We combined speed and transportation in today’s storytimes about all things fast & slow! Books We Shared In both Infant and Toddler storytimes we read Clip-Clop by Nicola Smee. This is one of my favorite books for this age group! In it, Mr. Horse is having fun on the […]
Toddler Storytime Song Round-up: Fall 2014 Edition
Published on :We sing a lot of fun songs in our storytimes, and sometimes you want to be able to sing them at home as well! Here are the lyrics for the songs that we are using in this session of toddler storytime. TODDLER STORYTIME SONGS Welcome Song (to the tune of […]
Infant Storytime Song Round-up: Fall 2014 Edition
Published on :We sing a lot of fun songs in our storytimes, and sometimes you want to be able to sing them at home as well! Here are the lyrics for the songs that we are using in this session of infant storytime. INFANT STORYTIME Welcome Song (to the tune of “Twinkle […]
Infant & Toddler Storytime: Birds!
Published on :It’s fall, but temperatures are starting to warm up this week. Why not celebrate the outdoors with birds! Books We Shared Everyone knows that the early bird catches the worm. But in this week’s infant storytime, we learned that there may be more to that story than we thought […]
Family Storytime: Halloween!
Published on :We started our Halloween-themed storytime by talking about what costumes we wore for Halloween, then we sang a song using the book If You’re a Monster and You Know It by Rebecca and Ed Emberley. I love the action and movement prompts in this colorful book. Then we […]
Infant & Toddler Storytime: Halloween Style
Published on :We invited the infants and toddlers registered for the Fall Storytime Session to dress up for today’s Halloween themed storytime. Don’t they look great? Click on any image for a higher resolution picture. Infant Storytime 10 am Toddler Storytime 11 am Toddler Storytime
Infant & Toddler Storytime: Halloween!
Published on :It’s that time of year for Halloween stories! We had fun sharing books about pumpkins in this morning’s storytimes. And even more fun was seeing all the infants and toddlers in costume! We have such adorable patrons. Books We Shared We started infant storytime off with a guessing game: What […]
Kids’ Writing Workshop: Write This Book by Pseudonymous Bosch
Published on :Today the Kids’ Writing Workshop wrote exercises from Write This Book by Pseudonymous Bosch! Bosch (is that his REAL name??) will be coming to Pasadena on Dec. 13. Everybody got a “Save the Date” to help mark their calendars. He writes hilarious mysteries for kids and has a new book coming out […]
Infant & Toddler Storytime: Mice!
Published on :Since we started this infant toddler storytime session with cats, it seemed only fitting to follow it up with stories about mice! Books We Shared I The way the mouse in Lunch by Denise Fleming eats his meal may remind you of a favorite little one in your life — […]
It’s a circus — preschool storytime
Published on :“Kids, can you guess what kind of stories I have for you today?” I point at my black and white striped leggings, skirt, and the red fez on my head. “Where’s Waldo?” one kid guesses. I shake my head. “Let’s see if you can guess with this illustration…” Draw & […]