10
May
Chicken (and Goose) Storytime
Our house has chicken envy. We desperately would like a few hens of our own to roam the backyard. Lucky for us Lawrence is a pretty laid back community that allows domestic chickens, and quite a few of our neighbors already exercise that freedom. We currently rent, so it isn’t in the cards for another [...]
30
Apr
Garden Storytime
Finally! Warmer weather. Some of my favorite picture books are about gardening and we’ll soon be free of the last frost date. The Old Farmer’s Almanac estimated Lawrence, Kansas be 50% frost free by April 7, but mother nature had another plan. It’s going to be a late start for planting this season, but we [...]
9
Apr
Spring Birds Storytime
Finally! Warmer weather. The trees are starting to bloom white and pink flowers, and the birds are back twittering away early each morning. This week’s storytime theme was all about the spring season and the birds. Originally, I wanted to make bird feeders after storytime, but a majority of simple bird feeder crafts require peanut [...]
29
Mar
Windy Day Storytime
Kansas can see some wicked winds, especially in the springtime. (Insert Wizard of Oz joke.) Due to our naturally windy climate and the fact that I was itching to test out a new book on the storytime kids called Windblown (you can read my review here), the storytime theme for this week was “Windy Day”. [...]
19
Mar
Rain and Rainbow Storytime
Sunday was St. Patrick’s Day, and a quiet day at the library with the big downtown parade going on just a block away. Even though storytime was the day of the holiday, I opted out out of a St. Patrick’s Day themed storytime this year. I just wasn’t feeling it. But since it was so [...]
11
Mar
Food Fun Storytime
This week’s storytime was all about food. Reading about food, singing about food, and even painting with food. It was a dreary rainy day, so there were lots and lots of kids looking to have some indoor fun and that’s just what we had. Food Fun Storytime Line-up: Pete’s a Pizza by William Steig Since [...]
5
Mar
Storytime Mixer
Sometimes I get tired of themes. Animal themes. Holiday themes. Seasonal themes. The whole kit and kaboodle. Whenever this happens I like to mix things up. “Miss Becca’s Storytime Mixer” is my unthemed storytime where I pick a few unrelated, favorite books of mine to read to the kids. There are so many wonderful new [...]
25
Feb
Penguin Storytime
Kansas has seen quite a bit of winter weather recently with last week’s Blizzard of Oz. Lots and lots and lots of snow. The library was even closed a couple of days due to the weather, so storytime was organized last minute, but it turned out nicely. The arctic temperatures (it was -2 degrees this [...]
20
Feb
Stuffed Animal Storytime & Sleepover
This week, I decided to mix things up a bit with storytime. I’ve seen so many wonderful stuffed animal sleepover programs done at other libraries that I thought it was high time to host one at my library. Why not? So, this week’s storytime theme was “Stuffed Animal Storytime & Sleepover”. At last week’s storytime [...]
11
Feb
Chinese New Year Storytime
新年快樂 Happy Chinese New Year! The most important Chinese holiday for the year, the Lunar New Year, started yesterday and will go on for the next 15 days. I have an extreme fondness of Chinese holidays and have many Chinese parents and families that regularly attend Sunday storytime, so having a Chinese New Year storytime [...]
