Curious Kitties--the math and science storytime! Or, mainly science. In the past I have done programs that are more science-focused than math. I've done my body, weather, and animal adaptations. Math is definitely used in these programs as it is applied to science by measuring and comparing numbers, quantity, and space. For these preschool programs,… Continue reading Curious Kitties: Measuring Your World
Category: Programs
Halloween Crafts for Lil’ Hands
Strap your biscuits to your butts, everybody, I have been doing Hands-On Ones & Twos programs for one full year.Maybe this 1 year mark is not quite as impressive as other fellow librarians entering 15+ years of storytime or classroom service, but I'm pretty proud of this little program. I inherited it from my predecessor… Continue reading Halloween Crafts for Lil’ Hands
Pinkalicious and the Pinktastic Program
Have you ever read Pinkalicious before? Well, lemme tell you. It's another one of those stories that doesn't have rhythmic oomph and tends to exclude a lot of "explanation" filler. Things just happen. And children gobble it up. When I first read it, I was all: And when I read it at the Pinkalicious program… Continue reading Pinkalicious and the Pinktastic Program
Curious Kitties: My Body’s a Pretty Cool Thing
Bi-monthly I present a super-fantastic science and math storytime called Curious Kitties for ages 2-5. I provide two unusual times so families that cannot make our typical storytimes have a chance to come to a program. There is one on Thursday night and one on Friday morning. You know when you do a program for… Continue reading Curious Kitties: My Body’s a Pretty Cool Thing
Fairy Good Tales: The Gingerbread Man
We just started a new program at our library to invoke the greater powers of classic folktales and fairytales. It is so important to give children these classic tales that have survived the ages. Let me tell you the ways: They are strong in rhythm, rhyme, and repetition They can teach lessons about actions and… Continue reading Fairy Good Tales: The Gingerbread Man
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