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Little Kids, Big Emotions: Calm
This series is growing by leaps and bounds and I’m excited to share all the amazing emotions I’ve covered so far – happy, sad, mad, shy, enthusiasm, frustrated, silly! Today’s book list focuses on being calm, mindful, and present. So many kids and adults are managing anxiety and stress and not always…
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Storytime Theme: Love
This beautiful storytime lesson plan can be used at any time of the year and creates a special opportunity for caregivers and kids to share some love! With gorgeous picture books, some fun songs and rhymes, and a couple sweet craft projects this storytime will give all the warm, fuzzy…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Cozy, Fall Chapter Books
I’m not sure how this is going to to go over because kids don’t necessarily read for seasonal vibes like adults often do. But how cool would a fall book display look with not just picture books about the season, but chapter books and middle grade titles that have that…
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Storytime Theme: President’s Day
With the America 250 celebration set for next year, you might want to try incorporating a President’s Day storytime into your schedule! It could be a great introduction to civil literacy teaching basic concepts to preschoolers about our democracy like voting for the president. You could even have your own…
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Little Kids, Big Emotions: Silly
While all of my other book lists in this series – happy, sad, mad, shy, enthusiasm, and frustrated are very much about characters who feel a very specific way and what they do about those feelings, this book list is a little different in that it’s focused more on silly storylines and…
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Storytime Theme: Valentine’s Day
It’s time to celebrate love in all its forms with this Valentine’s Day storytime lesson plan! Like many of the holiday lesson plans that I’ve written up this year, I’ve focused on offering a list of picture books that have been recently published. And while there are dozens more to…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Non-Book Freebie
Today’s theme is a non-book freebie! And while I strayed a little bit away from books, I couldn’t completely go in another direction, so today I’m sharing literary or bookish jigsaw puzzles! I love working on a puzzle and while I enjoy puzzling, my sister is a puzzling master! She’s…
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Storytime Theme: Ramadan
We’re continuing to celebrate holidays from religions and cultures around the world and today we say, Ramadan Mubarak! Ramadan is celebrate for about a month during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and shifts throughout the year each year. For example, for 2025, Ramadan was celebrated from February 28th…
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Little Kids, Big Emotions: Frustrated
There are so many emotions and happy, sad, mad, shy, and enthusiasm that I’ve already covered, but today I’m looking at frustration. This list was interesting to build because it comes across as almost two different lists completely. The first, is the list of books that could be used just as equally…
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Storytime Theme: Bluey
While I don’t have any little ones of my own, I’ve seen my fair share of Bluey episodes and I absolutely adore the show. It’s so sweet and reminds me a lot of tv shows that were on in the early 90s, simple plots, focused on kids while also providing…
