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    Storytime Theme: Self-Esteem

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    Here’s another update lesson plan for kids’ self-esteem! It’s an important aspect of a child’s development to feel self-confident and have a high self-esteem. These traits come easier for some more than others, but you can encourage little ones to feel brave and strong by giving them examples in the…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Titles That Describe Me & My Life

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    This theme was a little harder for me to find titles for this week! And I think you’ll see in my results that they range from the silly (Cookie Time) to the searching Finding Me and the absolute perfect – The Loud Librarian. While this was a little trickier to…

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    Storytime Theme: Tails

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    Animal-themed lesson plans are some of the easiest options available for storytime because there are picture books about almost every animal you can think of. But, if you’re looking for a way to switch it up a bit, why not try a feature that is shared among animals like big…

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    Storytime Theme: Snakes

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    So to be completely transparent, I’m not a fan of snakes. I think it’s probably because when you come across them, it’s usually a surprise and it startles me! In fact, I had one living outside my front door for a long while and I was always afraid we’d scare…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Books Set In Places on My Bucket List

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    This list was really hard to put together and not for the typical reason. Usually, I’m trying to find enough books to fit into a specific theme, for this list, I had too many options! I want to visit and travel absolutely everywhere! So finding books for a list from…

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    Storytime Theme: Badgers

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    Let me start from the beginning, I usually try to create a blogging plan for the year the previous fall. So, I at least have any idea of storytime themes, book lists, etc. when I go to create content. And while I’d love to say that I’m way ahead of…

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    Storytime Theme: Vegetables

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    Still working on updating a lot of my previous storytime lesson plans, so today we’re updating Vegetables! It’s been ten year since the last time I shared a vegetable-themed storytime, so let’s dig in! Today, I’ve got ten recently published picture books that make great read alouds for a storytime…

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    Storytime Theme: Seasons

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    While I’ve done different seasonal storytimes in the past, I haven’t yet created a lesson plan specifically for the seasons as a whole. So, here we go! I found some great read alouds about the changing of the seasons someof whicih are fictional stories, while others are more nonfiction titles.…

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    Storytime Theme: Umbrella

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    I’m working my way through some of my older posts and while I posted about umbrellas way back in 2016, I thought it might be a good idea to update the storytime lesson plan. Let it be known that the books I chose back then are still really great choices!…

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    Storytime Theme: Going to the Park

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    It’s getting warmer and that means that the park is going to be very busy! I know that even as my niece and nephew get older, they still love heading to the park when they come and visit. It also helps that I have four within walking distance of my…