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 […]
6
Jan
Storytime Hiatus
As a heads up, there will be no storytime posts until early February. The Lawrence Public Library will be undergoing a $19 million dollar renovation starting this month, so we will be packing up all the books and moving to another location over the next couple of weeks before the construction starts. The library’s storytimes […]
17
Dec
Snowman Storytime
In light of the upcoming winter season, all the wonderful snowman stories our library houses, and my own daughter’s recent obsession with “Frosty the Snowman”, the last storytime theme of the year was “Snowman Storytime”. We read a few popular snowman picture books and then made melt-proof snowmen/women/pets inspired by Lois Elhert’s collage art […]
10
Dec
Winter Storytime
As I type this blog post it is a mere 25 degrees Fahrenheit in Lawrence, Kansas. Winter is coming. Even though winter officially begins on December 21st of this year, I thought the storytime kids and I would get a jump start on the season with Winter Storytime. Winter Storytime Line-up: Here Comes Jack Frost […]
3
Dec
Gingerbread Storytime
There was a lot of holiday activity going on in Lawrence last weekend! The Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade, The Ugly Sweater Run, and the Big Brothers, Big Sisters Annual Gingerbread Festival & Auction. To highlight the Gingerbread Festival (only a few blocks from the public library), I thought having a Gingerbread Storytime would be a great […]
19
Nov
Thanksgiving Storytime
It’s the week of Thanksgiving, which means Sunday’s storytime theme was devoted to just that: Thanksgiving and gratitude. I don’t think I’ve ever used the same storytime craft twice, but I couldn’t help but use last year’s “Thankful Turkey” craft. They turn out wonderfully and are a great way to celebrate all the things we […]
