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Story Time With the Library Lady: July 2014
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Friday, July 18, 2014. Flannel Friday: Slippery Fish. I loved doing a program this week that included Raffi's "Baby Beluga", a beautiful new book called "Breathe" and Lois Ehlert's "Fish Eyes" because it enabled me to do all my favorite fish songs. On an earlier Flannel Friday. Once again, it was a great song to do. If you are brave enough to sing it a capella, get the kids and parents to clap rhythmically for the "Boop Boop Diddy-Daddy" part and they'll have a great time. The kids LOVED doing this song,...
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Story Time With the Library Lady: April 2014
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Saturday, April 26, 2014. Flannel Friday: Buzz On! I've been so busy DOING programs, I've had no time to talk about them or write about them! And I know that there are lots of great versions of this fingerplay out there- I got the idea from several other Flannel Friday entries. So why put this here? Reason two is that while looking for ideas for this fingerplay, I came across a site from Australia: "Sing and Grow". And a lovely singing version of this song. You can click on the link and hear it there...
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Story Time With the Library Lady: September 2014
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Friday, September 12, 2014. Flannel Friday: Flannel Table Time. I was on the Flannel Friday Facebook page recently, and Lisa of Thrive After Three. Was asking how to clean the fabric for her felt table. And the pieces for the boards ended up, like all my other toys, being stuffed randomly into any container available. I could have done this on one of my small round tables- and I may yet- but they are lovely Eric Carle "Caterpillar" tables from Demco and I hate covering them. Besides, they are over in...
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Story Time With the Library Lady: October 2013
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Friday, October 18, 2013. Flannel Friday: Halloween Toys For The Children's Room. One of the first things I made as a plaything for the children's room was a basic flannel board. Just a picture frame covered in gray felt, glued on the underside and with a bunch of shapes cut from felt and stiffened felt. Last year I was entranced by a haunted house play mat that was a Flannel Friday offering. A pumpkin felt board was created. If you are even mildly crafty, you can make one of these in minutes. I love...
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Story Time With the Library Lady: November 2014
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Friday, November 21, 2014. One of the responses on Facebook to my post of yesterday was a nice lady who recounted how during an owl making craft she had talked with one little girl who was making an orange and yellow "explained to her that owls are not that color in real life, but she could color it however she wanted.". She was proud of having created a "learning opportunity.". They'll get their fill of that soon enough! I hope that they always will. Being a Childrens Librarian. Two years ago I did turk...
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Story Time With the Library Lady: On "Teaching Moments"
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Friday, November 21, 2014. One of the responses on Facebook to my post of yesterday was a nice lady who recounted how during an owl making craft she had talked with one little girl who was making an orange and yellow "explained to her that owls are not that color in real life, but she could color it however she wanted.". She was proud of having created a "learning opportunity.". They'll get their fill of that soon enough! I hope that they always will. Being a Childrens Librarian. I have a little story of...
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Story Time With the Library Lady: Flannel Friday: Talking Turkey, Year 2
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Friday, November 7, 2014. Flannel Friday: Talking Turkey, Year 2. I made a lovely flannel turkey last year for our mobile flannel boards, and someone took it! So this month, I have made a basic turkey body. I did use wiggle eyes, but that's it. And I have basted the turkeys to the felt table- that is "basting" in the sense of sewing them there :D. I did it as much on the underside as I could, so you can't see the basting, but the turkeys are secure. It seems to be working. So far so good. And Yet Another...
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Story Time With the Library Lady: Adult Patrons Used To Be Kids Too
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Tuesday, January 6, 2015. Adult Patrons Used To Be Kids Too. I am really tired of elitist asshole librarians who clearly don't get that working in a public library means working with the PUBLIC. My full rant on this subject is here. Labels: Being a Childrens Librarian. Tell me YOUR story! Please note that trolls of the kind who tend to live in apartments rather than under bridges will be mocked mercilessly, especially in terms of grammar and spelling.). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Story Time With the Library Lady: No Two Snowflakes Are Alike. And Neither Are These Crafts
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Thursday, February 5, 2015. No Two Snowflakes Are Alike. And Neither Are These Crafts. This is a very simple craft. All we did was cut up some qtips and toss them, plus some uncut qtips on the tables, along with a container with some glue. We gave each child a sheet of construction paper. We showed them how to hold the qtip by the cotton end and dip it in glue. And then we let them do whatever they liked. No models. No instructions. No "that's not a snowflake.". Tell me YOUR story! More of The Library La...
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Story Time With the Library Lady: And Yet Another Example of What Happens Without Patterns and Models
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Thursday, November 20, 2014. And Yet Another Example of What Happens Without Patterns and Models. Two years ago I did turkey hats with the kids and did a post here about the adorable triplets who each made a hat in their own way. You can find it here. And here are two of the hats the kids made today. I meant to take a picture of a third hat, where the young lady had flipped the paper plate and made her hat the opposite way, but missed it in the busy group. Let them figure it out. Tell me YOUR story!
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