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2026 Summer Reading 3rd -5th Grade Guide
I’m hoping you all love this summer reading guide! It took me a good amount of time to pull together, but I am so proud of how this one turned out! I think it’s important for kids, especially in the 3rd – 5th grade range to really be excited about…
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Storytime Theme: Noses
As I continue to update some of my older themes here on Literacious, today I’m updating my nose storytime lesson plan from way back in 2016. I’ve also done an entire group of storytimes based on senses, so you check out my smelling storytime lesson plan too for even more…
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Storytime Theme: Archaeology
For those using CSLP’s Summer Reading theme – “Unearth a Story” take a look at the lesson plan below for an introduction into archaeology for young people. Archaeology was a difficult lesson plan for toddlers, and I think it works better for a preschool or maybe even a little older…
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2026 Summer Reading Kindergarten – 2nd Grade Guide
I’m trying something new this year! I’m creating great reading suggestions for different age groups for summer reading. And each guide will also include some great reading activities that you can do as a family or to encourage reading throughout the summer! Today’s guide is for kids in the Kindergarten…
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Storytime Theme: Nursery Rhymes
Nursery rhymes are a great way to introduce little ones to skills they’ll need in school and when they begin learning how to read. Nursery rhymes help kids understand the smaller parts of words, rhythm, and rhyming concepts. I mean, there’s a reason why they’ve been popular for so long!…
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Storytime Theme: Fossils
My library is following the Collaborative Summer Reading Program theme this year which is “Unearth a Story” and we are leaning heavily into all things dinosaurs and fossils! We’ve got blow-up dino costumes, a bouncy dino that you can sit on, and we created our own summer reading t-shirts with…
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2026 Summer Reading Pre-K Guide
I’m trying something new this year! I’m creating great reading suggestions for different age groups for summer reading. And each guide will also include some great reading activities that you can do as a family or to encourage reading throughout the summer! Summer reading can feel overwhelming whether you’re trying…
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Storytime Theme: Dinosaurs
My library is following the Collaborative Summer Reading Program theme this year which is “Unearth a Story” and we are leaning heavily into the dinosaurs! We’ve got blow-up dino costumes, a bouncy dino that you can sit on, and we created our own summer reading t-shirts with a dino holding…
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Storytime Theme: America’s 250th Anniversary
This was a tricky storytime theme to pull together and if I hadn’t had a librarian reach out and request some help, I might have given up! The 250th Birthday of America, while an exciting celebration, is very difficult to scale down to a toddler or preschool level. So rather…
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Storytime Theme: Rhyming Books
Rhyming picture books are so fun to read aloud (as long as the rhyming is spot on!). Sometimes, the rhymes don’t quite work or they need to be pronounced a certain way to get them to rhyme, which always trips me up! But, when a rhyming book works really well,…
