Sometimes I like to make a video mashup of clips from these workshops, especially now that we have a digital camera that will take both photo and video. So before I go into how amazing and fun and rewarding last week’s creative writing workshop with Elana K. Arnold was, why […]
Toddler Storytime: Leaves
Published on :This past Tuesday we told stories about autumn leaves and met some animals who like to eat leaves. After our opening song and the song Open Shut Them, we read the book Mouse’s First Fall by Lauren Thompson. It’s a simple story about a mouse who learns how fun it is […]
Infant Storytime: Leaves
Published on :This past Tuesday we told stories about autumn leaves and met some animals who like to eat leaves. After our opening song, I got out my I Spy box and introduced the babies to a turtle and a ladybug who like to nibble on leaves. Then we read the book […]
Toddler Storytime: Apples
Published on :Today began our Fall 2015 Session of Toddler Storytime! We read stories and sang songs about apples, a nice fall season fruit. Toddlers were invited to take an apple to hold if they wanted to and feed it to a bear puppet. Then at the end of storytime we brought […]
Infant Storytime: Apples
Published on :Today began our Fall 2015 Session of Infant Storytime! We read stories and sang songs about apples, a nice fall season fruit. Babies were invited to take an apple to hold if they wanted to, and then bring it back up and put it on the felt board at the […]
Lucha Libros: Bunnicula
Published on :Kids came to Central Library’s Donald Wright Auditorium tonight to do battle in Pasadena’s own Lucha Libros reading competition, answering questions about the book Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe. They did a wonderful job answering questions about the plot and characters, and a high number of kids got 100% […]
Family Storytime: Bunnies!
Published on :Yes, I know it’s not springtime, but bunnies are cute and fun all year long! Today we opened our storytime with the song “Clap Your Hands” from the Wiggleworms Love You album, and then talked about things that begin with the letter B: Then we read a book called Big […]
Kids’ Writing Workshop: Overcoming internal censorship and silencing your inner critic
Published on :Next week happens to be Banned Books Week, held nationwide in libraries and bookstores every year on the last week of September to remind people that restricting and censoring books that you might find “offensive” actually harms people because it restricts people’s freedom to read whatever they want. All that follows is a less-informed, […]
Curiosity Machine: Magnet Structures!
Published on :Everybody knows magnets are FUN, but did you know scientists use magnets when making certain kinds of polymers? Did you know that magnets can help chemists to sort out the tangled mess of molecules that most polymers consist of? Today’s Curiosity Machine class focused on Making a Self-Assembling Structure […]
Mother Daughter Book Club: The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Published on :This month our Mother Daughter Book Club read The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi. We met tonight to discuss Charlotte’s persecution and trial, and the many claims made by men throughout the book that she is an “unnatural” woman for having picked up sailing so quickly. If you […]