All aboard for Infant storytime! In honor of the library’s “STEAM 18” initiative, we put the “STEAM” in our storytime by counting, learning colors, singing songs, and playing percussion instruments, all while reading stories about steam engines and trains. Books We Shared Trains Freight Train by Donald Crews is a […]
Stop Motion Animation
Published on :This month’s kids STEAM workshop was stop motion animation. Recommended for kids ages 8 and up. Stop Motion Studio We used the Stop Motion Studio free app using iPads. The app is free in the App Store [click on the image above for the link], but there’s also a pro […]
When the Things We Eat Fight Back
Published on :What happens when the things we eat refuse to be eaten? Here are stories fit for ages 3-5 about foods and the things we eat fighting back. Books The Wompananny Witches Make One Mean Pizza by Jennie Palmer: When Anita and Winnifred Wompananny, kitchen witches, are frightened by some children, they unwittingly […]
Mice & Rats ~ Preschool Storytime
Published on :We read about mice and rats and all things nice (and not so nice). There was a mouse who was lost in the woods and kept running into some scary animals, a mouse who was frightened when he lost his ball in a scary doghouse, and some mice who were […]
Snow ~ Sensory Storytime
Published on :“Autism is part of my child, it’s not everything he is. My child is so much more than a diagnosis.” ―S.L. Coelho, author Sensory Storytime is a fun, interactive, educational storytime designed for preschool age children with autism and/or sensory challenges. It involves books, songs, movement and therapeutic play that incorporate the five […]
Building! ~ Infant Storytime
Published on :The winter session of Infant storytime is underway and our theme for the first meeting was BUILDING! We talked about the letter B and the many words that start with B (including the word building), read books about building with blocks and trucks and had lots of fun singing Old Macdonald with a twist. Listed below […]
Building ~ Toddler Storytime
Published on :The winter session of Toddler storytime is underway and our theme for the first meeting was BUILDING! We talked about the letter B and the many words that start with B (including the word building), read books about building with blocks and bricks, and had lots of fun singing songs that revolved around dump […]
Small, but Mighty Preschool Storytime
Published on :This week’s story time was all about how being small and different can make someone mighty! Books Blue Penguin by Petr Horáek Rejected by his fellow penguins because of his unusual color, minimal diving, and jumping skills, Blue Penguin begins to sing in his loneliness and wonders if he will be able […]
Construction: Preschool Storytime
Published on :In today’s storytime we read all about the machines and tools that construction workers use! Machines, trucks and tools are fascinating to children and there are a lot of great preschool books on this topic. Books We Shared Little Excavator by Anna Dewdney Little E is so excited to help […]
Uni-Horns – Preschool Storytime
Published on :In storytime today, we started off by looking at pictures of a rhino, a narwhal, and a unicorn and seeing what they all have in common: They all have one horn! So we celebrated one-horned creatures in all parts of storytime today. Books We Shared Not Quite Narwhal by […]