Call the Doctor (Who)

In June I held the first of two Doctor Who themed programs of the summer.  These programs, open to Whovians of all ages - children through adults, are always fun!  Since I knew some of the people coming had been at my previous Doctor Who events, I decided to add some new activities and crafts.

These photos are all taken from my Instagram account.  

Summer Reading programming fun!

Warning!  This is a photo heavy post!

We've had a lot of fun programs this summer!  Here are some of the pics I shared via my Instagram account.  Many of these programs were with Miss Brindi.  There are more - like my photos from the Doctor Who program, but that will be in later post.


Waffles with Dad

Superhero Yogi Boot Camp

 Superhero Stretch Yoga (teen program)

Big Bang Theory (teen program)

Kent State University - Trumbull Campus Summer Stock presents: Rumpelstiltskin

Some programs didn't make it to Instagram.  Mostly because I was too busy to do more than snap a few photos! 

Toddler Carnival

 

 
Branches' SRP Finale

Insta-SRP

Here's what I was up to the past month: Summer Reading prep.  SRP started on June 1, so it has been a very busy week.

Summer Reading started this week!

We put together 300 beaded superhero bracelet kits!

The samples of the beaded bracelets.

Bulletin Boards at one of the branch libraries.

We are asking the kids to tell us who is their favorite superhero.

The children's area desk at one of the branch libraries.

 I cut so many cityscapes with my Cricut that I ended up dreaming about cutting items for work! 

Adding a Summer Learning component to Summer Reading.

All ready for children's and teen registrations!

The adult display at one of the library branches.

This year's theme is great for my collection of superhero t-shirts!

Got Prizes?  We do!

The teen area at one of the branches

I "stole" this photo from Miss Brindi.

Upcycling old comic books to make bookmarks at a program.

Superhero Bingo! This is for an upcoming teen program.

Why I blog storytime plans

There is a reason I blog my plans for preschool storytime.  Actually, there is more than one reason, but recently I was reminded just how helpful it is.

As a supervisor, I feel unapologetic about checking my work email while not a work.  I usually check it before getting ready for the day, mostly to delete junk email, but also so I have an idea of what I am going into that morning. One recent Thursday I was glad I have this habit!

Thursdays are usually my late day, so a bit after 10 a.m. I started getting ready to be at work by 11:30.  It was then that I pulled up my work email on my iPhone and saw that one of my staff reported off sick that morning.  It just happens that her location had preschool storytime scheduled for 11:30, which meant someone needed to cover the program.  Knowing that another employee had toddler programs and wasn’t available, and that there was limited staff at our Main library due to vacations, I knew that left two people who could cover: me and L.  L, however, was at a branch twice the distance as me.  I had a couple of errands I planned to run before work, but those took a backseat. 

 

I hurriedly got ready for the day, all the while considering what I could do for storytime.  I had one planned for the next day, but all the supplies were at my office – nearly 30 minutes from home.  Instead I decided to do a general “Storyteller’s Choice” and skip a craft this week.

 As I drove to work I called the branch and asked a circulation staff member to pull two books I was certain sat on their shelves.  By the time I arrived – around 11:10 – I had pulled up a blog post for a recent storytime and saved the image of the handout to my iPhone.  I then airdropped it to my iPad so I had easy access to the songs and fingerplays.  This saved me a lot of time, as I didn’t need to turn on a computer, log in, go to the shared drive, and then print out the handout.   Instead I was able to set up the storytime area and pull a third title to read.

We sang.  We danced.  We shared stories.  The dozen or so children who attended enjoyed a full thirty minute program, and were more than happy to play afterwards in lieu of a doing a craft.  And I’ve never been so grateful that I have this blog.