Sun 25 Jan 2015
I think I did a double posting of a cartoon – well, I will make up for it another time. Here is a cartoon that teachers may be able to relate to.
Tue 20 Jan 2015
 
Another week into 2015 and I have been feilding many calls for new winter shows – but also a ton of spring and even summer shows already! I look forward to a new year of tales – but I also recieved one of the best emails! It came from the Children’s Librarian at the Kingston Library who had a very special request:
“I am thinking forward to the summer (oh boy), and this year the theme is “Every Hero Has a Story” and I was wondering if you would like to do a one-session story telling (or writing) program around the HULK?
Thanks,
Stephanie
Stephanie Legg
Kingston Public Library”
As most of you know, if you come to this site, I have been busy performing the Preschool Building Stories in many of the surrounding libraries. Building Stories, though, started as a writing workshop for elementary school children from the first to fifth grade. I love the writing workshop as I get to see children’s eyes get excited when given an assignment of creative writing. They have the opportunity to create something straight from thier mind. Now, with this challenge, I get to base the ideas around my favorite comic character of all time! I will be discussing this with the Kingston Library a bit and secure a date for this super great idea! Details to follow!
Also, speaking of the Building Stories, we are entering our third week of the workshops at the Carver and Plympton Library – so if you haven’t had a chance to come to one – let this be the week! Here is this week’s schedule:
As always, the Preschool Building Stories Workshops are open to the public and all are welcome to join whether you have come to earlier session or not! Please check the Upcoming Shows page for more information on all of these shows.
Places I will be visiting this week:
Sun 18 Jan 2015
One of the things that I’ve been told is that my monster under the bed cartoons are the best. While I don’t disagree I do like others better. Of course with punchlines like this – how do you argue?
Mon 12 Jan 2015
I have a slow start to the week but I make up for it at the end. As we roll into 2015 my voice-mail and email starts to fill up – which is always exciting! I have a harder time keeping up sometimes but I am working on it. Right now my February looks like it will be full of fun places to visit. Keeping within this week though, the Preschool Building Stories chug along and then visiting Head Start to finish the week off. Look at the schedule below:
As always, the Preschool Building Stories Workshops are open to the public and all are welcome to join whether you have come to earlier session or not! Please check the Upcoming Shows page for more information on all of these shows.
Places I will be visiting this week:
Sun 11 Jan 2015
Thu 8 Jan 2015
Anyone who knows or who has asked Big Ryan can tell you that he is one of the biggest Hulk fans there is. He spotted this at his local library – and he said it made him smile. So he wanted to share it with you for this week’s picture. Now, go read or Hulk may SMASH!
Mon 5 Jan 2015
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Sometimes when you do something over and over it almost becomes a second nature and you do it without thinking. As I was rushing through the holiday seasons I had a whole slew of Preschool Building Stories. As much as I love doing them it was nice to have a small break from them so that the batteries can recharge! Well, now they are full power and I am ready to go! I am starting the Preschool Building Stories at the Carver and Plympton Library this week – both are afternoon (after school) opportunities to come and find new ways to enjoy telling stories at home! More information is available on the Upcoming Shows page.
This is the first week of the Preschool Building Stories – but if you can’t make it, don’t worry, you can come to the second session (Week 2) and pick right up with what we’re doing! Each week is a different subject and hilarious to boot! First week we talk about how to do voices and sound effects into your story-times!
Places I am visiting this week:
Sun 4 Jan 2015
This is actually the very first cartoon idea for The Kid Inside. It still makes me laugh to this day!
Wed 31 Dec 2014
I had a great trip to Jenny Grist Mill on Monday morning with my daughter as we went birding. We saw many different kinds of birds including a few rare sightings of the Eastern Bluebird, and an even rarer sighting of a Wood Duck still hanging arond after the warm weather has disappeared!
Mon 29 Dec 2014
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With the New Year around the corner I have to update the Upcoming Shows Page – I usually procrastinate setting things up for the new year because I like to look back on the year I’ve had instead of all the things I have coming up. I do love working and all – but the end of the year I like thinking back to all the new places I’ve seen and the great people I met. I don’t have any shows this week as I usually try to take this week to get my new brochures ready – speaking of which – here is a sneak peek of them:
I am mailing them out this week and also spending vacation time with my daughter. All in all – great week! Next week I have new Building Stories sessions starting up. I will put the dates below – so mark your calendars!
Building Stories starting up next week:
Remember, you don’t have to come to every session – but you should! Each week we explore a different way to tell stories that you can use at home and make storytime fun for everyone!
