& other tales of a teacher turned librarian
My first ever Outside Storytime got moved from the nearby park to the parking lot! This switch (coinciding with the installation of our new auto shop playscape) inspired my transportation themed storytime plan. The change of scenery didn't seem to deter folks... we still had 137 people in attendance! Pre-Storytime Playlist: Here Comes the Sun… Continue reading Outside Storytime Spotlight: Beep Beep!
Photograph: Three different color cars constructed from stiff posterboard. Two are clean; one is spattered with brown paint representing mud. I had so much fun adapting this classic Clean and Dirty Pigs flannel rhyme! Big thanks to my Flannel Friday friends for their input. I made these enlarged posterboard props for outdside storytimes, but I… Continue reading Flannel Friday: Clean and Dirty Cars
I recently updated the Flannels Page of my website and OOF. Looking back at those flannels from the early days of my practice makes me cringe! I'm excited for the encouragement to give these old flannels a fresh look with the latest Flannel Friday Round Up: Extreme Makeover Edition. Here's an old fun bookish flannel:… Continue reading Flannel Friday: Five Little Books Early Literacy Makeover
Storytime in the Stacks 