Pasadena Public Library
Kids’ Art Salon ~ Classical Architecture Kids’ Art Salon is in it’s fourth year! To celebrate this milestone AND to pay homage to STEAM 2018, we thought we would focus on architecture. Architecture is the perfect choice for Pasadena’s year of STEAM because it incorporates science, technology, engineering, art and math! For our fourth and […]
Last month, we had a Writing Party for kids 5-8 years old about making a board book for a baby relative or friend. Turnout was huge! It was one of the most exciting writing programs I’ve ever done at the library. Kids and their families came and had a blast […]
On Thursday, November 8 at Central Library, we got to meet Natalie Dias Lorenzi, author of A Long Pitch Home, this year’s Young Readers League selection! Participants got their books signed, joined in activities and crafts, and celebrated the art and writing contest winners. To learn more about Young Readers […]
After NASA’s Mars InSight landing last week (which you can still see archived video of here!!) I’ve been inspired to do storytime books about space. On top of that, we recently got a great new book about the Earth I was dying to share! Books We Shared Flannel Board Counting […]
Books We Shared Flannel Board Counting Eight Little Planets (Credit: http://missmegsstorytime.com/space/) One little two little three little planets Four little five little six little planets Seven little planets and here’s the eight planet Orbiting the sun. Mercury Venus and the earth Mars Jupiter and Saturn Uranus and here is Neptune […]
Books We Shared Flannel Board Counting Eight Little Planets (Credit: http://missmegsstorytime.com/space/) One little two little three little planets Four little five little six little planets Seven little planets and here’s the eight planet Orbiting the sun. Mercury Venus and the earth Mars Jupiter and Saturn Uranus and here is Neptune […]
Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, math and art! There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing! Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]
Books We Shared Flannel Boards We Shared Four Silly Turkeys Based on the book Five Silly Turkeys by Salina Yoon 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. Mr. Turkey […]
On July 28, 2018 we had the library’s big STEAM Fair, showcasing our new children’s STEAM Kits for families to check out, as well as the new Innovation Lab and the many kits for teens and adults. In the main hall there was a fair with all kinds of tables […]
Books We Shared Flannel Board Counting Five Pigs So Squeaky Clean (to the tune of Five Green and Speckled Frogs) (Credit: storytimekatie) Five pigs so squeaky clean Cleanest you’ve ever seen Wanted to go outside and play Oink! Oink! One jumped into the mud Landed with a big THUD Then […]