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Storytime Theme: Fairies
A brand new storytime theme I’ve never done before! It’s all about the magical wee folk that are often very mischievous and can get into a lot of trouble. This fun storytime is filled to the bring with picture book stories, both magical and absolutely silly, rhymes and songs about…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Interconnected Romance Series
This week’s theme was “Favorite Secondary/Minor Characters” and while I love the idea of it, I am the absolute worst at remembering details of all the books I read! I love to read and enjoy almost everything I pick up, I’m just not great at the details. So, instead I…
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Storytime Theme: Underground
For those using CSLP’s Summer Reading theme – “Unearth a Story” take a look at the lesson plan below for some great fiction and nonfiction picture books all about underground animals, dirt, fund adventures, and subway rides! Along with some great themed songs and rhymes, I’ve also include a couple…
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Storytime Theme: Noses
As I continue to update some of my older themes here on Literacious, today I’m updating my nose storytime lesson plan from way back in 2016. I’ve also done an entire group of storytimes based on senses, so you check out my smelling storytime lesson plan too for even more…
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Top Ten Tuesday: May Flowers
I decided to create a list on a different take from the typical “May Flowers” idea of bright, bold, pretty colors with sunshine-y spring and early summer feels. Instead, as I was creating this list, I found that there are a lot of young adult books that feature these moody,…
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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…
