This was our 4th session of Preschool Cooks & Books! We’ve gotten more and more comfortable with doing these preschool cooking programs and have been having a lot of fun with them!
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Preschool Cooks & Books: Cookies
After an ambitious session last time with Stone Soup, we wanted to do a slightly simpler one. We’re hoping to alternate between simple recipes and more difficult ones as well as rotating between foods that many kids might know and love and ones that may be new to them. So this session definitely fell intoContinue reading “Preschool Cooks & Books: Cookies”
Preschool Cooks & Books: Stone Soup!
This was our 2nd session of this series of cooking programs targeted at the Preschool level. This was kind of an ambitious recipe to do on just our second run, but I think it went well with all the extra planning we did plus the alterations we put in place. Let’s dive into what weContinue reading “Preschool Cooks & Books: Stone Soup!”
Black Experiences (For Black History Month)
It’s February! Black History Month! I planned this storytime with the intent of giving a nod to Black history, but also wanted to look to Black joy and futures. So I did a little of both and called my theme “Black Experiences.” I looked to the book below, Let’s Talk About Race in Storytimes byContinue reading “Black Experiences (For Black History Month)”
Storytime: Leaves!
Fall is starting to come to Indiana, so my coworker, C, and I are doing a bunch of storytimes on Fall topics. Last week I did the theme of Leaves since ours are just beginning to change. Later on in the storytime, I put in a little science by talking about why leaves change theirContinue reading “Storytime: Leaves!”
Storytime: Books & Libraries
As many in the library world know – September is Library Card Signup Month. I took our storytime this past week to let caregivers know and to do a storytime all about books and libraries in order to celebrate. At our library, we leave it up to the child’s grownup to decide when their childContinue reading “Storytime: Books & Libraries”
Storytime: Back to School
Summer Reading has been over for us for weeks and weeks and all our families are getting used to their new routines. Which means preschool and school for their kids! So, of course we had to do a “Back to School” theme. There’s always so much excitement and/or nervousness around this subject. I like toContinue reading “Storytime: Back to School”
Storytime: Things We Do In Summer
This was an unexpectedly fun storytime to do! It really allowed me to do a varied set of topics all wrapped up in the summertime theme. We had over 60 attendees for this one, so I had to do a lot of managing energy with the kids, but overall they did so well! Here’s myContinue reading “Storytime: Things We Do In Summer”
Storytime: Goats!
Introduction: This was such an unexpectedly fun storytime! The kids got really into acting like goats, LOVED the goat puppet (TBH, it’s one of my favorites, too), and loved telling me that they knew the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff when we began our fingerplay. We sang our opening song, and then gotContinue reading “Storytime: Goats!”
ASL Storytime: Transportation
Since this is a special kind of storytime, I talk (mostly to the grownups) a little about ASL and what our goals are for the day. I always let them know that ASL is its own language with grammar and structure just like any other language (though we don’t learn that in our storytimes, optingContinue reading “ASL Storytime: Transportation”
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