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Especially in smaller towns, with no YMCA or other places for indoor gross-motor exploration by toddlers, adding in some time for playing to a toddler/preschool storytime makes a lot of sense. Two relatively new IFLS librarians are drawing on their...
Fall is in the air–I love the crisp days and the smell of leaves and the change in routine. It’s the time librarians everywhere start up storytime with a new crop of pre-schoolers and say hello to their old friends (4-year olds love being called...
Thanks to Marge Loch Wouters over at Tiny Tips for Library Fun for the suggestion of checking out Ten Favorite Baby Storytime Plans from Melissa Depper’s Mel’s Desk blog. Mel’s Desk has all sorts of other excellent posts about storytime for the...
Photo credit: Happy Instruments by mtsofanI’m on an Association for Library Service to Children listserv. Rick Samuelson asked for favorite recorded music to use for storytimes, and then was kind enough to compile the list of favorites. So helpful! I’m...
Looks of wonder and delight at the parachuteThe youth librarians had something for everyone during Eau Claire Schools’ Spring Break week. A special beach party for the babies, a Fancy Nancy program, a program about fishing, a special cow-poke storytime,...