Sometimes, the day-to-day repetitiveness wears you down and you feel uninspired. I especially felt this way after a whole fall of very little programming due to budget cuts. And by little programming, I mean Storytime, desk time, and then the million other things that you do off desk but aren’t always as much fun as … Continue reading »
Today I was feeling extra silly in storytime today with Jimmy. I don’t know if it was because it was the last Toddler Storytime of the summer of because the parents were interacting a lot with their children so I wanted to make them laugh or because I hit my stride in storytime (which is … Continue reading »
This week I offered some stellar storytimes, I have to admit. At Toddler Storytime on Wednesday I did a puppet version of Campbell’s Dear Zoo which went over splendidly! I got the idea from Beyond the Book Storytimes blog and used regular brown boxes with special made shipping labels. I didn’t have all of the … Continue reading »
I probably won’t make posting on Flannel Fridays a regular thing, but I thought it’d be fun to do since I’ve been making finger puppets and new flannels here at Glendale. At PVLD I was a little spoiled by their huge collection of flannel board stories to choose from and now that I only have … Continue reading »
Yesterday (Monday) I had my first pre-school storytime here at GPL. I was a little stressed about it because I started work 30 min before storytime was to begin and realized that I had planned on doing a flannel that I’ve only told once (Anansi & the Moss Covered Rock) and singing a song w/pom … Continue reading »
Today was my 2nd Mother Goose & Me and I have to say that I think it went splendidly. The parents who came were very participatory, which I totally love because I usually pick things up from them and learn from them when they repeat certain phrases from stories, add hand motions to regular songs, … Continue reading »
The first time you do anything at a new job is nerve wracking. At least for me. Christian says that in your first few weeks you get a hall pass. You’re allowed to mess up and no one can get too mad at you because how could you know? You used your judgment. But I … Continue reading »
I was so proud of my TAC on Saturday! They put on a pretty successful Easter Egg Hunt/Spring Storytime/Craft for the little kids. The majority of planning was done with myself and the TAC, with the programming librarian and the Children’s Assistant helping to coordinate the craft and act as a sounding board when maybe … Continue reading »
And I have done like 1 post in the whole month. It’s been a busy month and, until Oct. 4, things are not going to simmer down really. So, I’m going to give a super boring, run down of activities for the month, in which you will probably go, why do i care and why … Continue reading »
Anyone who has met me for more than 30 seconds probably knows how much I LOVE purple. And when Purplicious came out, I got super excited – it was going to be my book! But no. That kid still loved pink more and I felt like purple barely made an appearance in the book… And … Continue reading »
