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It’s time for another round of Ask Jbrary! I received an email from a librarian who is new to storytime and looking for advice. Here is the question: Dear Jbrary, How do you introduce new material (movement songs, rhymes etc.) that the group might not be familiar with? Especially looking for tips when you have… Continue reading Ask Jbrary: Introducing New Songs and Rhymes
Howdy folks! Alyssa Jewell (La La Librarian) here this week guest blogging while Lindsey is doing one of the herculean tasks many of you are likely doing this week: preparing for Summer Reading! The folks in Storytime Central and I have also been gearing up for what is surely the busiest time of year for… Continue reading Give Me Your Summer Reading Thoughts (and dinosaur favorites!)
Recently I discovered that to my great delight I am not the only one who sings Moo, Baa, La, La, La! by Sandra Boynton to the tune of Bad Romance by Lady Gaga. Jayme Champagne, Youth Services Librarian at Wake County Public Libraries and wonderful human being, also channels her inner Little Monster at storytime…. Continue reading Moo, Baa, La, La, La! by Lady Gaga
After two years of working on special projects and acting as a manager, this August I am finally returning to my role as a children’s librarian. Am I excited? Yes. Am I a little scared? Also yes. I know some things will have changed, and some things will be exactly the same. One thing that… Continue reading Give Me Your Babytime Recommendations
Words matter. What we say and how we say it matters. I recently had a conversation with a district principal that gave me new words to use when I talk about how the library can support children entering school. Our conversation came about when the principal noticed a library program with the phrase “school readiness.”… Continue reading All Kids Are Ready for School
Thank you to everyone who entered my first felt story giveaway and congratulations to Ashley on being the lucky winner! Ashley says: If you haven’t read all the comments, they are a gold mine of felt activities for storytime. This community is brilliantly talented. I thought this topic is the perfect segue to the second… Continue reading Ask Jbrary: Kids Tearing Down Felts
Something magical happened to me. I stumbled my way into a ticket to the VERY LAST Eras tour show here in Vancouver. I’m still pinching myself. And making friendship bracelets. And wondering if I’ll freeze to death in my snake tights. And fretting about getting sick at the last minute and not being able to… Continue reading Random December Notes
I’d like to try something new! Over the years we’ve received hundreds of emails with questions about storytime. Sometimes I don’t have the capacity to respond as in depth as I would like, and sometimes I feel the question would be better answered by a group. That’s where you come in: I am so fortunate… Continue reading Ask Jbrary: Caregivers on Devices at Storytime
Another year, another Summer Reading Club (but maybe one year, not!). Where I live kids still have another month of school which means all the youth services staff are gearing up for school visits to promote the bejeesuz out of SRC. Since I’m not doing any visits this year I thought I’d take this time… Continue reading I’m Done with Rules
Not blogging, unfortunately! Despite my very good intentions to regularly post it’s been a challenge to keep it up. Rather than try wax poetic about pressing issues in the field of children’s librarianship I thought I’d take it easy and give an update on the things I’ve been working on. But first, I must tell… Continue reading What I’ve Been Up To