Preschool storytime should always be fun! Last week, it was even though all the stories we read were about things you should never do. Books We Shared First we read When Your Elephant Comes to Play by Ale Barba. Having an elephant over sounds fun doesn’t it? But there are […]
Infant & Toddler Storytime – Swimming!
Published on :It’s hot out there. Coming in the library is a great way to cool off. And it’s even better when we’re sharing stories about a great hot weather activity – swimming! Books We Shared We kicked things off in infant storytime by tagging along with a swim lass in […]
Bethany Barton Teaches Creative Writing
Published on :On Saturday, July 9, 2016, author-illustrator Bethany Barton taught a creative writing class for kids ages 5-8 at Pasadena Public Library. Her humor and fun infused the class and put the kids in a playful, creative zone. She read us one of her books and even brought some way-cool props, […]
Infant and Toddler Storytimes: Food!
Published on :Today’s theme was food, and our tactile thing was shaker eggs. They’re shaped like eggs, and they have beans inside, so…. yeah! I did more books this time than usual. Some themes suggest so many good books I just can’t pick only two! We sang “Clap Everybody and Say Hello” […]
Programming a Cyborg
Published on :On 6/25/16 we had a special kind of computer class for 6-8 year-olds: one where kids learned about programming in an interactive, personal and funny way! Cyborg.EAN taught them how to program him to move and do things, and taught the kids how to use laptops to program Python 3 […]
Let’s Play a Game! — preschool storytime
Published on :Today’s storytime was full of games a riddles! Stories First we hunted for treasure with Max, Ruby and their friends by following a series of lift-the-flap clues. Kids had to rack their brains for fill in the blank nursery rhymes. Max & Ruby’s Treasure Hunt by Rosemary Wells: When their […]
Project Designation: Graphic Design for Tweens and Teens
Published on :For three weeks in June, a group of extremely smart and motivated teen girls came to Pasadena Public Library to teach kids between the ages of 10 and 14 how to do graphic design using free websites like Pixlr and using art media like pens, pencils, markers, scissors and more. […]
Infant and Toddler Storytimes: Ice Cream!
Published on :Today we made the story room into an ice cream shop, and made “ice cream cones” out of coffee filters and colorful plastic balls! We counted scoops, talked about flavors and colors, and made it into a game emphasizing early literacy. We sang a song called “You Be The Ice […]
Family Storytime – Bears & Such! – June 11
Published on :We read some fun BOOKS about bears! THERE was a bear bored with his surroundings who visited his friends in their natural habitats, a bear who loves red, ripe strawberries and STOMPS through the forest when he smells one, and a bear who remembers a wondrous place that is now only a distant dream until a little girl […]
Infant and Toddler Storytimes: Cars!
Published on :I love to start storytimes with some kind of sensory activity, after our opening song. So today we did a “science” experiment — what rolls, and what doesn’t? (Many thanks to the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives for this idea which I found in their Cars storytime resources!) We […]