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Storytime Theme: Mid-Autumn Festival
I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t know a lot about the Mid-Autumn Festival, but there have been a number of children’s books being published in the past few years about this harvest celebration and I thought it was an important one to include with the special, holiday…
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Storytime Theme: Lunar New Year
It’s time to celebrate Lunar New Year (or at least create a lesson plan so it’s ready when you need it!). Lunar New Year is celebrated by people in countries around the world including China, Vietnam, Korea, and Malaysia. And while celebrations may vary from one country to another, from…
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Storytime Theme: Peekaboo
Peekaboo! I see you! This is a really fun storytime that would work especially well with babies and young toddlers. There are all sorts of great peekaboo books out there to use and I found some really cute songs and a couple of crafts and activities too. This storytime theme…
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Storytime Theme: Building
It’s time for a STEM storytime and I love that building can be included in the STEM field (think engineering) because kids of all ages love to build and this storytime celebrates the fun of building (and throws in some learning too)! Building helps kids with hand-eye coordination and fine…
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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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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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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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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…
