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Little Kids, Big Emotions: Mad
We’re moving through emotions and I don’t want you to miss the emotions we’ve already covered – happiness and sadness. Today, I’m sharing books about being mad or angry, a feeling that kids can definitely relate to! I think this is such an important emotion for kids to understand. What…
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Storytime Theme: Painting
As I was finishing up this lesson plan on painting, I realized that I had just created a similar storytime lesson plan last year! So, while there are a few books that repeat on each list, there is a lot of brand new suggestions here to take a look at.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Candles
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday theme was officially “Literary/Bookish Candles I’d Make”, but rather than share ten ideas of candles I’d make, I thought it’d be cool to share some of the amazing bookish candles that already exist in the world (and would make great presents for your own book lover!)…
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Storytime Theme: Yes and No
Pulling this storytime lesson plan together was actually a little more difficult than I first thought! Yes and no picture books are not as prolific as I originally thought. Granted, there are a lot of picture books out there about consent featuring the word “no” but that’s not where I…
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Little Kids, Big Emotions: Sadness
Last week we started this series with happiness and I figured that it kind of made sense to do sadness next. What I really like about these books is that while some of them teach kids about how to help a friend who is sad, many others allow the reader…
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Storytime Theme: Noodles
I love noodles of all shapes and sizes in dishes from around the world! And while noodles may not be a prolific as rice in the number of cuisines, you’ll find noodle dishes in many countries. Whether it’s slurping spaghetti in Italy, chowing down on pierogis in Poland, or scooping…
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Top Ten Tuesday: The Big, Bad Wolf
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday theme is all about villains. While I could have gone for epic villains in children’s literature like The Trunchbull in Matilda or Severine from The Jumbies. I decided to go in a little bit of a different direction and share the fractured fairy tales of the…
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Storytime Theme: Quiet
Well, last week I promised there would be an opposite storytime to the Loud theme that I posted and I didn’t want to forget, so here we go – Storytime Theme: Quiet is here! It was surprisingly much harder to find “quiet” picture books. There are dozens of books about…
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Storytime Theme: Loud
I’ll be the first to admit that this storytime theme isn’t for everyone. But, I’ll argue that giving the kids a chance to be loud is also a great opportunity for them. If you have the space to do this program outside, that would work really well, so as to…
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Storytime Theme: Light & Shadow
I think that a Light & Shadow storytime would be so fun to pull together! Especially if you can dim the lights in your storytime room and maybe have the kids use flashlights during a story or two! (Every caregiver most likely has a cellphone flashlight that would make this…
