Sturdy For Common Things

Owl Storytime

Hello there! How are you owl doing after the Thanksgiving weekend? If you couldn’t tell by my cheesy intro, we sang songs and read books about owls for storytime. The kids even made their very own owl to take home with them. It was a small group of storytimers which was kinda nice after the [...]

This Week

There will be no Storytime Sunday post this week. I was off last Sunday. BUT, they will resume next week and owls will be the theme! While I’m still contemplating which stories to read, I’ve already picked out a fun, owly craft. As family and friends slowly trickle in for the holiday weekend (the head [...]

Reading Together

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin, illustrations by James Dean I’m going to have to buy a copy of this book for LBD for xmas. Not only is it fun to read, and the illustrations hysterical, but she already knows the colors red, blue, and brown from reading it. Perfect [...]

Thanksgiving Storytime

Thanksgiving is only 10 days away and since I will not be reading in next Sunday’s storytime, I took the opportunity to celebrate thankfulness yesterday. Thanksgiving Storytime Line-Up: Thanksgiving Song (Tune: “Twinkle, Twinkle little star”, Adapted from Head, Shoulders, Knees, and all that) Thank you, thank you, very much For everything that I can touch. [...]

Art Appreciation

Next child art prodigy? LBD has recently taken an interest in the art of coloring. She’ll sit down for up to 10 minutes (which is hours in toddler world) scribbling away before trying to color her face. After watching this evolution I got to thinking…. Am I a creativity encourager or an inhibitor (e.g. “Don’t [...]

90-Second Newbery Film Festival

“A Wrinkle In Time” In 90 Seconds from James Kennedy on Vimeo. This was just too ingenious that I had to share… James Kennedy, author of The Order of Odd Fish, created a national literary film contest for children called the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival. Kids were encouraged to create a 90-second dramatization of a [...]

Silly Hat Storytime

Aren’t these little owls the cutest? I was going to do owls for storytime this week, but I’m still waiting on a new owl book to arrive. Instead, I decided with colder weather on the horizon, storytime would be devoted to reading books about hats.  All stories read were slightly silly and there were a [...]

New Kids Fiction Must Reads

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making By: Caherynne M. Valente, Illustrations by Ana Juan Recommend Reading Age: 10 & up Published: May 2011, Feiwell & Friends “September is a girl who longs for adventure. When she is invited to Fairyland by a Green Wind and a Leopard, well, of [...]

Wardrobe Cycle

A Three Part Story Part 1: Deep clean We have one (ONE!) very small, very narrow closet in our new house. While I love our house, space is hard to come by. All coats, clothing, shoes, linens, bath towels, pool towels need to be able to fit, so out with the clothing I haven’t worn [...]