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    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…

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    Miss Laura's Favorites #3

    The weather has been so crazy around here that even though we should be on week five of our six week series, we’ve only had our third storytime.  So, needless to say, I haven’t posted many storytime outlines, but we finally had storytime this morning with a large, active crowd…

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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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    Awesome New Resource!

    This is too good not to post!  A great new resources focused on music for kid!  Check out Song Catchers’ Library I’m excited to find some new music for storytime as this is always the most difficult part, I find. Have some great music to add to the list?  They have…

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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…

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    Fun Friday: Dance Party

    I was going to go with a mock Caldecott event for my Fun Friday program last week. But at the last minute, decided to change the plan to have a dance party… The kids are at that point in the school year where they need a break and don’t want…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…

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    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…