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    Literacious Updates – Find Programs Easily

    i just want to let everyone know, if they haven’t discovered it yet, that I’ve been working on my blog to make it easier to find all the programs that I’ve written about here. To find this information, click on “get IDEAS” where a sub-menu will give you options for…

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    Read Alouds at Camp

    Today I had one of those great experiences as a librarian that makes me love my job and right now, it was definitely needed as we still have a few more weeks of book recording and a handful of programs still to go!  I went to a summer camp that…

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    ProgrammingLibrarian.org

    I’m not sure how this resource remained hidden from me for so long!  I literally just found out about it this week!  Programming Librarian is an initiative of the  American Library Association Public Programs Office and offers programming ideas for all different types of libraries, ages of patrons and topics.…

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    Summer Camp Outreach – Week #3

    This week and next week are my last camp outreach programs for the summer.  I think overall, they’ve gone really well this year.  I’ve picked out some really great read alouds that have gotten some great response from the kids and the kids and counselors have really enjoyed our projects…

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    New Activities for the Early Literacy Crowd

    We’ve started planning for our fall programming and I’m looking into new ideas to share with our early literacy crowd (birth – 5 years old).  We have a variety of storytimes we offer: Infant Toddler Preschool Famiy Yoga Parachute Pajama Sensory-Friendly We’ve also begun offering our Preschool Explorers program which…

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    Mythology for Grades K – 2 and 3 -4

    Today I did a very quick program for children entering Kindergarten – 2nd grade in the fall.  I read aloud “Bellerophon and the Flying Horse” and “Theseus and the Minotaur” in Usborne Greek Myths for Young Children by Heather Amery.  This group of myths are written for younger children and are…

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    Summer Camp Outreach – Week #2

    This week as I traveled back to camp, I brought with me a few favorite books and some really fun activities to try.  For the little ones (ages 5 & 6), I read The Book With No Pictures by B. J. Novak.  If you haven’t used this book yet, please, please,…

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    Mythology for Middle School

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    We hosted a mythology program on Monday night for our middle school students! And with 36 kids in attendance, it went really well!  I created six different activities for the kids to rotate through. I have found stations lead to minimal boredom and problems within the groups. And I always try to…

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    PAWS for Reading

    We had a great program this week that I wanted to share with everyone. We partnered with our local police force and had a K-9 officer come in with his canine companion.  He talked about what he and his partner did – drug searches and patrolling the community and showed us…