Lap Sit Week of 4/25

Next week will be our "Baby's Choice" storytime, so today was our last regular storytime of the season! My department's high school intern got to sit in on lap sit and I think at least a few of the babies were big fans. Here's what we were up to: If You're Ready For a Story…

Board Book Book Club

Last December, an especially large board book order combined with the Association for Library Service to Children's Babies Need Words Every Day: Talk, Read, Sing, Play initiative, led to a Board Book Book Club program. The idea was to display all of our new board books and encourage caregivers to make informed choices about their…

Decorations: Thanksgiving 2015

This was another really fun bulletin board. In early November, our turkey looked like this: And by the end of the month, he looked like this: I think kids and parents had a lot of fun deciding what to write on their feathers. I certainly had a lot of fun reading them. Here are some…

Decorations: Summer 2015

As we are gearing up for Summer Reading Club 2016 (Lions, and Tigers, and , I found some pictures of decorations from Summer Reading Club 2015 (Read Through Time). I really enjoyed making these: The Magic Tree House (to help us travel through time):   An Egyptian sarcophagus:   Big Ben:   A medieval castle…

Story Walk Summer 2015

I have grown to love Story Walks. The idea is very simple- take a book, disassemble the pages, mount the pages on large signs, hang/plant the signs outdoors, and have families walk through the story. Last summer, I did a Story Walk with I Took My Frog to the Library by Eric Kimmel: For each…

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

I did a program recently based on The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. We've had great luck in the past with programs based on a single book, and this one did not disappoint! We had around 20 kids and their adults (which is just about our capacity for a one-librarian program) and everyone had…

Fabulous 3s: Spring

Opening Song: Clap Your Hands (Wiggleworms Love You)Felt Game: Ladybug, LadybugLadybug, ladybugAre you under the [blue] rug?repeat until the ladybug is foundBook: Mouse's First Spring by Lauren ThompsonSong: Mr. SunBook + Felt Board: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleSong + Finger Puppets: 5 Little FlowersFive little flowers growing in the groundTeasing Mr. Bumblebee- we can't…

Fabulous 3s: Things That Go

Opening Song: Clap Your Hands (Wiggleworms Love You)Felt Game: Little MouseLittle mouse, little mouseAre you in the [red] house?repeat until mouse is foundBook: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo WillemsSong: Zoom Zoom ZoomZoom zoom zoom, we're going to the moonZoom zoom zoom, we're going to the moonIf you want to take a…

Fabulous 3s: Zoo

Opening Song: Clap Your Hands (Wiggleworms Love You)Felt Game: Little MouseLittle mouse, little mouseAre you in the [red] house?repeat until the mouse is foundBook: From Head to Toe by Eric CarleSong: You Can Hear(to the tune of "She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountain")You can hear the lions roaring at the zoo- ROAR!You can hear the…

Fabulous 3s: Counting

Opening Song: Clap Your Hands (Wiggleworms Love You)Felt Game: Little Mouse, Little MouseLittle mouse, little mouseAre you in the [red] house?repeat until the mouse is foundBook: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric LitwinSong: Five Little MonkeysFive little monkeys jumping on the bedOne fell off and bumped his headMama called the doctor…