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Stuffy Sleepover
Tonight is our stuffed animal sleepover for children ages 3 – 6 and their stuffies! We’ve done events like this before and we’ve gotten fairly good at making the plans and being ready for every possible scenario. I’m going to go through each step of our process, in case you haven’t…
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Preschool Parachute Storytime – Week #2
We focused a lot on opposites this week, unfortunately I only had six kids join me, so the adults in the room were kind enough to help shake the parachute. Our first book was called Maria Had a Little Llama and I wanted to use something that was a little different…
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Toddler Storytime: Miss Laura's Favorites #2
I had a great storytime this morning! We had so much fun with all of our stories and music! Between this new group of storytime families and doing books and music I love, I can see a complete change from last fall to this session. We yelled out colors with…
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CLEL Bell Awards
CLEL is short for Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy and offers resources focused on early literacy skills. Each year they announce the CLEL Bell Awards which includes one picture book winner for each of the ECRR 2’s early literacy skills – read, write, talk, sing, and play. This year’s awards…
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Preschool Parachute Storytime – Week #1
This is my first opportunity to offer a storytime for preschoolers! And it’s definitely my first time offering a parachute storytime for this age group. I was excited because this age group allows me to do more with the parachute because they can follow more directions than the toddlers. And…
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Toddler Storytime – Miss Laura's Favorites #1
This is the first six-week session that I’ve ever done that is not theme-centered. After some really rough storytimes this fall, I decided to switch up a few things to try something. I’m focusing on only storytime books that I absolutely love, I figure if I at least really enjoy…
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#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…
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Appreciation
The other day I received a letter in the mail at work (yeah, an actual piece of physical mail!) from a family that has been coming to my story times since about the time I started in my current position almost seven years. With three girls now, the family is…
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Art Exploration & Sensory Play
Today I offered back-to-back programs that focused on art exploration and sensory play for little ones from 2 – 5 years old. We had an absolute blast and I think everyone found something they liked doing! I’m absolutely exhausted from all the prep work, but it was so great to see these…
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My New Ukulele
Probably six months ago, I mentioned to my boyfriend that I thought it would be cool to buy a ukulele and learn how to play it for storytime. It was one of those things I mentioned, somewhat in passing and at the time didn’t have the money to spend. Lo…