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Young Adult Genres: Fantasy
New month, new book list series! This month I’m diving into young adult titles! Over the past few months, I’ve shared picture books, chapter books, and middle grade stories, and I don’t want to leave out the teenagers, so here we go! Young adult novels are geared toward kids from…
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Storytime Theme: Bad Day
I always begin my storytimes going over the rules of our storytime room for any new families joining us, this also includes information to caregivers about stepping outside the storytime room if their kiddo is having a “grumpy pants” kind of day. I also let caregivers know that if things…
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Storytime Theme: Square
Somehow along the way I totally missed the fact that I hadn’t done a lesson plan on squares! I’m over here trying to find books about ovals and rectangles and completely missed out on squares! But the wait is over because here it is, a square storytime lesson plan! There…
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Young Adult Genres: Science Fiction
New month, new book list series! This month I’m diving into young adult titles! Over the past few months, I’ve shared picture books, chapter books, and middle grade stories, and I don’t want to leave out the teenagers, so here we go! Young adult novels are geared toward kids from…
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Storytime Theme: Sharing
Sharing is a concept that every child should learn at an early age, but often parents and caregivers don’t fully understand the concept of sharing and how it’s understood by a child’s brain. Did you know that the sharing concept isn’t really fully grasped until kids are between the ages…
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Storytime Theme: Ovals
You can easily find picture books about circles, squares, and triangles, but I had some major trouble with rectangles and it hasn’t gotten any easier with ovals! I will definitely let you know that a number of the books I shared aren’t easily available on Amazon, but you may find…
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Young Adult Genres: Mysteries
New month, new book list series! This month I’m diving into young adult titles! Over the past few months, I’ve shared picture books, chapter books, and middle grade stories, and I don’t want to leave out the teenagers, so here we go! Young adult novels are geared toward kids from…
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Storytime Theme: Chairs
This lesson plan is a little out of left field, but there are a bunch of children’s books about chairs and I thought it would be fun to pull these together, add a few songs, and crafts and boom! – you’ve got a full storytime ready to go! Center the…
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Storytime Theme: Breakfast
You’ll either leave this storytime full of tasty treats (especially if you offer a snack), or you’ll be really craving some pancakes or french toast! This delicious storytime focuses on breakfast foods and I was very excited to include a multicultural title – The Runaway Dosa on the list because…
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Middle Grade Genres: Realistic Fiction
New month, new book list series! This month we’re moving on to middle grade genres! I’ve already shared picture book genres and chapter book genres, so let’s dive into middle grade. Middle grade books is a term used in the book industry to describe titles that are written for an…
