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Last week I talked about how important it is to be flexible and responsive to your audience during storytimes. There were a lot more examples about possible ways to do this than I wanted to squeeze into that (already) long … Continue reading →

I’m sharing the stuff I want to learn this year. See my other posts for Teaching and Tech topics, and Storytime and Literacy topics! CHILDREN’S LITERATURE I successfully completed my read-365-picture-books-in-2011 challenge and loved how just looking at that many … Continue reading →

I’m sharing the stuff I want to learn this year. See yesterday’s post on Teaching and Tech topics, and check in tomorrow for Children’s Literature! LITERACY A major tactic for my library district is to promote the library’s role in … Continue reading →

Happy Still Sort-of New Year! Last month I wrote about trying to get caught up in monthly reports for 2011, when all I could think about was what I wanted to learn for my job in 2012. I said I’d … Continue reading →

Welcome to a super-special Flannel Friday! I am celebrating this week because one year ago this weekend, on January 21, 2011, I posted the first-ever Flannel Friday on Mel’s Desk. So today I have FOUR Flannel Friday posts: this celebration, … Continue reading →

I wanted to celebrate a great first year of Flannel Friday with a giveaway! What to give, though? Well, I always like checking my blog stats, because I can see what people are looking for and I love it when … Continue reading →

You have all provided such an incredible amount of interest, enthusiasm, and support to Flannel Friday this past year. I have loved watching it grow and especially loved seeing how everyone has jumped in and shared ownership of it. What … Continue reading →

WHEW! What a great day! Thanks to everyone for joining in on our Flannel Friday Anniversary Celebration! How appropriate that we had another knock-out Round Up! I am in the process of adding in RIGHT NOW (8ish MST) so don’t … Continue reading →

Ta dah! I finally made a blog button for Flannel Friday. I think. Because no one was awake and on Twitter last night to check it out for me (yes, I’m talking to YOU), I’m not sure if it works … Continue reading →