Every sum­mer my library takes sto­ry­time out to two local parks for eight weeks. It’s so nice to be out­doors! There isn’t any grassy space right at our library so it is great to get out to places where sto­ry­time can merge into out­door activ­i­ties. After sto­ry­time proper we stay around for another half hour or so doing out­door activ­i­ties like para­chutes, side­walk chalk and bub­bles. With this year’s One World Many Sto­ries theme, each week’s sto­ry­time will focus on a dif­fer­ent coun­try or con­ti­nent. Today I will be focus­ing on China and the post-storytime activ­ity will be rib­bon danc­ing to tra­di­tional Chi­nese music. If the wind keeps up the way it has all week, it will be fan­tas­tic for twirling rib­bons. Depend­ing on the turnout there may only be enough rib­bons for the chil­dren to have one each, but I sus­pect they will be a lit­tle more chaotic than these dancers any­way so it will be okay.

Does your library do any­thing dif­fer­ent for sto­ry­time in the summer?