Weekly Program Round-Up: February 10-15, 2025

Book Babies (0-3) Story Time Theme: Love/Kindness Books: A Kiss Means I Love You by Kathryn Allen, Valentine Friends by April Jones Prince Songs/Rhymes (lyrics provided when links not available): Opening Song Acka Backa Soda CrackerAcka backa soda cracker (bounce side to side)Acka backa boo!Acka backa soda cracker,Up goes you! (lift baby up) Acka backa … Continue reading Weekly Program Round-Up: February 10-15, 2025 →

Weekly Program Round-Up: February 3-8, 2025

Just a simple story time week! I do each of these twice in a regular week (once at each branch location), and this week, I also did an evening session of the week's Little Learners for working families. Book Babies (0-3) Story Time Theme: N/A Books: Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox, We've … Continue reading Weekly Program Round-Up: February 3-8, 2025 →

Weekly Program Round-Up: January 27-February 1, 2025

We had a couple of special events this week tied to one of my favorite books of all time, as well as Lunar New Year story times! I was very excited to offer these programs! Book Babies (0-3) Story Time Theme: Lunar New Year Books: Chinese New Year Colors by Rich Lo (I like to … Continue reading Weekly Program Round-Up: January 27-February 1, 2025 →

Weekly Program Round-Up: January 20-25, 2025

This week was light on programming due to holiday closures and time off for my birthday! I didn't mind it though. =)Unfortunately, I couldn't get the snowplow to both libraries this week, but hopefully Friday's group will still have a great time! They usually do! =) Book Babies (0-3) Story Time Theme: Snow Books: Supertruck … Continue reading Weekly Program Round-Up: January 20-25, 2025 →

Weekly Program Round-Up: January 13-18, 2025

I absolutely LOVED the pacing and flow of both story times this week. That rarely happens! =) Book Babies (0-3) Story Time Theme: N/A Books: How to Make a Baby Smile by Philemon Sturges, Hands Can by Cheryl Willis Hudson Songs/Rhymes (lyrics provided when links not available): Opening Song Cheek, ChinCheek, chin, cheek, chin, cheek, … Continue reading Weekly Program Round-Up: January 13-18, 2025 →

Weekly Program Round-Up: January 3-11, 2025

Hey all! I am back and ready to share some programming ideas with you! I'm simplifying the blog a bit so that it's easier on me to post regularly and can also serve as an archive of my work. I left my former job in February of 2024 and am now children's program coordinator for … Continue reading Weekly Program Round-Up: January 3-11, 2025 →

Weekly Nibble: October 2, 2020

This week, I had my second Zoom session with my Book Worms kiddos. We read Bonaparte Falls Apart by Margery Cuyler and made Q-tip skeletons. I had fifteen kiddos and it was a wild ride from start to finish. We had multiple technical difficulties, one kid had a breakdown over the craft, and all of … Continue reading Weekly Nibble: October 2, 2020 →

The Library Rules: A Hilarious Game Show Competition to Keep Your Patrons Laughing!

Virtual programming has been a struggle for me. Keeping school age kids engaged digitally when they are burned out on hybrid schooling is hard. Going into this fall, I knew that I wanted to provide some opportunities for families to relax and laugh together. I worried at first that I might be met with pushback … Continue reading The Library Rules: A Hilarious Game Show Competition to Keep Your Patrons Laughing! →

Weekly Nibble: September 11, 2020

Just dropping in to say that the first episode of season two of Epic Athenaeum premiered this week! Give it a watch below! If you want to vote on the theme of our next episode, visit the Johnson City Public Library's Facebook page and comment on the post! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06DR7QfJxNg

Weekly Nibble: September 4, 2020

I just wanted to pop in to share some good news from this week! Ever since our library closed, we've been hesitant to use Zoom for programming very much. We've used it for meetings and I've used it to update our Librarians-in-Training on library happenings, but not much else. Our preschool librarians are worried it's … Continue reading Weekly Nibble: September 4, 2020 →