11
Jun
Art Storytime
“Everything you can imagine is real.” -Pablo Picasso The Lawrence Public Library is collaborating with the Lawrence Arts Center for “Summer in the City“, this year’s new summer reading program. So, with that in mind I thought it would be fun to give the Arts Center a shout out with “Art Storytime”. Even thought I’ve […]
4
Jun
Summer Storytime
The Lawrence Public Library’s Summer Kick-Off Party of lawn games, moustaches, and old fashioned fun was Saturday. On Sunday, the celebration kept on going with more summertime fun at “Summer Storytime”. We read books about camping, swimming, ice cream, hot days, and ended it with a craft highlighting summer reading- personalized summer reading folders. Summer […]
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 […]
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 […]
8
May
Mother’s Day Storytime
Instead of having Mother’s Day Storytime on Mother’s Day this coming Sunday, I planned it a week early so that the kids could make a gift for mom ahead of time. I’ve been saving jars since the beginning of the year and finally found a craft I wanted to use them for… flower vases so […]
1
May
Poetry is Music
Yesterday was the last day of April and the last day of National Poetry Month and the day before yesterday was last poetry-themed Sunday Storytime, “Poetry is Music”. We were very fortunate to have a couple special guests, local musician, Michael Bradley and his daughter Eva preforming lyrical songs. I would alternate reading a poem […]
24
Apr
Wordplay
Wordplay(time)! Came across this idea recently and decided to try it out on the library storytime kids as a “Build-A-Poem” activity during National Poetry Month. I labeled bunches and bunches of legos and left them out after Sunday’s storytime last weekend. It turned out to be more of a Build-A-Verse than the Build-A-Poem activity I […]
23
Apr
Poetry in Nature
Sunday was Earth Day and it’s also National Poetry Month! So, yesterday as a part of the ongoing festivities for poetry month, the storytime theme was “Poetry in Nature”. After reading a few poetic books about nature and the world, we made a “Plant a Poem, Plant a Flower” craft. One part grown in the […]
16
Apr
Poetry as Story
To celebrate National Poetry Month, Sunday’s storytimes throughout the month of April are themed around poetry. A couple weeks ago was Poetry is FUN! Storytime, where we focused on how silly poetry can be. This week’s focus was how poems are also stories. After a few ballads and rhymes, we made Color Poem Books for […]
2
Apr
Poetry is FUN!
Yesterday was the kick-off for National Poetry Month! The Lawrence Public Library teamed with the The Lawrence Arts Center for “Poetry Off the Page“, a month of poetry themed activities of which Sunday Storytime is a part of! Woot!! Which means over that past few weeks I’ve been compiling poetry books, crafts, and activities to […]
