What is your favorite part of fall? Do you like the smell of the crisp air? Or maybe the apples, fresh from the orchard? How about the cool weather? Changing leaves? I could go on and on, because I love fall! Autumn is my favorite season, and I have loved the fall stories and craft [...]

One of our favorite story time songs is “The Animal Alphabet” by Twin Sisters Productions. This is a fabulous alphabet song for all ages because it is repetitive and features an animal for each letter of the alphabet! In story time, we use a lovely visual aid to follow along with the song. It’s a [...]

This week Miss Michelle interviewed a second candidate to replace Sammy the Toucan as her early literacy sidekick.  Unfortunately, the interview took an unexpected turn, as you can see.  Something about brown-bagging. Sammy the Toucan then tried her wing at interviewing Bippidy Bag. Things went awry from the start.  Wow–Sammy is a tough interviewer!

Brr! It’s getting cooler outside…what a great time to stop by for a children’s program! We continued our discussion on autumn this week with some wonderful books and crafts. The kids and I talked about leaves…crunching them underfoot, as well as jumping in them. I passed on my knowledge I gleaned from the classic It’s [...]