• Reviews

    #blogbookaday: Mary Had a Little Lab

    Summary:  “Mary is an enterprising young inventor. She wants a pet, but it isn’t one she can easily buy…so she makes one with the Sheepinator! Mary’s pet sheep and her new invention make her popular with her classmates. But when she starts making sheep for her new friends, things go hilariously…

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    Blogging A to Z: Nursery Rhymes

    During the month of April, I’ll be participating in the Blogging From A to Z Challenge.  My theme for the month is Storytime Plans From A to Z.  Each plan will have eight stories as well as four songs, fingerplays or rhymes to match the theme!  As you can see,…

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    Story Time Nursery Rhyme Cube

    I’ll say this right up front, I can’t remember where I found this fun idea!  If it’s your genius at work, please let me know so that I can give you credit.  There is so much research in the story time world about the importance of nursery rhymes and singing…

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    Story Time Theme: Nursery Rhymes

    Nursery rhymes seem to have been left by the wayside for the next generation of children.  Nursery rhymes have existed for centuries for a very specific reason – they are a great tool to help children learn early literacy skills.  So with that in mind, I created a story time…

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    Enchanted Library 2013

    Rub-a-Dub, Dub Our 5th Annual Enchanted Library program took place on Friday, and I’m happy to report that everything went very well!  A quick overview of the program for those who haven’t read previous blog posts about it… The Enchanted Library is a two-fold program.  The first is a program…