At today’s storytime most of the kids came dressed up as cute little pirates, princesses, TV characters and animals in celebration of Halloween this week! Our theme was stories about dressing up, appropriate to the occasion. First we distributed colorful scarves to everyone, and we learned a song: One bright […]
Preschool Storytime – Clouds
Published on :Saturday wasn’t very cloudy, but that didn’t mean we couldn’t have fun reading about clouds! That’s just what we did at our Preschool Storytime. Books We Shared Before announcing our storytime theme to everyone, we read the book It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw. The kids had […]
Kids’ Writing Workshop with author Elana Arnold
Published on :Sometimes I like to make a video mashup of clips from these workshops, especially now that we have a digital camera that will take both photo and video. So before I go into how amazing and fun and rewarding last week’s creative writing workshop with Elana K. Arnold was, why […]
Toddler Storytime: Leaves
Published on :This past Tuesday we told stories about autumn leaves and met some animals who like to eat leaves. After our opening song and the song Open Shut Them, we read the book Mouse’s First Fall by Lauren Thompson. It’s a simple story about a mouse who learns how fun it is […]
Infant Storytime: Leaves
Published on :This past Tuesday we told stories about autumn leaves and met some animals who like to eat leaves. After our opening song, I got out my I Spy box and introduced the babies to a turtle and a ladybug who like to nibble on leaves. Then we read the book […]
Preschool Storytime — Perfect Pets
Published on :Today, we shared stories about animals and choosing the perfect pets. Stories The Octopuppy by Martin McKenna: Edgar wanted a pet dog, but what he got instead was a rather brilliant octopus named Jarvis. What Pet to Get by Emma Dodd: Jack’s mother agrees that he may have a pet, […]
Toddler Storytime: Apples
Published on :Today began our Fall 2015 Session of Toddler Storytime! We read stories and sang songs about apples, a nice fall season fruit. Toddlers were invited to take an apple to hold if they wanted to and feed it to a bear puppet. Then at the end of storytime we brought […]
Infant Storytime: Apples
Published on :Today began our Fall 2015 Session of Infant Storytime! We read stories and sang songs about apples, a nice fall season fruit. Babies were invited to take an apple to hold if they wanted to, and then bring it back up and put it on the felt board at the […]
Lucha Libros: Bunnicula
Published on :Kids came to Central Library’s Donald Wright Auditorium tonight to do battle in Pasadena’s own Lucha Libros reading competition, answering questions about the book Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe. They did a wonderful job answering questions about the plot and characters, and a high number of kids got 100% […]
Family Storytime: Bunnies!
Published on :Yes, I know it’s not springtime, but bunnies are cute and fun all year long! Today we opened our storytime with the song “Clap Your Hands” from the Wiggleworms Love You album, and then talked about things that begin with the letter B: Then we read a book called Big […]