clementine’s class is putting on a talent show and she gets into all sorts of capers trying to figure out what her talent is. In the end, her talent is […]
Valentine’s Day: Toddler Storytime
Published on :On February 14th, Valentine’s Day, we shared books about love and flannel stories about this American holiday! Books We Shared Did You Know That I Love You? by Christa Pierce – In rhyming text, Bird reminds Fox of the many ways she shows her love for him, reminiscent of the […]
Valentine’s Day: Infant Storytime
Published on :On February 14th, Valentine’s Day, we shared books about love and flannel stories about this American holiday! Books We Shared Did You Know That I Love You? by Christa Pierce – In rhyming text, Bird reminds Fox of the many ways she shows her love for him, reminiscent of the […]
New Apps for Kids
Published on :We have some great new apps on our Children’s Room iPads, which were highly recommended in School Library Journal’s Top 10 of 2016 list. Read all about them here! You can also find all the apps we have on our Pinterest page: http://pinterest.com/pasadenalibrary! Skyscrapers – $2.99 – iOS, Android – […]
Lucha Libros: Big Nate Goes for Broke
Published on :Last night kids answered questions about the book Big Nate Goes for Broke / Nate el grande invencíble by Lincoln Peirce. The questions were much harder this time and fewer kids got the Bonus Round right. That’s good–these kids are so smart they keep pushing us to get tougher! One […]
Poetry about our moments in history — Kids’ Writing Workshop
Published on :Book Inspiration Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson We read the poem “second daughter’s second day on earth” which contains many references to the various events going on around the country at the time that Jacqueline Woodson was born. Then, we used a timeline to learn about the historical events […]
Hats – Infant Storytime
Published on :At today’s storytime all the infants got hats! Stories Whose Hat is That? by Anita Bijsterbosch — A hat is blown by the wind from this animal to that animal, until finally a dog brings it to its rightful owner. We took our hats and waved them in the air […]
Hats – Toddler Storytime
Published on :At today’s storytime all the toddlers got hats! Stories Whose Hat is That? by Anita Bijsterbosch — A hat is blown by the wind from this animal to that animal, until finally a dog brings it to its rightful owner. We took our hats and waved them in the air […]
Art – Preschool Storytime
Published on :This weekend we shared stories about art and creativity, and children did some art of their own! Stories Louise Loves Art by Kelly Light – After drawing a picture of her cat, a young girl searches for the perfect place to hang her masterpiece. Meanwhile, her little brother creates his […]
Creative Writing with Word Baskets
Published on :Yesterday, our Creative Writing for Beginning Readers Workshop was inspired by the picture book Little Red Writing, written by Joan Holub and illustrated by Melissa Sweet. In the story, Little Red (a pencil in pencil school) goes on a journey to find words that she can put in her word […]