31
May
Summer Book Hook: Early Readers
Happy Summer! And welcome to the first edition of the Summer Book Hook: 10 weeks of Recommended Reads for Kids! I mentioned last week in my post, Tips to Get Kids Reading This Summer, that I’ll be sharing a weekly book list of recommended kids reads throughout the summer. Tried and true, new and old, [...]
29
May
Reading Together
We’ve had a great time reading together over the past few weeks. Here’s our list of current favorites! Chloe by Peter McCarty Hands down favorite over the past week. We can’t get enough of Chloe. We also love making bubble wrap popping sound effects. Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin, [...]
28
May
Memorial Day Hello
Happy Memorial Day! How was everyone’s weekend? Go anywhere exciting? Read any good books? My sister-in-law is visiting us for the holiday, so we’ve been enjoying some family pool time, gardening, and outside play. Definitely have relished the two days in a row off work. With that said, the library was closed yesterday and today [...]
22
May
10 Tips to Get Kids Reading This Summer
School’s out for the summer! Barbeques, block parties, pool time, camping… Woohoo it’s summer!!! But what seems like endless sunny days ahead, a dark shadow hangs over this time of the year for school age kids K-12, most popularly referred to as “the summer slide”. According to the Summer National Learning Association, “Most students lose [...]
21
May
Bring a Friend Storytime
Yesterday’s storytime was all about FRIENDSHIP. They were encouraged to bring a friend with them to storytime, which also included stuffed animals and imaginary friends. We don’t discriminate. For storytime, we enjoyed four fantastic books about being and becoming friends. Additionally, Ame Dykeman, author of Boy + Bot, sent goodies galore especially for our library’s [...]
20
May
Summer Kicks
Saw this post on How to Make Summer City Shoes over at Joy the Baker on Friday. Made a kid sneaker version for L on Saturday. She wore them all day Sunday. It was a glitterific glam weekend. Here’s how I made L’s new groovy blues… Materials needed: Canvas shoes for toddlers/kids, duct tape, glitter, [...]
18
May
Seeing Things
Of meadows and magic. Inside outside. Fluttertoes. Morning road. Peonies remind me of working on W. 28th. Spring was a jungle of peonies. Supermoon. On a stroll to market, to market. Full bloom. Answers to Steve. Loves tomatoes. Reading west. Beauty. Mystery. Energy. Peace.
17
May
Adventurs as Annie in EGYPT
This was the last Magic Tree House Adventures session until the school year picks up again in the fall. I now feel that I have a small understanding of how a teacher feels on their last day of school. Going to miss those kids. We didn’t have a crazy 50+ group like in the past [...]
15
May
Waiting For Wings Storytime
Last week, I came across this article in the Lawrence Journal World about an early abundance of caterpillars this year, which will naturally lead to an abundance of butterflies in the Lawrence area. It was my inspiration behind last Sunday’s caterpillar and butterfly storytime… Waiting For Wings Storytime Line-up: Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert [...]
13
May
To Mom:
When I look back and think about who was the major motivator behind getting me to read when I was young, it was you. A journey that if I remember correctly, wasn’t always a walk in the park. But there were always an abundance of books in our home and the encouragement to nurture whatever [...]
