Author Archives: Melissa

I am too late for the round up this week but sneaking in a post, racing against the clock to go up before midnight MST and before my 4% laptop battery drops to 0! A year ago September I made … Continue reading →

I’m doing a “Books and Reading” storytime theme tomorrow, and while it’s lots of fun choosing books, sometimes I get a little lost trying to think of action rhymes and activities. I saw several versions of a “Five Little Books” … Continue reading →

Every time I host Flannel Friday I’m so grateful to be a part of this amazing group of people! Thanks for reading, posting, sharing, and helping us make our storytimes better every week. Emily at Literacy Hoots shares a couple … Continue reading →

I’m working on a new “Balls and Blocks” baby storytime to do soon. This month is our month to highlight “playing” in our early literacy messages, so I thought some books about toys that support open-ended discovery play for babies … Continue reading →

I was reminded of this set when I made the berries a few weeks ago. It doesn’t look like I ever blogged it though! I now have three sets of food in the same envelope–this one, the berries, and the … Continue reading →

I made this set to go with the lovely song “Lily Pond,” which I learned from the Elizabeth Mitchell album You Are My Little Bird (you can watch a charming YouTube version of it and buy the track here from … Continue reading →

So if you hang out with me here at Mel’s Desk you know that I’ve struggled in the last couple of years to have time for a regular posting schedule. Well, I made it all the way through July posting … Continue reading →

I am continuing my Outer Space theme with this alien set! My green alien came from Library Quine’s 5 Little Men in a Flying Saucer, unfortunately she says her pattern source is no longer available. I was able to recreate … Continue reading →

This is the companion post to One Theme, Three Storytimes: Outer Space in which I list three (OK five) related plans using various books and activities for different ages and sizes of storytimes. In this post I’m sharing the words … Continue reading →

Now that I am supervising a team of storytime providers, I have the super fun opportunity to sub a lot more storytimes as I fill in for sick days, vacations, and other times the schedule needs a little help. This … Continue reading →