Last week I had the pleasure of attending workshops facilitated by Saroj Ghoting who literally wrote the book on early childhood storytimes (Early Literacy Storytimes @ Your Library: Partnering with Caregivers for Success). The workshops were trainings for the Every Child Ready to Read Initiative. ECRR research shows that there are six skills that children need to get ready to read (Print…
Hi all! Welcome back to another week of crafting with The Blogger Connection Crafters! This week I am pleased to announce a new feature for the blog…As seen on Pinterest! The crafts that I share will be inspired by some of my favorite Pinterest pins. Let’s get to it. So, last week I boldly declared that I was going to…
So, my goal of No Spend January is being tested as the weekend looms. As I looked around the house I noticed so many things that need to be done and the first thing that popped into my head was a trip somewhere to shop. To distract myself I took to Pinterest and scrolled through some of my saved pins….
In which I recap my year. Hello Blog Friends! *waves* It’s the end of the year and although I seemed to have shown disdain for the pomp and circumstance of the season (this year I had no turkey or tree) the idea of a 2012 recap was not to be missed. The stress of the holidays was something that I…
Earlier this week one of my library families stated that her children were having trouble with the alphabet, particularly recognizing the letters uppercase and lower case. We spoke a bit more and I thought for the please touch discovery stations we feature at my library the focus would be on alphabets. This station has a total of four activities but for this…