December 2012 brought three holiday programs - two Tiny Tales Holiday Parties (ages 2-4), three Family Storytimes, and a Family New Year's Eve party. Tiny Tales is handled by a colleague, and the New Year's Eve party is another post, but Family Holiday Storytime was all me.
The programs were attended by a small but enthusiastic group. I take nothing as a failure - the few families that shared these storytimes with me were all new to the library, and excited to learn about my new programs and other services we offer (Yes! We are on Facebook and Twitter!)
In addition to the books we shared below, I compiled a packet of holiday literacy related activities for the families to take home. Some of my favourite websites for these activities are as follows:
Activity Village
Making Learning Fun
School Express
I wanted to pick a mix of age appropriate literacy activities, as well as colouring pages, mazes, and dot-to-dots, all which would encourage fine-motor pre-writing development. The packages could be tackled by the kids on their own, or together as a family.
It was fun to mix in books and activities related to Hanukkah. Most kids attending didn't know what Hanukkah was, so it became a wonderful opportunity to share a different culture.
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