• Activities

    Storytime Theme: Eid

    You can’t very well have an Eid storytime without a Ramadan storytime! But, you’re in luck, because you’ll find both lesson plans on Literacious! Celebrate Eid at storytime with these wonderful picture books, a few songs, and some crafts too! I’ve provided both stories as well as few non-fiction books…

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    Storytime Theme: Days of the Week

    Days of the Week storytime header

    I hadn’t realized (until I had basically written up this entire lesson plan) that I had created a Days of the Week storytime lesson plan just a few years ago. But, alas, here we are and I found a few new titles, songs, and activities to do! I think this…

  • Reviews

    The Night Baafore Christmas

    Christmas decorations

    The Night Baafore Christmas Synopsis: “It’s Christmas Eve and Bo can’t sleep, so he starts counting sheep. But when the sheep get bored, they scatter, wreaking holiday mayhem all over the house. “Sheep 4 gnaws the stockings–leaves holes in the toes; 5 swallows some garland, and tinsel, and bows!” Children…

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    Night Light

    What do you get when you combine a guessing game, a counting book, and all modes of transportation?  Night Light by Nicholas Blechman!  Night Light combines counting with cut-out pages and almost any mode of transportation a preschooler could think up.  With a background in graphic design, Blechman “shines” in…

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    Green

    This little book is absolutely delightful!  It’s s a true celebration of the color green in all of its forms and could be used as easily in story time or on-on-one.  It would also be a great book to use to discuss color in an art class as well.  Laura…