Helpful tips for new parents that are about to attend storytime at the library.
Have you been considering offering sensory storytimes at your library or doing outreach to a school serving children with developmental delays? Maybe the reason you’ve hesitated is because you feel unprepared. I get it: Sensory storytime can seem intimidating, with its own particular structure and style.
Themed preschool books and activities for each month of the year
Learn more about offering programs for the very youngest customer (birth to 6 months) at your local public Library. Babies and their grownups will love it!
Our guest post today is from Amanda Moss Struckmeyer of the Middleton Public Library! We recently hosted a mini robot-building program fo...
Greetings everyone! This is a new storytime format that two partner-in-crimes and I created to not only mix things up with our programming...
Mar 12, 2019 - One of our favorite storytime songs set to a familiar tune! Perfect for ocean and fish themes. Head over to the #CMCLKids Blog for more recommendations, rhymes, and songs! #Storytime #EarlyLiteracy #Library #Programming #Rhymes #ActionRhyme #LibraryProgram #KidsEvents #KidsSongs #ChildrensMusic #LibraryLife
An excellent flannel rhyme! Perfect for practice counting, as well as nighttime and bird themes! #CMCLKids #Storytime #EarlyLiteracy #Library #Programming #Rhymes #ActionRhyme #LibraryProgram #KidsEvents #KidsSongs #ChildrensMusic #LibraryLife
I’ve been using visual schedules in my Sensory Storytime programming for years. It’s a tip I gathered by observing teachers working with special education students in their classrooms. During my classroom observation, I listened as the teacher directed the students through each activity on the large group schedule, using “First… Then…” language. Each student had their own individual group schedule, which replicated the large group schedule on the board. As the group completed each activity, the teacher would return to the large group schedule at the front of the room, remove the visual pertaining to the completed activity, and then direct the students to the next activity. Each student then replicated this on their own individual schedule. Working with those special education teachers, who mentored me in my very first Sensory Storytime, I learned how to create visuals and adapt my technique incorporating this practice into my storytime. I quickly...
Brooklyn Public Library offers books and programming for children of all ages and their families. From storytime to STEM, and from live entertainment to a children's librarian at every branch, BPL helps establish a love of reading and learning at every age.
My library system has one central location and 9 branches. To make storytime programming easier for all involved, we use storyboxes. These are "storytimes in a box". They contain everything a storyteller would need for a successful storytime including books, videos, fingerplays and crafts. Ideally, there should be enough variety that the box can be used for infants/toddlers, preschoolers, and lower elementary ages.…
Donut? Doughnut? Donut. In case you're wondering, National Donut Day is the first Friday in June. You know, in case you need a storytime id...
Everything you need to know to start a story time program for kids in your community. Book ideas, tips and planning sheets for getting started.
Remember the Drive-In Movie? Well, it was so cute, we decided to do a similar program, but we turned boxes into train cars this time. AND IT WAS ADORBS. The kids had a lot of fun decorating their train cars and then running around our "train tracks" and we got a lot of positive feedback…
The Most Wonderful Egg in the World by Helme Heine is a great story that has been adapted for the flannel board. I found one with fantasti...
It's probably no surprise to anyone that a ballet-themed story time is a hit with our young program-goers; after all, how many young ones ar...
Plans for toddler story times and other library programming.
In March, I did a month-long series of baby activities on Saturday mornings called “Baby Explorers.” It was a sort of hybrid baby storytime/playtime. My library has tried several things to get a baby storytime going, but a weekday morning just hasn’t worked, and previous more traditional baby storytimes on Saturdays weren’t well attended either. …
SELFISHLY I SAY I AM SAD THAT HE IS GONE BUT IN MY HEART I KNOW HE IS RESTING WITH HIS FATHER IN HEAVEN... Grandpa has passed, he's made the journey above Taken flight to heaven like the olive branch dove I will miss the afternoon whisky's and your cheeky nature I will also miss how you represented old school scripture Tell me a story grandpa, of days gone by Tell my where your father worked and why Stories of the family are some of the best But the ones of your sporting heros are better than the rest I'll sit in your sunlit livingroom a tea cup in my hand Just to hear your stories, then life I'll better understand The sun pouring through the curtains match the smile on your face When you recall your sporting glory or family history you retrace ODC: USE A PROP Tumblr | Twitter | Youtube
