Last week on Friday, June 6, ten tweens and teens gathered in the Technology Learning Center at Central Library to learn about programming animations and videogames using Scratch. Here are a few of their projects! Click on the image to see the project. Our August 1st Scratch class is […]
Toddler Storytime: Reading
Published on :Our final meeting for the 2014 Spring Session was about Reading. The Association for Library Services to Children recommends that you try to make time every day to Talk, Sing, Play, Write, and Read with your children so that they will be ready to learn how to read in school. These are […]
Infant Storytime: Reading
Published on :Our final meeting for the 2014 Spring Session was about Reading. The Association for Library Services to Children recommends that you try to make time every day to Talk, Sing, Play, Write, and Read with your children so that they will be ready to learn how to read in school. […]
Toddler Storytime: Writing
Published on :Sorry it took me so long to post this! My daughter was sick, so I was out a lot this week. Last Tuesday’s storytime was about Writing, one of the five early literacy skills your child needs so that they can start school ready to learn how to read. Since […]
Infant Storytime: Writing
Published on :Sorry it took me so long to post this! My daughter was sick, so I was out a lot this week. Last Tuesday’s storytime was about Writing, one of the five early literacy skills your child needs so that they can start school ready to learn how to read. Since […]
Family Storytime: Picky!
Published on :Today we read books about picky eaters, picky dressers, and individuality! Ella Sarah Gets Dressed by Margaret Chodos-Irvine is a classic and it won her the Caldecott Medal. The paper cut illustrations are wonderfully expressive (I just love how Ella’s character comes through) and the story has a great flow. […]
Kids: Vote for your favorite comics!!
Published on :Cast your vote for the 2014 Kids Comics Revolution awards! There are lots of fun categories such as “Grossest,” “Cutest,” “Best Hair” and more! Two of the artists nominated have even been here at Pasadena Public Library for programs in the past. Many of the comics are available here for […]
Toddler Storytime: Apes!
Published on :We talked about the letter “A” in storytime today–and apes! I read two pretty new books, one about a monkey and one about all kinds of primates–hence, the “ape” theme instead of just “monkeys” or “gorillas.” We read Monkey See, Look at Me! by Lorena Siminovich. This is a fun book to […]
Infant Storytime: Apes!
Published on :We talked about the letter “A” in storytime today–and apes! I read two pretty new books, one about a monkey and one about all kinds of primates–hence, the “ape” theme instead of just “monkeys” or “gorillas.” We read Monkey See, Look at Me! by Lorena Siminovich. This is a fun book to […]
Toddler Storytime: Playing
Published on :Today’s storytime was all about Playing and the letter P! Playing is one of the five easy early literacy activities you can do with your child every day to help develop their vocabulary and prepare them to learn to read in school when they’re older. The five early literacy activities are: Talking, […]