Pasadena Public Library
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 who spent all of his time winning UNTIL he is confronted with BEDTIME! What follows are the books, action rhymes, flannel boards, stories, songs and […]
For the fifth meeting of our spring session we read books about PANDAS! We read about a Panda who was busy baking donuts AND a Panda who went on his first play date. Here are the books, rhymes, fingerplays, flannel boards, action songs and video we shared. BOOKS WE SHARED In Michael Dahl’s Playdate for Panda, Panda goes […]
Our theme for the FIFTH storytime of the spring session was PANDAS! We read about Panda’s play date with his friend Fox and we read a rhyming board book about five very hungry pandas. What follows are the books, bounces, nursery rhymes, fingerplays and flannel boards we shared. BOOKS WE SHARED In Play Date for Panda, Panda goes […]
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 first session of the year, we covered […]
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. […]
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. […]
Our theme for the fourth storytime of the spring session was Birds that Hatch! We read about a little chick, a silly goose and tried to figure out which egg housed Baby Duck! Here are the stories, songs, rhymes, bounces and flannelboard we shared. he first book we read during our storytime […]
For the fourth meeting of our spring session we read books about birds that hatch out of eggs! We read about a silly goose and a little chick and we watched three creatures hatch…one wasn’t exactly what we expected! Here are the books, rhymes, fingerplays, flannel boards, action songs and video we shared. Books […]
For the third meeting of our spring session we read books about moving, playing and just being silly! There was a whole lotta movin’ & shakin’ going on! Here are the books, rhymes, fingerplays, flannel boards, action songs and video we shared. Books We Shared We read the Big Book of […]
Our theme for the third storytime of the spring session was MOVE & Play! There are so many ways to move & play – you can run, jump, swim, spin around and play peek-a-boo. We did almost all of these during Infant Storytime. Children learn through play and they develop their fine and […]