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PiBoIdMo: Week 2

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Melissa

This week for Picture Book Idea Month I am continuing to brainstorm possible ideas for homemade big books for baby storytimes. Last week I came up with a few plans for Mother Goose rhymes, and this week I’ve been thinking … Continue reading →

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Picture Book Boot Camp

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Melissa

One of the (many) fun things I get to do at my job is to help present a series of “Caldecott Hopefuls” presentations to our staff each fall. This project grew out of an online poll our Digital Services librarians … Continue reading →

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Flannel Friday: Building Blocks

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Melissa

I am working on refreshing our “Build It” storytime resource pack this week, and when I opened it up, I found a laminated magnet set of building blocks! These are photo images, printed & laminated, with a magnet on the … Continue reading →

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PiBoIdMo: Week 1

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Melissa

I’ve been running through some of my baby storytime files, hoping to brainstorm some ideas for more homemade big books I can make and use. I started by looking through my Goodreads baby storytime shelf, jotting down my favorite titles … Continue reading →

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Clip Art Files & Copyright

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Melissa

Recently, my tech support department (aka my husband) asked me if I really had permissions to share my clip art files with you on Mel’s Desk. I went searching out the service agreements…and decided I probably didn’t. Yes, clip art … Continue reading →

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Flannel Friday: Tortoise & the Hare

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Melissa

Earlier this week I posted about adapting stories to the flannelboard, and one of the examples I dug out of my files was a set for The Tortoise and the Hare, so today I’m sharing the pattern. You can see … Continue reading →

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Can This Story Be Flannelized?*

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Melissa

Recently Cate asked us some great questions about how we choose to adapt stories to the flannelboard, and I am finally getting a chance to answer one of them! I have to admit that I don’t think of adapting picture … Continue reading →

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Flannel Friday: Where Is Catkin?

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Melissa

Or, In Which I Go A Little Overboard But Have a Really Good Time! I’m going to try Where Is Catkin? by Janet Lord in my Pets baby storytime this fall, less because I think it’s a great book for … Continue reading →

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PiBoIdMo

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Melissa

It’s the third year for the Picture Book Idea Month, but I’m just finding out about it now, thanks to Shelftalker. It’s kind of a sister to the big NaNoWriMo, except in PiBoIdMo, participants are challenged to come up with … Continue reading →

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Flannel Friday: Making My Own Patterns

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Melissa

So last week I finished an original pattern for train cars, and shared a rhyme. And I promised THIS week I’d actually MAKE the pattern! Plus I thought I’d talk about the process I use to come up with original … Continue reading →

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