Pasadena Public Library
The sea is vast and mysterious–full of wonderful creatures and magic. This storytime is about exploring the many wonders of the sea. Stories The Secret of Black Rock by Joe Todd-Stanton Erin is fascinated by the legend of Black Rock. A huge, dark and spiky mass that is said to […]
WE read some great stories about colors and color mixing during today’s Preschool Storytime! Here are the books, songs, flannel board, action rhymes and video we shared. Books We Read Mix it Up! by Herve Tullet is an interactive foray into color mixing, art and visual literacy. A wonderful book on colors […]
Kids’ Art Salon ~ Classical Architecture Kids’ Art Salon is in it’s fourth year! To celebrate this milestone AND to pay homage to STEAM 2018, we thought we would focus on architecture. Architecture is the perfect choice for Pasadena’s year of STEAM because it incorporates science, technology, engineering, art and math! For our fourth and […]
Last month, we had a Writing Party for kids 5-8 years old about making a board book for a baby relative or friend. Turnout was huge! It was one of the most exciting writing programs I’ve ever done at the library. Kids and their families came and had a blast […]
On Thursday, November 8 at Central Library, we got to meet Natalie Dias Lorenzi, author of A Long Pitch Home, this year’s Young Readers League selection! Participants got their books signed, joined in activities and crafts, and celebrated the art and writing contest winners. To learn more about Young Readers […]
After NASA’s Mars InSight landing last week (which you can still see archived video of here!!) I’ve been inspired to do storytime books about space. On top of that, we recently got a great new book about the Earth I was dying to share! Books We Shared Flannel Board Counting […]
Books We Shared Flannel Board Counting Eight Little Planets (Credit: http://missmegsstorytime.com/space/) One little two little three little planets Four little five little six little planets Seven little planets and here’s the eight planet Orbiting the sun. Mercury Venus and the earth Mars Jupiter and Saturn Uranus and here is Neptune […]
Books We Shared Flannel Board Counting Eight Little Planets (Credit: http://missmegsstorytime.com/space/) One little two little three little planets Four little five little six little planets Seven little planets and here’s the eight planet Orbiting the sun. Mercury Venus and the earth Mars Jupiter and Saturn Uranus and here is Neptune […]
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. […]
Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Four Silly Turkeys Based on the book Five Silly Turkeys by Salina Yoon Action Songs & Bounces We Shared We share a lot of songs, bounces & rhymes during storytime! You’ll find lyrics/words to those songs & rhymes we shared without CD accompaniment here. Mr. Turkey […]