Category: storytime
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Recipe for Storytime Success
My Storytime for Big Kids is the high point of my week, which is otherwise occupied with budgets and HR and planning and communicating with board and staff and the public. I actually enjoy that work too, and I like working with colleagues to create an environment where good things can take place. But there is…
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What I Have Learned in Dog Training
Maybe everybody does this. I am always trying to relate something I learn from one area in my life to the other areas of my life. The thing I’ve been doing lately that has been one big learning experience is dog training. But relating that to other areas of my life is, well, rude. People…
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Wonder
It has been a long spell since I got to do a storytime. Right now, the children’s programming room is being transformed into Middle Ground, a space for middle schoolers, and a new program space hasn’t been built yet. So I haven’t done storytime since last April, and I miss it! Bunches! But fortunately, I…
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Storyhour mistakes
1:15 yesterday. I am just sitting down to eat my lunch after a busy morning helping the Director prepare for the evening Board of Trustees meeting. I have been working on the strategic plan, on compiling a spreadsheet and chasing down staff members for info, on writing a justification for a promotion. My mind is…
Something Different Every Day 