Pasadena Public Library
Our summer session of Toddler Storytime is underway. Each week you’ll find a blog post that covers the books, rhymes, songs, flannel stories, fingerplays, puppets and video we shared. There will also be some information about the benefits of reading, singing and talking to your toddler. For our third storytime of the session we enjoyed reading and singing about Cats! Below you’ll […]
Our summer session of Toddler Storytime is underway. Each week you’ll find a blog post that covers the books, rhymes, songs, flannel stories, fingerplays, puppets and video we shared. There will also be some information about the benefits of reading, singing and talking to your toddler. For our second storytime of the session we enjoyed reading and singing about […]
Our summer session of Toddler Storytime is underway. Each week you’ll find a blog post that covers the books, rhymes, songs, flannel stories, fingerplays, puppets and video we shared. There will also be some information about the benefits of reading, singing and talking to your toddler. For our very first storytime of the session we enjoyed reading and singing […]
Books We Shared In Baby Brains and RoboMom by Simon James, a super-smart baby notices his mother working very hard and invents a viable substitute to give her a break. The only problem is, he doesn’t like when RoboMom changes his diapers and gives him a bath… he wants his […]
Books We Shared Books for preschoolers have become shorter and shorter over the years, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but sometimes it’s nice to find one like this book, published thirteen years ago. It’s long enough and juicy enough with the language that I feel like the kids really […]
We read about jobs during our Preschool Storytime! Everybody thought about the jobs they might like to do when they grow up! We also read a book about a frog who didn’t really like the job of being a frog. (He does change his mind in the end though.) Here are the books, songs, guessing […]
Watch out – SHARK!!!!! A few Saturdays ago we read books about sharks. We were very careful not to annoy any of them in case they decided we looked edible! Here are the books, songs, flannel boards, action rhymes and video we shared. Books We Read I’m a Shark by Bob […]
Books We Shared On this cool and cloudy day, Bunny Fun by Sarah Weeks and illustrated by Sam Williams seemed like a fun way to start storytime, with its adorable bunny main character who finds ways to keep himself entertained on a rainy day. The Wonderful Habits of Rabbits features […]
Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, technology, 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. […]
We had a blast reading stories about riding bicycles during our Preschool Storytime! Here are the books, songs, flannel board, action rhymes and video we shared. Books We Read Duck on a Bike by David Shannon tells the story of a Duck who inspires all his fellow farm animals to ride a bike! Well they […]