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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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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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Top Ten Tuesday: Authors You Wish Were Still Writing Today
This was a fun walk down memory lane as I pulled some of my favorite books and authors from my past to share today! It’s fun to see some of my favorite authors still writing books. When you’re ten years old, everyone seems so old and then you realize they…
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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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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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Top Ten Tuesday: YA Books for America’s 250th Anniversary
The celebration of America’s Birthday/Anniversary/Semiquincentennial is coming soon and I wanted to take some time to explore the title that are available for kids and teens. Let me tell you, this was trickier than I ever expected! While historical fiction for teens exists, there isn’t a ton of it focused…
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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,…
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Top Ten Tuesday: April Showers
It’s April and while the weather outside Philadelphia has ranged everywhere from the 30s to 89 degrees, these romance novels featuring umbrellas on the cover are kind of the perfect springtime books to share. Ironically, I don’t often use an umbrella as I hate carrying a wet umbrella that’s dripping…
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Storytime Theme: Float or Sink
Have you ever wanted to try something a little bit different in your preschool storytime? Maybe stray from the book and song format? Why not try a STEM-based storytime? I know it sounds scary at first, but this one is pretty easy and could be a lot of fun! Start…
