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Storytime Theme: Holi
This is the most colorful holiday that I know of and it’s such a great holiday to celebrate at storytime because of all the colors! Come celebrate Holi, a Hindu Festival of Colors, Love, and Spring. Many people celebrate by spreading powdered color on each other and there is music…
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Storytime Theme: St. Patrick’s Day
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with this special storytime lesson plan all about leprechauns, clovers, and a little bit of luck! If you want to incorporate the color green into this storytime as well, check out this lesson plan all about green. The picture books below combine both classic titles as…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Modern Books You Think Will Be Classics In the Future
I find it hard to figure out what modern books may become classics because I feel as though all the classic books that I read in school are still part of the curriculum and it’s been quite a while since I was in elementary school. Things like curriculum can take…
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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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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Enjoyed that Were Outside My Comfort Zone
I’ll be the first to admit that I often judge a book by its cover. Covers can tell you a lot about a book, but sometimes they’ll surprise you! So, there’s definitely some truth to the old adage, “Don’t judge a book by its cover!” There’s definitely a cover or…
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Storytime Theme: Days of the Week
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…
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Storytime Theme: Doors
This storytime, like many, started as one thing and then morphed it’s way into this one. I really wanted to do a knocking on the door/ringing the doorbell storytime, but I was really struggling to come up with books to fit the theme. So, instead, I decided to go with…
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Top Ten Tuesday: New Middle Grade Novels
Today’s official prompt was actually “The First 10 Books I Randomly Grabbed from My Shelf”, and I was totally going to do a deep dive into the books I chose for my new book nook shelving. But, instead, I’m going to share ten middle grade books on my shelf that…
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Storytime Theme: Women’s History Month
This is a little bit of a stretch for a storytime theme, but I thought I’d give it a try. I think in order for this type of lesson plan to be successful, you’ll need to really consider how much of each book you’re going to read and maybe even…
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Storytime Theme: Singalong (2025 Update)
If you’re ever in a rut or have a group of kids at storytime that are just a little more wild than usual, try an (almost) fully singing storytime. I’ll be the first to admit, I can’t carry a tune and I don’t just say that. My partner is a…
