Author Archives: Melissa

This week is the 46th anniversary of the first Moon Landing! I didn’t know that when I planned my Moons and Rockets storytimes for this week, but it was happy coincidence when I found out. I was subbing for Toddler … Continue reading →

It is such an exciting trajectory to look back to when I was in library school (in the olden days) where we talked about storytime without talking much about learning to read–to the early 2000s when we started to learn … Continue reading →

I am challenging myself to post a Flannel Friday for every week that I serve as Flannel Friday Fairy Godmother this summer! Today I tweaked a flannelboard I made/adapted for my singing storytime on Monday. I made the gooseberry and … Continue reading →

Here’s this week’s Flannel Friday Round Up! I’m so happy to be hosting again. Kathryn has two firefighters and a fire engine at Fun with Friends at Storytime. I love the details on the truck: hose, ladder, axes…LOTS to talk … Continue reading →

It’s been a long time since I had time to plan out a baby storytime from the ground up. I always like to do an all-singing storytime during our “Sing” month, but it’s been 6 years since I put together … Continue reading →

Hey all, here is a last-minute entry for the Flannel Friday Shark Week Round Up! Thanks to my teens who helped me develop this idea while we were driving around yesterday. 14yo: I think it’s funny that you’re still using … Continue reading →

If you were on Twitter last night you might have seen me having a minor case of nerves about this post! I very happily agreed to be part of @Jbrary’s Early Literacy Messages in Action blog tour, then promptly went … Continue reading →

…it’s Mayhem. At least, that’s what we say at my house when we get to the end of the school year! And here I am, not posting again. This time it’s the fault of the spring and summer schedule: my … Continue reading →