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Mar 29, 2018

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...

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...