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90 degree heat + a broken air conditioner = Madness!
Our air conditioner has been broken for a little while now and because we have to follow procedure, it may still be awhile before it can be repaired. Meanwhile, it’s been over 90 degrees for the past two days and our summer reading program officially begins on Monday. Luckily, we…
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Happy Birthday Tera! (The Library Turtle)
On Monday evening we celebrated our library turtle’s 15th birthday! She is a staple here in our library; the kids absolutely adore her and she is very social with the children as well! Some children just stop to say “hi,” while others show off the books they plan on checking…
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Geronimo Stilton Party
Although I had hoped for a larger turnout as these books can’t stay on our shelves… we still celebrated with 7 kids in 2nd – 4th grade yesterday afternoon. I suspect that many families are getting to the burnout stage of the school year and just can’t do one more…
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What's a Librarian To Do? – Results
Yesterday, I posted about a program where I had very little information about how many attendees I would have. I ended up with only three little kids and their adults. Two of the kids were already very familiar with the library and although we had a lot of fun together, it’s…
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What's A Librarian To Do?
Our high school began a Literacy Night last year to promote the clubs, programs and projects that the high school students are involved in. I was asked to be a speaker last year because of my blog, (I should have known the kids know much more about social media that…
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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? 4/27/15
I buckled down last week and got a lot of reading done! I read Rutabaga: The Adventure Chef by Eric Colossal, I’m excited to see the published copy as the ARC was not in full color. It was a super cute idea and I loved the recipes at the end of the…
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Don't Let the Pigeon… Party
Yesterday we had a fun Pigeon party at the library for our young elementary school kids (Kindergarten – 2nd Grade)! Sadly we only ended up with 12 kids in attendance, but they definitely had fun! I made this program really easy by using the Pigeon’s 10th Birthday Celebration Activity Kit.…
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iPads for Us!
We were lucky enough last year to have a little extra money to be able to purchase 10 iPads for the library (and Otterbox Defender cases). I am now (finally!) getting around to setting them up. I spent the morning pulling them all out of the boxes and after watching…
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DINO-Mite Party!
Last night we held a very successful dinosaur party for Kindergarten through 2nd grade students who were very excited to share their dinosaur knowledge with myself and each other. We started our program with a dinosaur craft with penne pasta creating fossils. The kids did really well and although I…
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Fun Friday: Homemade Playdough
Program Idea: Our Fun Friday program has been running for the past two years, and I’m beginning to find it difficult to decide on themes or ideas to explore. The wide age-range of the kids (grades 1 – 4) sometimes makes it difficult to plan programs, plus its only 45…
