The power of Pinterest

God, it's so true!  I don't know where I would be without Pinterest!  For starters, it makes me seem a heck of a lot more creative and crafty than I really am!  I especially love that I can go down a programming rabbit hole and be able to save all these crazy, random ideas in a magical cloud instead of my overcrowded brain!  What's really cool is that very often pins actually do get my creative juices flowing and I start spinning off with all new ideas and all around insanity!  Pinterest is a magical invention for youth librarians, teachers, and parents everywhere. 

Some of my favorite library related Pinterest pages:

https://www.pinterest.com/fprchildrens/
https://www.pinterest.com/gfhlibrarykids/ 

Obviously I would have to choose the two pages that I started! 😀

https://www.pinterest.com/family_place/

I am a Family Place Libraries librarian meaning I was trained through the Family Place Training Institute in Centereach, NY.  Check out their website www.familyplacelibraries.org for more info!  There's lots of great information available through this site as well.

https://www.pinterest.com/jbrary/

OMG!  Jbrary is children's librarian crack!  Seriously check them out immediately.  They are magical unicorns!  https://jbrary.com/

https://www.pinterest.com/Playdough2Plato/
Oh so many of my Preschool STEAM Club ideas were inspired by this site.


Do you Pin?  Does Pinterest complete you the way it completes me?

Summer 2017 Music & Movement Preschoolers & Early Elementary 6-28-17

Summer 2017 Music & Movement

Preschool & Early Elementary

10:30 – 11:00 am

Week:  June 28, 2017

Opening Song:  “Shakin’ It” (Track #9 Shakin’ It / Parachute Express)

Opening Rhyme:  “We Clap and Sing Hello” (with activity mats)

Yoga Activity:  Good Morning Yoga / Mariam Gates, illustrated by Sarah Jane Hinder

Book:  If You’re Happy and You Know It Jungle Edition / James Warhola

Song:  “I Took a Bath in a Washing Machine” (Track #4 Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes” / Jim Gill)

Egg shakers song:  “Hip Hop Body Rock” (Track #13 Rockin’ Red / Eric Litwin)

Book:  Cock-a-Doodle Dance / Christine Tricarico

Scarves song:  “Dancing Scarf Blues” (Track #7 Dancing Feet / Carole Peterson)

Parachute song:  “Merry-Go-Round” (Track #4 Playtime Parachute Fun)

Closing Song:  “Boogaloo Song” (Track #6 Action! Fun! Dance! / The Learning Station)

Goodbye Rhyme:  “Open Shut Them”

The kids really loved this week's book choices.  If You're Happy and You Know It Jungle Edition has been a good go-to book for my family storytimes for years.  Music, fun, and animal sounds, what's not to love?

Summer 2017 Music & Movement Infants & Toddlers 6-28-17

Summer 2017 Music & Movement

Infants & Toddlers

9:45 – 10:15 am

Week: June 28, 2017

Opening Song:  “Good Morning” (Track #1 Songs for Wiggleworms)

Song:  “Open Shut Them” (Track #13 Songs for Wiggleworms)

Song:  “If You’re Happy and You Know It” (Track #6 Songs for Wiggleworms)

Yoga Activity:  I Am Yoga / Susan Verde, art by Peter H. Reynolds

Song:  “The Itsy Bitsy Spider” (Track #1 Early Childhood Classics / Hap Palmer)

Book:  Twinkle Twinkle / Jane Cabrera

Egg shakers song:  “Shaker Hop” (Track #14 Dancing Feet / Carole Peterson)

Song:  “Going on a Bear Hunt” (Track #17 Yummy Yellow / Eric Litwin)

Scarves song:  “One Two Three Whee! (Track #4 Groovy Green / Eric Litwin)

Song:  “Skinnamarink” (Track #24 The Elephant Show / Sharon, Lois and Bram)

Closing Song:  “Goodbye” (Track #38 Songs for Wiggleworms)

This Jane Cabrera interpretation of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is definitely one of my absolute favorites.  The illustrations are colorful, very appealing to kids, and adorable!

Summer 2017 Preschool Storytime 6-27-17

Summer 2017 Preschool Storytime

June 27, 2017

10:00 – 10:30 am

Opening Song:  “When I Woke Up Today” (Track #9 Superhero / Laurie Berkner Band)

Feelings Game

Rhyme:  “If You’re Ready for a Book”

Book:  How to Find a Friend / Maria S. Costa

Song:  “Stick to the Glue” (Track #3 Jim Gill Makes It Noise in Boise)

Book:  The Pets You Get! / Adrian Reynolds and Thomas Taylor

Rhyme Activity:  Eat the Alphabet with animal puppet “chef”

Song:  “Shoo-Fly” (Track #1 Laurie Berkner’s Favorite Classic Kids Songs Disc Two)

Book:  Xander’s Panda Party / Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Matt Phelan

Song:  “Shaker Hop” (Track #14 Dancing Feet / Carole Peterson)

Closing Song:  “Happy Trails” (Track #21 Fisher Price Fun in the Sun disc 2)

Closing Rhyme:  “Open Shut Them”

Xander's Panda Party is one of my favorite picture books!  You can't go wrong with zoo animals and a fun party!  I was so happy to be able to share it with the kids this morning.  Our "Shoo-Fly" song was also a big success.  I absolutely love, adore, and fangirl over Laurie Berkner.  We did the song with scarves which the kiddos really enjoyed.  It was a smaller group this morning (we're in the middle of vacation season after all), but we partied it up storytime style!