This was one of many monthly, Saturday morning children’s programs I conducted while working as a Children’s Librarian in Idaho.* I miss planning and implementing them. These were super fun, and I always had such a nice turnout (10-20 children and their adults). For this particular program, I set up three crafting tables complete with…
This is Five Little Raccoons flannelboard set I created for the Raccoon themed storytime crate I put together during the Fall of 2015. Flannelboard: Five Little Raccoons (via Delta Township District Library) One little raccoon looking for things to do, Along came another and then there were two. Two curious raccoons trying so hard to…
These are the three felt animals I created to flesh out the flannelboard collection that already existed at my library. I combined the two sets in order to say the Into the Woods flannelboard rhyme during a series of Raccoon themed storytime sessions. Flannelboard Rhyme: Into the Woods (via Abby the Librarian) In the woods,…
Five Little Moose flannelboard set I created for the Moose Storytime Crate I put together during the Fall of 2015. As you can tell from the photo, I got a bit carried away and used too much glue. Lesson learned.
It took about 20 minutes to create this graphic for the bi-annual Friends of the Library Booksale using Microsoft Power Point
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DOOR 2 DOOR STORYTIME EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY SKILLS: Phonological Awareness BOOKS TO DISPLAY Pony Brushes His Teeth by Michael Dahl Maisy, Charley, and the Wobbly Tooth by Lucy Cousins No Biting, Louise by Margie Palatini Little Chipmunk’s Wiggly, Wobbly Tooth by Mary Packard Brush, Floss, Rinse by Amanda Doering Tourville Whose Teeth are These? by…
My library conducts an annual summer reading program series in a local park entitled: Food, Fit & Fun in the Park, in collaboration with our regional medical center, community college, university extension 4-H program, and USDA summer food program/school district. Every Thursday morning, for a period of six weeks, my community partners and I set…
Attendance at our weekly Thursday night storytime sessions has been disappointingly low. I’m sure part of the issue is the fact our 6 p.m. time slot conflicts with many families’ dinner schedules. So, I decided to incorporate food into our storytime programming and get a bit gimmicky in order to attract non-library users, and a…
DOOR 2 DOOR STORYTIME EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY SKILLS: Narrative Skill BOOKS TO DISPLAY Shark in the Park by Nick Sharratt Shark and Lobster’s Amazing Undersea Adventure by Viviane Schwarz Smiley Shark by Ruth Galloway Smiley Shark and the Great Big Hiccup by Ruth Galloway Sharkabet by Ray Troll Never Take a Shark to the Dentist…
DOOR 2 DOOR STORYTIME EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY SKILLS: Print Motivation & Print Awareness BOOKS TO DISPLAY Rabbit Food by Susanna Gretz Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper Worms for Lunch? by Leonid Gore Crunch Munch by Jonathan London If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff The Very Hungry…
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