Misadventures of the Monster Librarian

For those of you who may not be familiar with Bert's "Doing the Pigeon." (Mentioned in my last post ). I just had to share it. I love it so. And yes, for the record, I did dance like this...and I do a mean pigeon impression.

Thankfully there are a ton of great resources out there for librarians, teachers, day care providers and parents who do things around theme, or just want a catchy song or activity--hours of my life have been spared because so many people share said resources online. I will try and post my "lesson plans" for my storytimes and programs. Last week I had a public school visit with a class full of Kindergarteners. Let me first say A. I love school visits  B. I try and have lots of movement in my storytimes, especially with younger kids--not only to make things more fun, but also to help keep their attention.  C. I HEART Sesame Street to pieces and will probably ALWAYS feature some of their music in my programs. There are so many choices!  And so many funny song!  D. Our storytimes are roughly a half an hour long (this one ran about 35 minutes) The pigeon who wants to drive the bus. Found here . Introduce myself and theme: BIRDS! Now before we b...

Sesame Street - News Flash - Piper's Pickled Peppers I pickled Farm jalapeno peppers today--doing this made me remember this video which cracked me up as a kid. I pickled 6 quarts of Farm peppers, and my research though it may be wrong, suggested that a peck is about 8 quarts, which means I ALMOST pickled a peck of peppers--LOOK OUT PETER PIPER!