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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Event
There’s not much to say about the phenomenon of The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Jeff Kinney has created a series of books that kids are dying to read; epseically boys and that’s awesome! We decided to host an event at this time of the year because the last…
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Fun Friday – Informational Text
Last week I offered our last “Fun Friday” program of the year. We started this brand-new program in January. Because once a month our elementary school students have a half day of school. Geared toward kids in 1st – 4th grades, 25 students descend on the library from 2:00 –…
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Polar Express Party
Last night we hosted a Polar Express party for children in Kindergarten and 1st grade. For this age group, I try to keep programs about 45 minutes long, because at this age (after a long school day) I don’t want to keep them up too late and our evening programs…
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Elephant & Piggie Party
Last night 15 kindergarten and first graders had a wonderful time celebrating the hilarious Elephant & Piggie characters created by children’s author, Mo Willems. It was interesting to see that all but two of huge kids were boys and boy were they excited about the party! I first started the…
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National Origami Day
Yesterday was National Origami Day and we were able to provide a program for 20 children in grades 2 – 4 for an hour in the evening. I first shared the story, The Origami Master written by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer and illustrated by Aki Sogabe. It’s a relatively short story about…
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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…
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Fun Friday Program – Water Experiments & Maker Spaces
We had a lot of fun at our Fun Friday program last week! There were 25 kids from 1st – 4th grade that showed up to experiment with water at the library. We first read the book Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen and then we did some hypothesizing…
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Sensory-Friendly Storytime Theme: Animals
I am lucky to visit a few of the Montgomery County Intermediate Classrooms within our community If you are unfamiliar with this service, these are classrooms for children who have either been diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum and/or have other disabilities that make it difficult for them to attend a “mainstream” preschool…
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Scaredy Squirrel Party!
Last night our library held a Scaredy Squirrel Party in honor of Fire Prevention Week. I was originally going to do a fire safety theme, but decided that Scaredy Squirrel was a lot more fun! We ended up with 22 kids from 1st – 3rd grade in attendance on what…
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The First Drawing
All I can say is… where was this book during the Summer Reading Program, it would have been perfect for the theme! But nonetheless, this was a very interesting and accessible story about art history for young children. My brother is an archeologist and in my mind he’s Indiana Jones and I…
