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Blogging From A to Z: Body Movement
During the month of April, I’ll be participating in the Blogging From A to Z Challenge. My theme for the month is Storytime Plans From A to Z. Each plan will have eight stories as well as four songs, fingerplays or rhymes to match the theme! As you can see,…
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Blogging From A to Z Challenge: Alligators
During the month of April, I’ll be participating in the Blogging From A to Z Challenge. My theme for the month is Storytime Plans From A to Z. Each plan will have eight stories as well as four songs, fingerplays or rhymes to match the theme! As you can see,…
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Must Listen: Emily Arrow ~ Storytime Singalong
I’ve mentioned Emily Arrow before on my blog, but that was before I got a copy of her Storytime Singalong, Vol. 1 CD. This CD is absolutely pure gold for storytimes and families! Emily has done a few of her own songs, but what I absolutely am in awe of…
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Toddler Storytime Theme: Cats
Opening: “Put Your Hands Up In the Air” by Hap Palmer, So Big Puppet Meet & Greet: Meet Woolly (monkey puppet) Early Literacy Tip: “Spend at least ten wildly happy minutes every single day reading aloud. From birth!” (Mem Fox’s Ten Read Aloud Commandments) Resource Share: Ranger Rick Jr. – Wild…
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2016 Blogging A to Z: Theme Reveal
I’m participating in the Blogging From A to Z Challenge during the month of April this year! It’s something new I’m trying out for my blog and I am super excited to announce that my theme will be: Storytime Plans from A to Z I’m excited to be providing eight…
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Toddler Storytime Theme: Dinosaurs
This was my last storytime for the session and the kids were so excited by the theme! They had an awesome time ROARING with Bob Shea’s book and anytime I asked what kind of dinosaur was pictured in Snappy Little Dinosaurs a few of my littlest’s friends would just yell “DINOSAUR!”…
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Storytime Theme: Cookies
Although I had a fairly small group this morning, it was a wonderful storytime! Everyone was very participative (including the grandmas and grandpas). Of course, how can you not love a storytime based around cookies? The kids thought a cookie-loving cow was absolutely silly and the adults could tell what…
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Storytime Theme: Winter Clothing
I am so impressed with this group of kids, I’ve chosen some longer books and they will sit through them! The kids were absolutely giggling over Froggy Gets Dessed this morning and love doing our wiggle song, “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom” and really liked jumping to Jim Gills’s “Jumping & Counting”…
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World Read Aloud Day
Today is World Read Aloud Day, an initiative that calls global attention to the importance of reading aloud and sharing stories. I’ve mentioned before on my blog that my parents read aloud to us for as long as I could remember. Evenings were spent snuggled up in my brothers’ room…
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Toddler Storytime Theme: Mittens
I had a really good storytime this week! It was a full house, but the kids were fairly well behaved and loved talking about mittens! Unfortunately, it’s raining and not snowing here… but, oh well! It was still fun to talk about! The kids love doing Once Upon a Snowman (probably because…
