In this week’s storytime, we discovered the things that arrive by mail and the power of letters–the alphabet kind and ones that arrive in envelopes. Stories Herman’s Letter by Tom Percival: Herman the bear and Henry the raccoon are best friends. But Henry’s moving far, far away. So what do they do? Promise […]
Family Storytime – Owls & Such – Aug. 6
Published on :Our Family Storytime started with a hoot and a holler! Well, maybe not a holler but a hoot! Sorry, couldn’t resist the “owl” humor. We read books about some very eccentric owls. We also watched as a few bits of paper (blown around by the wind) were transformed into various creatures. […]
Creative Writing for Beginning Readers: The Wonderful World of Poems with Cassidy Kao
Published on :On August 9, 2016, a young self-published poet named Cassidy Kao, age 10, taught our Creative Writing for Beginning Readers class for kids between 5 and 8 years old. She explained four different kinds of poems to us and then the kids worked individually with their parents to write their […]
Toddler Storytime: Potty
Published on :In Toddler Storytime this week I tried something new: a potty-training theme! We started with Clap Everybody and Say Hello and our Scarf Song and Peekaboo: Then we read a book with pop art/comic book style illustrations called I Use the Potty by Maria van Lieshout. The format lends itself […]
Infant Storytime: Bedtime
Published on :In Infant Storytime on Tuesday we did some bedtime stories, and talked about going to sleep and waking up. We started with our Opening Song Clap Everybody and Say Hello, and our Scarf Song. We also waved our scarves gently to the rhythm of the nursery rhyme Rockabye Baby. Then […]
Infant and Toddler Storytimes: Feelings
Published on :We started our storytime today with scarves, and sang a song: One bright scarf waiting for the wind to blow Toss it up high and wave it down low Wiggle it fast and wiggle it slow (hide the scarf) Hey! Where did it go? (Source: adapted from a song found […]
Infant and Todder Storytimes: Animal Sounds
Published on :Today we did a lot of animal talk–woof, meow, ribbit, roar, quack, and oink! We all put on animal hats and played Peekaboo: We read I Can Roar! by Frank Asch, with large holes in each page of this board book so you can stick your face in and “be” […]
Kids’ Writing Workshop: The Hero’s Journey
Published on :Last Friday July 15th our Kids’ Writing Workshop for ages 8-12 learned about the form and structure of the Hero’s Journey. We watched a video about how myths use a more-or-less twelve-step process that gets the audience identifying with and rooting for a hero. The video demonstrates how this journey […]
Family Storytime: Food!
Published on :Today’s theme was food, and all the kids got to hold shaker eggs. I did more books than usual. But even with the distraction of the eggs and more than the usual amount of reading, the group did very well! And I just had to share those books. Some themes […]
Outer Space – eStorytime
Published on :During the hot summer months we thought it would be fun to host a few eStorytimes again. It’s a great way to see the different apps that your preschool-aged child may enjoy! Apps We Shared We blasted off into our outer-space themed eStorytime with the Squiggles app from Lazoo. Everyone […]