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    Preschool Storytime – 5/12/2015

    My preschool storytime went very well this week!  Of course, I mentioned to my co-worker that I haven’t had more than 10 kids all session long and this week I had probably 15-18 kids.  Everyone did a really great job – the kids really enjoyed all three stories, especially Round Like…

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    Toddler Storytime – Baby Theme

    I don’t think I did it on purpose, but all my books this were were about babies!  Both of my storytime groups were fairly small today – 10 kids.  But for the most part, the kids really enjoyed the stories and loved the teddy bear song from the wiggles.  I…

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    Pennsylvania's Cruise Into Kindergarten

    I’m currently serving on a committee created by the State Library of Pennsylvania to create a smooth transition into Kindergarten for all children in Pennsylvania focused on what the public library can do.  We’ve been working for about a year and a half and I am so excited to see some…

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    Preschool Story Time – Themeless & Fun!

    I don’t have a huge group of kids for my preschool storytime, but they thought Chengdu was so silly and loved when he fell asleep on his brother.  Some were familiar with The Little Mouse and really giggled when the mouse tried to disguise the strawberry with glasses and a mustache…

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    Toddler Storytime – Themeless and Fun!

    I don’t know what was going on this morning, but my kids were absolutely amazing in storytime!  They loved Mighty Dads (we created hand movements for each type of truck), loved saying “hello” to the pizza man and really boogied with Shake, Rattle, & Roll.  Overall, the kids just did a great…

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    Toddler Storytime – Tap the Magic Tree (Earth Day)

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    We’re in a spring mood here (finally!) It’s been raining a lot, the trees are flowering, leaves are beginning to show and I’m ready for the nice weather of spring! My first group of kids were really into Tap the Magic Tree, but other than that were very fidgety and excited and…

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    Sensory-Friendly Storytime: Cars Go Vroom!

    I don’t care who you are or how great your voice is, children definitely respond to singing.  Anytime I do a sing-a-long book, it works like a charm, kids who normally can’t stop moving, stop and pay attention, some start tapping their feet or clapping their hands mimicking the rhythm of the song,…

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    Preschool Storytime

    I really liked my book choices this week – fun stories that the kids giggled over all storytime!  I think they’re favorite was Robot Zombie Frankenstein which also happens to be one of my favorites – they thought all the costumes were so silly!  I also chose to use a lot…

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    Theme-less Toddler Storytime

    My storytimes this morning were a little crazy – the first one probably has double the people registered than my second one, but fewer people show up.  My second storytime had some walk-ins which made the group bounce off the walls a little.  You always end up with one kid…

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    Family Storytime – Tigers

    I must be on some sort of subconscious jungle adventure in my head, as last Saturday I did an elephant theme and today I did a tiger theme.  I’m not going to argue as both storytimes have gone really well.  Although I didn’t have a large group of kids –…