One of the highlights of my summer so far was being visited by some of my closest friends and their kids. They attended storytime, devoured pancakes, sticky-fied my house in the best possible way, read me books, braved the coldest … Continue reading
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Play, Baby, Play! No Paper? No Problem! Bodies as Canvas
Brooke and I have both written about this activity before, but I just can’t get enough! This time, we did this activity in all storytimes: Preschool, Baby, Preschool again, and Family. Surprisingly to me at the time (though on reflection … Continue reading
Play, Baby, Play! Boxes
Last year during ALA Annual 2014, Brooke (from Reading with Red) and I presented an Ignite session all about playing with babies at the library. It is one of our favorite presentations (together or separate), to this day. After talking about it … Continue reading
Play, Baby, Play! Parachute with Shredded Paper
In my last library we did this activity after reading an article about the Brooklyn Library inviting kids to play in shredded newspaper. Since my coworker had just shredded a ton of paper for a treasure hunting activity we decided … Continue reading
Play, Baby, Play: Ignite Session at ALA 2014
This year at ALA I was fortunate enough to be on the presenting side of things twice. Once for a Conversation Starter with the other Joint Chiefs of Storytime Underground (Amy’s write up is so good I’m just going to … Continue reading
Babies Need Words Every Day: Play!
I’m so thrilled to be joining this week’s blog tour for Babies Need Words Every Day with a focus on PLAY (my favorite!!!!). In this post you’ll read about how I incorporate PLAY into my programs and services and find … Continue reading
Baby Art in a Bag and Sensory Hoops
At the end of baby storytime we always have playtime. It is an integral part to any baby storytime, in my opinion. Usually I just put out a bin of toys (you can see what my storytimes typically look like … Continue reading
Baby Storytime: Eyebrows, Mustaches, Oh My!
So a couple week ago I saw this posted on Facebook (here’s another). I shared it, commenting that it probably wouldn’t be ok in baby storytime, but Angela and Josie urged me to do it. So, I did it. And this … Continue reading
Baby Storytime: Sing
Introduction Hello Bubbles Hi Hello and How Are You? with the ukulele Parent Message: Don’t worry about how you sound when you sing. Your child loves your voice, even if you’re tone deaf or don’t think you sound great and singing … Continue reading
New Year, New Baby Storytime
Most my resolutions this year were professional ones. I’ve given up on any kind of “getting fit” or “be Martha Stewart in my spare time” resolutions. The more I resolve, the less I do. It’s my contrary brain. I’ll do … Continue reading
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