Category: early childhood

• top 11 posts of 2011

  When I first started this blog, I had no grand aspirations. I am passionate about the library field, child development, and children’s literature, and I wanted to have a place to express my thoughts, and I hoped that I would garner at least a dedicated, engaged readership. Fairly early on, I experienced the Elizabeth Bird…

  Miss Julie

  December 31, 2011

  authors, awesomeness, babies, backlistbeauties, be the best you can be, bibliotherapy, books, early childhood, early literacy, ethics, kidlit, kids, largely unsubstantiated, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, library school vs. real libraries, literacy, marketing, OPINIONS!, participation, personal experience, picture books, politics, preschool, professional development, programming, reading, reading programs, reviews, storytime, summer reading, teens, toddlers, weeding

• story hacker

  So this week on of the books I was using for my outreach storytimes wasn’t quite working for my groups for some reason. It seemed to be missing a crucial action in the text, which made it not quite pop for the children. It was as though there was a three step action sequence missing…

  Miss Julie

  November 10, 2011

  authors, be the best you can be, books, early childhood, early literacy, ethics, kidlit, kids, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, OPINIONS!, participation, personal experience, picture books, professional development, programming, storytime

• how to become the best, most versatile baby & toddler programmer ever

  1. Buy all of John M. Feierabend‘s* books. Pay special attention to The Book of Tapping & Clapping, The Book of Bounces, and The Book of Wiggles & Tickles.Read them. Find the taps, bounces and wiggles that you like and can perform without feeling too self-conscious. Memorize them. 2. Buy all of Hugh Hanley’s Circle…

  Miss Julie

  November 1, 2011

  babies, be the best you can be, early childhood, music, professional development, programming, rhymes, storytime, toddlers

• you might not be doing it wrong, but you could certainly do it better.

  Part One: Education I’ve been reading Steve’s posts over at Go Librarians about the changing role of reference librarians and degree relevance and I actually started leaving a comment on one of them when I realized it was going to be a huge chunk of text, and decided it deserved to be it’s own blog…

  Miss Julie

  July 18, 2011

  awesomeness, be the best you can be, early childhood, early literacy, ethics, largely unsubstantiated, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, libraries…of the PAST!, library school vs. real libraries, OPINIONS!, personal experience, professional development

• Summer Reading, pain in my…*

  Summer Reading. We spend all year working on it. We can’t escape it. I hate it. I hate summer reading. But…but…it helps kids retain their reading skills over summer vacation! You know why we even have a summer vacation? So kids could spend the summer months helping out on the farm. Wait…your kids don’t live…

  Miss Julie

  June 8, 2011

  babies, be the best you can be, different ways to read, early childhood, early literacy, largely unsubstantiated, Librarians, librarians…for TEENS!, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, libraries now!, libraries…of the FUTURE, libraries…of the PAST!, library school vs. real libraries, literacy, OPINIONS!, participation, personal experience, politics, programming, reading, reading programs, schools, summer reading

• storytime specials

  One of my favorite programs to present are the Storytime Specials. Currently these specials are for children 3 years-1st grade, and the primary attendance is the 3-5 year old range. The program runs 45 minutes, and includes a storytime (replete with songs and fingerplays), a craft or a game, and a treat. Sometimes the themes…

  Miss Julie

  February 12, 2011

  awesomeness, be the best you can be, early childhood, early literacy, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, professional development, programming, storytime

• Beginning Reader Storytime

  I get bored easily. I think that’s why I work well with toddlers and teenagers– we all have a similar hunger for new experiences and pushing boundaries. I was tired of doing the same old preschool storytime. I mean, I loved it, but like I said, I get bored easily. I want to try new…

  Miss Julie

  February 8, 2011

  awesomeness, be the best you can be, beginningreaderstorytime, early childhood, early literacy, kids, librarians…for the CHILDREN!, literacy, marketing, personal experience, picture books, preschool, programming, storytime, Uncategorized

• if you liked “not just cute”…

  …here is another child development/early childhood blog that you might find interesting and useful: Janet Lansbury, Elevating Childcare (and, yes, she is somewhat related to Angela Lansbury).  Here’s her introduction/description: Raising a child is one the most important and challenging jobs we will ever have. It brings a considerable amount of joy. It can also…

  Miss Julie

  September 20, 2010

  be the best you can be, early childhood, early literacy, fathers, kids, mothers