This year’s One City One Story book, Orphan Train, is an adult book that centers around vivid, heartbreaking memories, so this year’s Short Story Writing Contest has a simple prompt: Write about a vivid memory. It can be from your past, or it can be an exploration of memories in […]
Toddler Storytime – Birds, Birds, Birds! – February 16, 2016
Published on :We read books about birds today! Here are some of the stories, songs & activities we explored: OUR FIRST BOOK For our first book I read Night Owl by Toni Yuly. Night owl stays up late and is very brave UNTIL she realizes she’s lost sight of her mommy. She strains […]
Infant Storytime – Birds, Birds, Birds!! – February 16, 2016
Published on :Our storytime was all about birds today! Here are some of the stories, songs & activities we explored: OUR OPENING SONGS: Welcome, Welcome Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here, let’s have some fun First we clap our hands just so, Then we bend and touch our toes Welcome, welcome, everyone Now […]
Family Storytime – BIRDS! – February 20, 2016
Published on :We had a blast in our family storytime today! Our theme was simple – Birds – but the books we shared weren’t exactly ordinary. Since we had a broad range of ages, I tried to read a book for each developmental level – I was pleasantly surprised when all of […]
Toddler Storytime – Creatures that Swim! – Feb. 2, 2016
Published on :We read about creatures that swim in today’s toddler storytime! Here are some of the stories& activities we shared: OUR OPENING SONGS & ACTIVITIES: Welcome, Welcome Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here, let’s have some fun First we clap our hands just so, Then we bend and touch our toes […]
Infant Storytime – Creatures that Swim! – February 2, 2016
Published on :We learned about creatures that swim in the water…(including the human kind). Here are some of the stories & activities we shared: OUR OPENING SONGS: Welcome, Welcome Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here, let’s have some fun First we clap our hands just so, Then we bend and touch our […]
Creative Writing For Beginning Readers: Escaped Fairytale Characters
Published on :Last week on February 9th, kids ages 5-8 came to the library to do some fun creative writing. First we learned about the difference between “First Person” point of view, with lots of I, Me, My, We, Our, Us words, and Third Person point of view, with lots of He, She, […]
Toddler Storytime – February 9 – Fruit
Published on :Miss Marie was out sick for this storytime, so I (Jennifer) got to have fun with all the toddlers and our theme of FRUIT! OUR OPENING SONGS: Welcome, Welcome Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here, let’s have some fun First we clap our hands just so, Then we bend […]
Infant Storytime – Feburary 9 – Fruit
Published on :Miss Marie was sick last week, so I (Jennifer) got to share in the fun at infant/toddler storytime. We had a tasty theme — Fruit! We started with Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett. This story uses only 5 words throughout the whole book, but manages to convey a […]
Preschool Storytime: Space!
Published on :We read books about space in today’s preschool storytime. First we did a song to learn everyone’s names: Zoom Zoom Astronaut Can you say your name or not? What’s your name? _____________ Let’s all say it together! (from Jbrary) We started with Sheep Blast Off by Nancy Shaw and illustrated […]