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Yoga Storytime – Week #2
The kids really loved our books this week! We had such a fun time reading and interacting. There has been such a positive response, that we actually opened a second class, so now I have two yoga classes back-to-back which can be a little hectic, but our patrons were very…
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Science of Superheroes ~ Super-Human Strength
Today was the first of three “Science of Superheroes” programs we’re offering this summer with a STEM focus for children entering 2nd through 4th grades. This program went very well for the 22 kids in attendance! We began by brainstorming all the superheroes we could think of with super-human strength. The…
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Summer Camp Outreach
We provide outreach to a couple of different summer camps in our area. Adventure Day Camp is provided by the township’s Parks & Recreation Department whom we partner with to provide services to camp throughout the summer. The camp actually has two sites which I visit for the six weeks…
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Life Without Libraries
Jeff Jacoby, a columnist at The Boston Globe, wrote an opinion piece titled “Life Without Libraries Would Be Unimaginably Poorer” yesterday. The writer talks about his experience in libraries growing up and how, although technology is important, it doesn’t make a library – books make a library. I had a similar experience…
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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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Best Practices… What Makes It the Best?
I’m currently working on filling out the application for our Best Practices for our state association. Best practices are always difficult for me to think about. What do we consider our best practices? Did we borrow the idea from another library? What programs should other libraries be aware of and…
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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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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.…
