Day 852 | Storytime in EC

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Today's storytime at our new library (L.E. Phillips Memorial Library) may have been one of the best I've attended. 

I don't think any will trump storytime at the Library of Congress (that was pre-blog), at least from an adult's perspective, but today's session was spot on with what my kiddos desire. 

What made it great, you might ask? Let me tell you:

  • The kids could each pick their own [awesome] puppet to fiddle with throughout the program (it did wonders to keep the little ones seated throughout).
  • It was the perfect combination of songs + action rhymes + read aloud time. 
  • The books were actually age-appropriate. It's a big pet peeve of mine when librarians choose super long books to wee ones and expect to keep their attention.
  • The words to the songs were printed out on large posters hanging behind the librarian...genius! I felt like I could actually participate and encourage the same from the boys even though it was our first time. 

After declaring that, in general, storytimes "weren't his favorite" on the way to the library, Chase changed his tune on our walk home. It's unanimous: we all had a great time.

For those interested, a couple of storytimes + library posts from the past (I guess we really like the library):

Day 43
Day 62
Day 221
Day 250
Day 295
Day 318
Day 323
Day 396
Day 410
Day 418