• Activities

    Dance Party + New Music = More FUN

    We had our BEST dance party yet!  I intermixed some oldies, but goodies into my children’s music playlist and had a number of parents comment about how much they really enjoyed the music selection.  And for anyone who has never done this before… after 45 minutes of dancing the kids…

  • Lifestyle

    #SaturdayLibrarian + Programming = Crazy

    We haven’t provided very many Saturday programs in the past, but with more and more patrons requesting Saturday story times, we’ve decided to offer something once a month when a storyteller is working a Saturday shift.  If today’s crowd was any indication, we’ll be doing something a lot more on…

  • Activities

    Preschool Dance Party

    I only ended up with six kids for this afternoon’s program (19 were registered), but we had a great time!  The kids were super energetic, ready to dance and didn’t stop for over 30 minutes.  We took one reading break and with only six kids we spent a lot of time…

  • Activities

    Toddler Dance Party

    We had a lot of fun at our toddler dance party this morning.  It’s so interesting to see what kids do – some come in ready to dance, others take a while to warm up, but end up dancing in the end.  Our program lasted about 45 minutes with some…

  • Activities

    Preschool Dance Party

    Yesterday I blogged about my Toddler Dance Party, well today I wanted to quickly share my song list for my Preschool Dance Party I held yesterday afternoon.  It was very well attended, but I did notice that many more of the preschoolers needed more direction than the toddlers – they…

  • Activities

    Toddler Dance Party

    So I just finished my first Toddler Dance Party and I’m happy to say it was a HUGE success and parents are already asking about having a second party.  We had over 25 kids, their parents/guardians and even a few babies.  It’s so interesting to see how kids interact and…

  • Reviews

    Flora and the Flamingo

    This is an adorable wordless picture book about a little who wants nothing more than to be as graceful as the flamingo she sees.  She is decked out in a yellow swimming cap and flippers with a pink bathing suit.  She begins by copying exactly what the flamingo is doing…