Pasadena Public Library
Kids’ Art Salon is in it’s fourth year! To celebrate this milestone AND to pay homage to STEAM 2018, we thought we would focus on architecture. Architecture is the perfect choice for Pasadena’s year of STEAM because it incorporates science, technology, engineering, art and math! For our second session of the year, we covered […]
We had lots of fun reading about farm animals in Tuesday’s toddler storytime! We even followed a day in the life of a chick! Let’s just say it was an “eye-opening” journey. What follows are the stories, flannel board, action rhymes, songs, activities and video we shared. BOOKS WE SHARED In Chick by […]
We made lots of animals noises while reading about farm animals in Tuesday’s Infant Storytime! We also had a really funny encounter with a little chick. Here are the books, rhymes, songs, bounces and tickle we shared. BOOKS WE SHARED In Chick by Ed Vere, we meet “Chick” – a […]
Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, math and art! There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing! Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]
We had lots of fun reading about things that float up in the sky – clouds, balloons, and even little boys named Ben. Wait! What? IF you want to find out what really happened to Ben, take a look at the books, flannel stories, finger plays and video we shared. […]
Our theme for the EIGHTH and final storytime of the spring session was FOOD! We read a story about a mouse who was hungry for lunch and we played a guessing game with different kinds of fruit that took on some really weird shapes. We also discovered that some cows like turnips more than birthday cake! Wow, we even had time […]
Our theme for the EIGHTH and final storytime of the spring session was FOOD! We read a story about a mouse who was hungry for lunch and we played a guessing game with different kinds of fruit that took on some really weird shapes. What follows are the books, bounces, nursery rhymes, fingerplays and flannel boards we shared. BOOKS WE SHARED […]
For the SEVENTH meeting of our spring session we read books about BABIES! We read about a jazzy baby who sang some scat and we shared a book that taught us how other baby animals play peekaboo! (Here’s a hint: They don’t actually say peekaboo!) Here are the books, rhymes, fingerplays, flannel boards, action songs and video we shared. […]
Our theme for the SEVENTH storytime of the spring session was BABIES! We read about a cute little baby playing peekaboo before bedtime and we explored a book that taught us how other animals play peekaboo! (Here’s a hint: They don’t actually say peekaboo!) What follows are the books, bounces, nursery rhymes, fingerplays and flannel boards […]
Our theme for the SIXTH storytime of the spring session was DINOSAURS! We read all about the different dinosaurs that existed millions of years ago and we read about a dinosaur eager for his first real kiss! What follows are the books, bounces, nursery rhymes, fingerplays and flannel boards we shared. Meet Teddy our T-Rex! He […]