Easter Story Time and Egg Hunt
Our Story Time books were "Chester's Colorful Easter Eggs" by Theresa Smythe and Leslie Patricello's "Hop! Hop!". Our craft was an...
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the podunk librarian
Mar 21, 2018
Library Gumball Machine
We bought a gumball machine for $30 on eBay, painted it purple, and slightly modified it so it would accept arcade tokens. Now when kids...
Mar 21, 2018
Story Time: The Cow Jumped Over the Moon
We started this Story Time by working our Hey Diddle Diddle puzzle from the children's room. Then we read Margaret Wise Brown's...
Mar 14, 2018
Story Time: St. Patrick's Day
We read "The Luckiest St. Patrick's Day Ever!" by Teddy Slater and "How to Catch a Leprechaun" by Adam Wallace. We learned the word...
Mar 7, 2018
Story Time: Pirates
This was my first time with Claire Freedman's "Pirates Love Underpants" and I think it's a little long and a little over the heads of my...
Mar 3, 2018
Dr. Seuss Birthday Party Cupcakes
This year I made cupcakes for our annual Birthday Party for Dr. Seuss. I wanted to feature a few different books, and I went with The...
Mar 1, 2018
Story Time: Sharks
We read "Shark in the Park!" by Nick Sharratt with "I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean" by Kevin Sherry. Our craft was an underwater foam...
Feb 25, 2018
Thing 1 & Thing 2 Bulletin Board and Seuss-ified Windows
Getting ready for Dr. Seuss's birthday/Read Across America: "Reading is Our Thing" March bulletin board with tissue paper-haired Thing 1...
Feb 22, 2018
Story Time: Spiders
We read Eric Carle's "The Very Busy Spider" with "Soup For One" by Ethan Long and the pop-up book "Itsy Bitsy Spider" by Richard...
Feb 15, 2018
Story Time Valentine's Day Party
We read "If You'll Be My Valentine" by Cynthia Rylant and "The Biggest Kiss" by Joanna Walsh. Our craft was a thumbprint heart tree craft...
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