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Top Ten Tuesday: How I Spend My Time When I’m Not Blogging
While I spend a good deal of time on my blog, it’s only a small part of who I am. So for today’s “Non-bookish freebie” I decided to share a little bit about who I am outside of this blog! How else do you spend your time? How I Spend…
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Storytime Theme: Christmas
We’re moving through these holidays! Next up, Christmas! I really tried to share some newer titles for this book list. There are so many Christmas books out there and while I’ll always have my tried and true favorites, I wanted to share some new titles with you that you might…
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Nonfiction Poetry for Kids
Nonfiction and poetry probably aren’t the two words that you would put together for a book list, but you might be surprised by the number of nonfiction poetry collections that exist! And honestly, it’s a really fun way to share facts in a format that is both surprising and accessible…
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Storytime Theme: Hanukkah
The next holiday up in my continuing series of storytime themes is Hanukkah! I tried really hard to find some newer titles to share for this storytime because there are some amazing classic books out there, but its not always easy to find something new to try. And I also…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books with a High Page Count
This theme could also be labeled, “Books that would make great doorstops” because these titles are quite hefty! Almost all of the books I’ve selected are over 1,000 pages and are chunky. And I’ll be the first to admit, I’ve only actually read one of the books on this list…
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Storytime Theme: Winter Solstice
While the winter solstice is still quite a few months away, I know what’s its like to try and plan programming in advance! Today’s storytime theme: winter solstice celebrates the shortest day of the year with really great picture books that make wonderful read alouds, some fun winter-themed songs and…
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Read Alouds for Fifth Graders
I believe that one of the biggest disservices to children when it comes to literacy is that many caregivers stop reading aloud once a child has learned to read. Reading aloud is extremely beneficial to children of all ages and should continue long after they are reading independently. My niece…
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Storytime Theme: Lost & Found
Today was such a fun book list to pull together for a lost and found storytime! There are so many great books that go along with this theme and while it was a little trickier to find crafts and activities to go along with this theme, I think I found…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books Guaranteed to Put an End to Your Book Slump
I love when a Top Ten Tuesday theme brings together books from different genres because you most likely wouldn’t find all of these books on the same list otherwise! But, with today’s focus of pulling you out of a book slump, I selected titles that were some of my favorites…
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Storytime Theme: Drums
I started this lesson plan focusing on musical instruments and as I began selecting books, I found a lot of drum books, so I switched gears and focused just on drums. This is a great storytime to talk to kids about rhythm and patterns and to practice those ideas with…
