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    Storytime Theme: Astronauts

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    While I’ve done a number of space-themed storytime lesson plans, like this outer space lesson plan, the stars, or moon, I haven’t yet down a lesson plan about the brave people who travel to outer space to learn about what it’s like to live off of our planet. So, today’s…

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    Picture Book Genres: Science Fiction

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    While genres become more of an interest as kids become independent readers, I love the idea of sharing picture books that can also fall into genres as well. And maybe your young readers don’t have a strong opinion about the genres they read, I think exposing them to a wide-variety…

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    Storytime Theme: Earth Day

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    It’s time to celebrate this beautiful planet we live on with an Earth Day storytime lesson plan! This lesson plan includes nine (recently) published picture books that make great read alouds. One of which is a nonfiction title. Remember, you are never required to read an entire book cover-to-cover. Sometimes,…

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    2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Geology

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    When I was younger, I was gifted a rock tumbling machine and after some trial and error, it was such a cool process seeing rough rocks and minerals turn into smooth, beautiful stones! These twelve nonfiction titles are sure to inspire kids who love having their hands in the dirt…