LATI POST for Week of October 22

It was another busy week. I enjoyed meeting all the LATI members last week. We had really great training on book advisory for youth. It is not a genre I read but get alot of requests from parents. There was a list that both boys and girls would enjoy reading.
We had our Halloween program for the preschoolers. They looked so cute in their costumes. They all jumped about a foot off the floor when I said boo at the end of one of the stories. We had three sessions and each one had 25 or more kids attending the program.
Tomorrow is the general meeting outside the library. It will take the entire day. On Saturday I am going to another branch to see their Star Wars Program. I heard it is really great and they get a large turnout. I have contacted the group about coming to my branch next Spring.
So there is not time to work on the project tomorrow. One and a half weeks to go until the deadline. Looks like I will need to do some serious work on it on Sunday.
I got the second book of six finished for my project. I am about a third of the way finished on the third book.Maybe if I have some uninterupted time I can get done. See you next week.

LATI POST for week of October 15

This week is flying by so quickly. The three story times went really well. The theme was autumn. I attended two meetings on Tuesday so that took half the day. I was able to create the characters for another book just two pieces of scenery to create and one more book is complete. I hope to finish them today. I am looking forward to a full day meeting with other LATI participants tomorrow. It is always fun to see everyone. Meet you here next week.

LATI POST for Week of October 8, 2007

This week I was busy finding patterns for my felt boards. I finished the felt board for one of the books...only five more to go. I went shopping for the felt and the display board. The next three weeks I will be busy cutting out the characters and scenery from the pieces of felt. I had three story times this week, the theme was bugs, and the kids loved it. I was surprised that even the little girls had a favorite type of bug. I have six more story times this month plus a special program for adults.
One of my coworkers announced on Tuesday that next Thursday is her last day. One of my duties is to call part time staff and fill vacancies with them. I have been on the telephone for the last two days trying to fill her hours on the schedule for the next two months. I am keeping busy and hope everything will get done in time. See you here again next week.

LATI Post for Week of October 1, 2007

I submitted my brochure for LATI. I have my portfolio complete except for the copies of this blog. I will wait and add that the day before the showcase. It has been a busy two weeks, I took some much needed time off and visited family in New Hampshire. It is really pretty there and I enjoyed a break from the hot, humid weather. My desk is piled high with work. I went to two different committee meetings this past week. They both ended with more work for me. Luckily the one deadline is after the showcase so I plan on doing a little work on it each day and I should be able to meet that deadline. I am excited about the assignment which is to read books and submit suggestions to the local schools for their summer reading list next year. I am reading books every free minute. Well that's all I have for this week. Meet you here next week.

LATI Entry for Week of September 17

This week was very productive. On Wednesday I participated in a sprint with the LATI group. I concentrated on two items that need completed very soon. My project informaiton form is completed and emailed in. This has a due date of Septembe 26th.
I committed to paper my project brochure using the GROW-TH guidelines. This is due on October 31st. Today I typed this into a microsoft word document and it is ready to be sent.
My three story times went really well. My theme was hippos. The little boys really seemed to enjoy the stories. The little girls liked the story about Hilda Must Be Dancing. I highly recommend that book for a story time.
I am still working on my portfolio and hope to have it completed by the end of next week. That will leave me the remaining time to make my patterns and cut the felt pieces and bring the characters to life.

LATI Entry for week of September 10th

I am happy to report my program on caring for you pet hosted by the SPCA went really well. Each child got to pet the animals which took a little bit of time, but the children were really patient waiting in line for their turn.
I need to prepare three story times for next week. I am happy to report I have chosen the books and made one felt board. I am not including this felt board in my showcase project.
I have started cutting out one of the six felt boards for my showcase project.
I also continued to assemble my portfolio. Just three sections left and that will be completed. Where does the time go? November 8 will be here before long and there is still so much to be done. I need to concentrate next week on completing the portfolio. I am leaving the felt boards for last since bringing the story characters to life is something I enjoy. The felt boards won't feel like work.

LATI PORTFOLIO

I am back after a very hectic holiday weekend. Today is continuing the trend with the day just flying by. I had the Firefighters at the branch for a program for preschoolers. It went really well. I was hoping for at least 30 kids to show up and we ended up with 106 kids and 65 adults. This evening I have a school visitation for parent's night. This will be the first one I have attended so it should prove interesting. All the supplies I need came in yesterday so that is a relief.
Besides these two events today, I took time out to write in my blog. I have started to assemble my portfolio. I mistakenly thought it would only take a few hours. It is more involved than I realized. I decided to write an introduction sheet for each of the chapters. This way anyone reading it will be aware of the subject. Looking forward to seeing the final product.