It’s only Dec. 26th, and technically we’re on the 2nd day of Christmas, so today’s storytime was Christmas themed! All the books I chose are from popular picture book series. After we sang our opening song, kids got to make arctic “North Pole” animals out of felt circles, triangles, pentagons […]
Kids’ Writing Workshop 12/18/15: Fractured Fairytales
Published on :On Friday Dec. 18th, our kids’ writing workshop made up new stories involving one or more fairytale characters. Kids got to draw two names from a basket–these were names of characters from some European or American fairytale, such as Brothers Grimm fairytales or Hans Christian Andersen fairytales, and usually not from the […]
Toddler Storytime: Toys
Published on :Tuesday, December 15th was our last storytime for the Fall Session. In anticipation of the holidays, we did stories and songs about toys. First everybody got a shaker egg and we sang our opening song “Clap Everybody and Say Hello.” We did the song Open Shut Them and read the book Mimi […]
Infant Storytime: Toys
Published on :Tuesday, December 15th was our last storytime for the Fall Session. In anticipation of the holidays, we did stories and songs about toys. First everybody got a shaker egg and we sang our opening song “Clap Everybody and Say Hello.” We did the tickle Hurry Scurry Little Mouse and then read the […]
Infant Storytime: Rain and Puddles
Published on :As cities across California gear up for “El Niño,” I thought our little niños might enjoy some fun books and songs about rain, puddles, and rainbows. We started storytime with our usual opening song and took scarves to sing One Bright Scarf and Peekaboo. Then we read a board book […]
Toddler Storytime: Rain and Puddles
Published on :As cities across California gear up for “El Niño,” I thought our little niños might enjoy some fun books and songs about rain, puddles, and rainbows. We started storytime with our usual opening song, then Open Shut Them, and took scarves to sing One Bright Scarf and Peekaboo. Then we […]
Infant Storytime 11/24: Turkeys
Published on :Thanksgiving may be over, but you’re probably still working on all the leftovers… And I’m working on catching up after taking care of my sick toddler for most of last week! I know many of you have been in the same boat. I hope you were all healthy and well and enjoyed your Thanksgiving. […]
Toddler Storytime 11/24: Turkeys
Published on :Thanksgiving may be over, but you’re probably still working on all the leftovers… And I’m working on catching up after taking care of my sick toddler for most of last week! I know many of you have been in the same boat. I hope you were all healthy and well and enjoyed your Thanksgiving. […]
Family Storytime: Turkeys
Published on :Thanksgiving may be over, but you’re probably still working on all the leftovers… So today our preschool/family storytime was all about turkeys! Everybody got a feather, and we sang a simple song about the colors: Turkey wore his red feather, red feather, red feather Turkey wore his red feather all […]
Mother Daughter Book Club: The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond
Published on :I want to share one activity we did at Wednesday night’s Mother Daughter Book Club meeting that is worth remembering and thinking about some more. This month, we read the book The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond by Brenda Woods. In my opinion, the character who grows the most in this […]