Pasadena Public Library
Our theme for the EIGHTH and final storytime of the spring session was FOOD! We read a story about a mouse who was hungry for lunch and we played a guessing game with different kinds of fruit that took on some really weird shapes. We also discovered that some cows like turnips more than birthday cake! Wow, we even had time […]
Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, math and art! There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing! Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]
Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, math and art! There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing! Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]
Today we talked about our five senses, played with shakers and bubbles and had an argument with a puppet! Books We Shared Whenever I read Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld, I like to stage an argument with a duck puppet. The duck is convinced that we […]
For the fourth meeting of our spring session we read books about birds that hatch out of eggs! We read about a silly goose and a little chick and we watched three creatures hatch…one wasn’t exactly what we expected! Here are the books, rhymes, fingerplays, flannel boards, action songs and video we shared. Books […]
For the third meeting of our spring session we read books about moving, playing and just being silly! There was a whole lotta movin’ & shakin’ going on! Here are the books, rhymes, fingerplays, flannel boards, action songs and video we shared. Books We Shared We read the Big Book of […]
WE read some great stories about bunnies and other animals that HOP during our preschool storytime. We even pulled some magic rabbits out of a hat! Here are the books, songs, flannel stories. action rhymes and video we shared. In Pickin’ Peas by Margaret Read MacDonald, a little girl begins […]
We read books about bunnies and other creatures that hop during our second storytime of the spring session. There was also a finger puppet play with two little bunnies, some magic rabbits and a whole host of songs & rhymes. There was even a little movie about a hopping frog…well […]
We read books about rabbits and other animals that hop during our second Infant Storytime of the spring session. There was a also a bit of singing, bouncing and rhyming ~ I even snuck in a new bounce! Here are the books, activities, bounces and nursery rhymes we shared: […]
Today was the first Toddler Storytime of the spring session! It was wonderful seeing all of those beautiful toddlers this morning. We explored stories about bears, sang some great songs, had fun with a puppet play and a few flannel stories and watched a great video about a slumbering bear. All in a […]