At 10am on Saturday, April 6th, The Office of the Young Child, in partnership with the Human Services Commission’s Early Childhood Ad Hoc Committee, hosted a variety of fun-filled activities for kids and their caregivers at Jefferson Branch Library. The spectacular commencement to this year’s ‘Week of the Young Child’ […]
Snow: Preschool Storytime
Published on :We started this storytime talking about the weather. We talked about what the weather was outside today: And then I mentioned that in the storyroom, it was going to be a different type of weather (at least in our imaginations!), because we were reading stories all about snow! Books […]
Slow Stories: Preschool Storytime
Published on :Today we took things slow in storytime, and read stories about leisurely animals! Books We Shared “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” said the Sloth by Eric Carle Challenged by the other jungle animals for its seemingly lazy ways, a sloth living in a tree explains the many advantages of his slow and peaceful existence. Hi, […]
Pets: Preschool Storytime
Published on :Books We Shared Excellent Ed by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by Julia Sarcone-Roach Everyone in the Ellis family is excellent at something! But what does dog Ed excel at? Is he excellent enough to be the family pet? (Of course he is! But to find out how, read the book.) I Spy […]
Zoo: Preschool Storytime
Published on :With storytime today, we took a trip to the zoo! Since it was raining this morning, if we had taken a real trip to the zoo we wouldn’t have seen many animals. But thankfully, in books, the animals are always there! Books We Shared Stripes the Tiger by Jean Leroy & Bérengère Delaporte […]