Infant Storytime: Farm

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Old MacDonald Had a Farm “Old MacDonald” Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O And on his farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O With a “moo-moo” here and a “moo-moo” there Here a “moo” there a “moo” Everywhere a “moo-moo” Old Macdonald had a […]

Toddler Storytime: Farm

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Old MacDonald Had a Farm “Old MacDonald” Old Macdonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O And on his farm he had a cow, E-I-E-I-O With a “moo-moo” here and a “moo-moo” there Here a “moo” there a “moo” Everywhere a “moo-moo” Old Macdonald had a […]

Preschool Storytime ~ Love & Hugs

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WE read some great stories about love and hugs during today’s Preschool Storytime!   Here are the books, songs, flannel board, action rhymes and video we shared. Books We Read All three of our stories had to do with love and hugs. In Oh Daddy! by Bob Shea, a little boy is convinced his […]

Young Readers League Contest Winners

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Here are the winners for the Art and Writing Contests: Writing Contest This year, young writers were challenged to tell us a ghost story in 300 words or less. Special thanks to our judges:  Allison Hill (Vromans), Shauna Redmond, Jean Penn, Leela Perea, Robin Reidy and Rosa Cesaretti (Pasadena Library). Category […]

Infant Storytime: Sea Animals

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Slippery Fish Slippery fish, slippery fish sliding through the water Slippery fish, slippery fish Gulp, gulp, gulp oh no, its been eaten by a… octopus, octopus squiggling in the water octopus, octopus gulp, gulp, gulp oh no, its been eaten by a… tuna […]

Toddler Storytime: Sea Animals

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Slippery Fish Slippery fish, slippery fish sliding through the water Slippery fish, slippery fish Gulp, gulp, gulp oh no, its been eaten by a… octopus, octopus squiggling in the water octopus, octopus gulp, gulp, gulp oh no, its been eaten by a… tuna […]

Toddler Storytime: Halloween

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Shadow Shapes I showed everyone these “scary shadows” that, upon being flipped over, turn out to be cute pictures of happy things! Four Little Bats Four little bats as happy as can be. One flew away and then there are three. Three little […]

Infant Storytime: Halloween

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Shadow Shapes I showed everyone these “scary shadows” that, upon being flipped over, turn out to be cute pictures of happy things! Who’s That Knocking? (Tune: Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush) Who’s that knocking at my door? At my door, at […]

Preschool Storytime ~ Scary Stories

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WE read some great scary stories for Halloween during today’s Preschool Storytime!  There were monsters, ghosts and even some creepy carrots.  Here are the books, songs, flannel board, prop story, action rhymes and video we shared. Books We Read     Creepy Carrots written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown […]

STEAM Careers in Pasadena: I.T. Specialists

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On July 31st, we had a program for kids 8-12 about exploring the work of some of the specialists in our city’s Department of Information Technology. They showed kids how GIS, or Geographic Information Systems, work and how kids already use GIS all the time in their daily life. They […]