We read stories about fish and talked a bit about how fish breathe underwater! Below are some of the stories and activities we shared: You remember the story about The Three Little Pigs, right? Well this is an underwater take on this classic story. Author Ken Geist replaced those pigs with three little fish and instead […]
Infant & Toddler Storytime: Dogs
Published on :Dogs were the theme of this week’s storytime! Books We Shared During infant storytime, we looked everywhere for our favorite single dotted puppy in Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill. Our second book was a reworking on the classic nursery rhyme 1, 2, buckle my shoe called One, Two That’s My Shoe! by […]
Infant & Toddler Storytime: Let’s Take a Walk
Published on :For this week’s Infant Toddler Storytimes we took a walk without ever leaving the Library! Books We Shared With our first book for Infant Storytime, we learned about the different ways animals walk in Wiggle Waggle written by Jonathan London, illustrated by Michael Rex. We then followed Duckie on […]
Infant & Toddler Storytime: Birthdays
Published on :Our storytime on July 7 was a celebration of birthdays! Books We Shared Ollie the Zebra celebrates everything that he loves about birthdays in our first Infant Storytime book by Anna Walker, appropriately titled I Love Birthdays. While our second book for Infant storytime, Now I am Big! written by […]
Infant & Toddler Storytimes: Dads
Published on :I’m sorry it’s take me a while to post some of our Summer Session Infant/Toddler storytimes. But, let’s get things back on track! On June 23, we shared stories about a special someone in our lives — Dad! Remember, to find any of these books in our catalog, just click […]
Mother Daughter Book Club: A Snicker of Magic
Published on :Tonight’s Mother Daughter Book Club discussed the book A Snicker of Magic by Natalie Lloyd, a magical realism book about a contemporary girl who has an extraordinary ability to see words everywhere that other people don’t see. It’s also about a charming Tennessee town which fell under a curse and […]
Creative Writing for Beginning Readers: Imaginary Friends
Published on :On July 1st, we had a program for early elementary school kids from ages 5-8 years old to encourage them to do creative writing. Miss AnnMarie prepared the materials and Mr. Nick did a wonderful job presenting it. Mr. Nick read two books: The Adventures of Beekle, The Unimaginary Friend […]
Preschool Storytime – June 27 – Crazy Pig Stories
Published on :We read a story about a clever pig and about a pig who learned to be true to himself. We also sang and had fun with some action rhymes. Here’s what we shared: OPENING SONGS: Welcome Everyone! Welcome, welcome everyone, Now we’re here, let’s have some fun! First we clap our hands just […]
Family Storytime – Let’s Visit the Zoo!
Published on :This theme was a BIG hit! So sorry it has taken me so long to post the blog entry – the storytime actually took place on May 30th! The Zoo theme gave us a chance to play with different stories, moods & activities as we explored the wonderful world of animals […]
Kids’ Writing Workshop: Writing Engaging Beginnings
Published on :This month our workshop focused on that cardinal rule of writing: hook ’em with your first sentence! The activities we did got the kids writing actual first sentences and getting feedback from their peers. Here’s the handout I gave the kids. I’m a big believer in drawing inspiration from current, […]