STEAM Careers in Pasadena: I.T. Specialists

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On July 31st, we had a program for kids 8-12 about exploring the work of some of the specialists in our city’s Department of Information Technology. They showed kids how GIS, or Geographic Information Systems, work and how kids already use GIS all the time in their daily life. They […]

Infant Storytime: Ducks

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Six Little Ducks Six little ducks That I once knew Fat ones, skinny ones, Fair ones, too But the one little duck With the feather on his back He led the others With a quack, quack, quack Quack, quack, quack, Quack, quack, quack […]

Toddler Storytime: Ducks

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Six Little Ducks Six little ducks That I once knew Fat ones, skinny ones, Fair ones, too But the one little duck With the feather on his back He led the others With a quack, quack, quack Quack, quack, quack, Quack, quack, quack […]

Infant Storytime: Trees

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Books We Shared I Spy We got to meet some puppet animals that live in trees, peeking out of my I Spy Box! Flannel Boards We Shared Little Squirrel, Little Squirrel This flannelboard gave kids practice identifying color names, rhyming words, and left-to-right prereading focus. Little squirrel, little squirrel, time […]

Toddler Storytime: Trees

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Books We Shared I Spy We got to meet some puppet animals that live in trees, peeking out of my I Spy Box! Flannel Boards We Shared Little Squirrel, Little Squirrel This flannelboard gave kids practice identifying color names, rhyming words, and left-to-right prereading focus. Little squirrel, little squirrel, time […]

Circus: Infant Storytime

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Last Tuesday, we visited the circus in books! Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Pete the Clown and his Three Bright Balloons (Credit: Story Time Secrets) (We just did three balloons) Pete the Clown bought three bright balloons at the circus. He was so excited about them, he sang […]

Circus: Toddler Storytime

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Last Tuesday, we visited the circus in books! Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Pete the Clown and his Three Bright Balloons (Credit: Story Time Secrets) (We just did three balloons) Pete the Clown bought three bright balloons at the circus. He was so excited about them, he sang […]

Time: Preschool Storytime

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Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared The Very Hungry Caterpillar Based on the book by Eric Carle 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. Goodbye Friends (song in […]

Lucha Libros: 2nd Grade – Junie B. Jones and Jack and Annie

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Last week, twenty second graders met at Pasadena Central Library to answer questions about two books they read this month: Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business / Junie B. Jones y el negocio del mono Haunted Castle on Hallow’s Eve / Un castillo embrujado en la noche de […]

Bilingual Music for Infants and Toddlers with Nathalia

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This summer, our families from Infant and Toddler storytimes at Central Library got a special show performed by Colombian-American singer-songwriter Nathalia! She performed her original bilingual songs with lots of fun props, activity prompts, dances and movements to keep babies and toddlers and their parents highly engaged and having fun. […]