You know when you see a really cute flannelboard and add it to your TBD pile?  Mine never seemed to go down until we got a new assistant nam...

I love bringing nursery rhymes into story time and one of my favorite is Baa Baa Black Sheep.  There is so much you can do with it, from rhy...

We have a great relationship going this summer with our local Parks & Rec department (yay Julie for organizing!) and are doing a lot of ...

This is an "inspired by" post as I have always loved Storytime Katie 's version of Lunch by Denise Fleming.   When I needed t...

One of my favorite programs of the year that I do with a local group is when our Early On program sets up a special story time at the librar...

I am going to approach this topic from a different direction than Anne did.  If I were sick, there is often only 1 other staff member in th...

Once upon a time, I attended a Jim Gill early childhood workshop and he brought out a giant dance scrunchie.  He showed off how he used his ...

You know those days when you are perusing your newly cataloged books and find the perfect flannelboard book?  That's the case with this ...

For those who are just tuning in, back in early March, a survey popped up on Mel's desk based on a Twitter discussion.  We were curious...

I have been working on all things Go Away, Big Green Monster this week for our early literacy program.  Obviously, I needed a flannelboard ...

It's time for the Flannel Friday Holiday Extravaganza!  I found a great flannelboard this week (that I did not create-it was in one of t...

This week is Flannel Friday's Halloween Extravaganza and I knew that I wanted to participate.  Unfortunately, all of my felt and flannel...

We are starting to prep here for our fall story times and one of our themes will be squirrels.  To add a little fun to the program, I made s...

I'll admit that I am a BIG fan of using props in story times.  One of my favorites to use are shakers.  For those that haven't used ...