The Five Senses: Preschool Storytime

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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 […]

Poetry Month Creation Stations: Kids’ Writing Workshop

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Last week we had our Kids’ Writing Workshop Creation Stations program, and celebrated National Poetry Month with Haikubes, Paint Chip Poetry, Reverse Poetry and Blackout Poetry: Kids got to spend 10-15 minutes at a time at each station and then move on to another activity. Their creativity was constantly flowing, […]

Spiralizer Art: Kids’ Coding Club

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By Illyanna Logan Last Thursday we had our April session of the Kids Coding Club, where we did a project that explored using coding to make digital art. We tried an activity from Coding Projects in Scratch by Jon Woodcock, where we used Scratch to create a spiralizer that made […]

Community Workers: Preschool Storytime

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On Saturday we read stories about the people who help out around our neighborhood! Books We Shared Supertruck by Stephen Savage combines an overview of different kinds of jobs and vehicles with a story about an unlikely hero. Everyone thinks garbage truck “just collects the trash,” but when a blizzard […]

Web Design with HTML and CSS: Kids’ Coding Club

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On Thursday, March 15, kids came to the Studio on 4th at Pasadena Central Library to learn about HTML and CSS, and build a website that would be an interactive birthday card or greeting for a friend. We used the WebLab at Code.org which allows you to see your webpage […]

Moving and Grooving With The Nick and Jen Show!

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Last Tuesday, we had a fun performance for all our Infant Toddler Storytime families and all who wanted to come, put on by The Nick and Jen Show! They performed their original songs and got the toddlers dancing while parents held babies on their laps and clapped or swayed along […]

Hide and Seek: Infant Storytime

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Today’s storytime, our last for this session, was about hide and seek and peek-a-boo! Books We Shared You’re Just What I Need by Ruth Krauss and illustrated by Julia Noonan is a sweet book about a mom wondering what the mysterious bundle is underneath her blanket. Is it a pile […]

Hide and Seek: Toddler Storytime

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Today’s storytime, our last for this session, was about hide and seek and peek-a-boo! Books We Shared You’re Just What I Need by Ruth Krauss and illustrated by Julia Noonan is a sweet book about a mom wondering what the mysterious bundle is underneath her blanket. Is it a pile […]

Insects: Infant Storytime

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Today’s storytime was all about insects, from butterflies to ladybugs, from beetles to bees! Books We Shared Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horacek is a lovely book about a girl exploring all the bugs in her backyard, and it finishes with a beautiful pop-up butterfly that was a big hit! Some […]

Insects: Toddler Storytime

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Today’s storytime was all about insects, from butterflies to ladybugs, from beetles to bees! Books We Shared Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horacek is a lovely book about a girl exploring all the bugs in her backyard, and it finishes with a beautiful pop-up butterfly that was a big hit! Some […]