Author Archives: Melissa

Baby Storytime: Noisy and Quiet

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Melissa

I know I said I wasn’t posting storytimes lately, but this is one I never wrote up from last year! OPENING SONG: Hello Song* OPENING FINGERPLAY: Open Them Shut Them* BOOK: Baby Goes Beep! by O’CONNELL Fuse #8 says this … Continue reading →

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Flannel Friday: Down Around the Corner

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Melissa

Since I haven’t been posting brand-new storytime plans lately (I’ve been reusing plans I’ve already posted here), I wanted to have a regular way to share some of the flannelboard clip art and patterns I have stored up. Introducing Flannel … Continue reading →

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Literacy-Based Library Programs

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Melissa

I have the great good fortune this quarter to be team-teaching a brand-new class over at the University of Denver LIS program called Early Childhood Materials and Services! For our session this past week, we looked at some websites of … Continue reading →

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Caldecott at the Jail

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Melissa

My district, in conjunction with the sheriff’s office, runs a library at our county jail, and I visit several times a year and talk to the parents about the importance of reading to their kids. But this week and last … Continue reading →

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What Not To Do?

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Melissa

So I am having such a good time with this conversation about Best Practices in storytime! Thanks to everyone who has added their two cents, either online or in person. I have so much to ponder! I feel like Pooh … Continue reading →

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Best Practices and Personal Style

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Melissa

OK, this extremely goofy picture is of me in the middle of baby storytime last year. My brother-in-law posted it on Facebook with the caption, “This is what my son’s therapists call ‘high-affect’.” So I said back, “But Max had … Continue reading →

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The All-Boy Picture Book Post

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Melissa

I helped a patron this week who wanted to write picture books for boys, because he was convinced there was nothing out there but princesses. So he was wrong, of course, and I wanted to send him a list of … Continue reading →

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Storytime Basics: Staff & Training

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Melissa

For my first Extended Play Storytime Posts, I am just going to talk about the basics of how we do storytime at my library district. Every library is different, but each library often has the same types of problems (registration, … Continue reading →

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Storytime Basics: Philosophy

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Melissa

For my first Extended Play Storytime Posts, I am just going to talk about the basics of how we do storytime at my library district. Every library is different, but each library often has the same types of problems (registration, … Continue reading →

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Storytime Basics: Registration

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Melissa

For my first Extended Play Storytime Posts, I am just going to talk about the basics of how we do storytime at my library district. Every library is different, but each library often has the same types of problems (registration, … Continue reading →

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