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Storytime Theme: Red
Sometimes it can be exhausting having to think of a new and exciting theme for storyime and then having to find books and songs and even crafts or extension activities that fit the theme. If you’re not quite ready to go theme-less (and it is possible!), why not try opening…
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Storytime Theme: Disability Pride Month
July is Disability Pride Month! So, going along with my goal to provide more diversity in my storytime themes available here on my blog, I’m sharing some great books that celebrate kids with disabilities because I think it’s so important. I’m going to preface this lesson plan and let you…
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Storytime Theme: Pennsylvania One Book
Today I’m sharing something that’s close to home for me (and for readers in Pennsylvania!), but I think it’s still accessible to anyone, so I wanted to share it out! The “Pennsylvania One Book initiative is a valuable program that highlights the importance of early literacy development in preschoolers and…
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Storytime Theme: Rainforest
It’s time to travel to the rainforest and explore with this storytime lesson plan all about the animals and plants found in the rainforest! This is a great lesson plan to incorporate nonfiction titles into storytime, especially with books that have photographs to show kids what animals really look like!…
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Storytime Theme: Exercise
While I wouldn’t necessarily say that kids need to “work out” I do think that encouraging kids to be active is a healthy choice! Kids lead very sedentary lives, especially when they reach school age, so encouraging healthy habits early is helpful. And kids can learn that exercise is a…
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Storytime Theme: Juneteenth
Celebrate Juneteenth this year with a special storytime program with age appropriate books for preschoolers and early elementary school age kids. I don’t think storytime necessarily needs to end when kids start school and this is a perfect example of a storytime that would work really well with an older…
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2024 CYBILS Award Winners
The Children’s and Young Adult Book Lovers’ Literary Awards are a little different from the awards you’ll often find on the ALA Youth Media Award Winners list. And that’s because these books are chosen by judges who are book lovers – typically bloggers and content creators that absolutely love children’s…
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Storytime Theme: Father’s Day
Celebrate Father’s Day with the special men in your life with this love-filled storytime theme! Dad’s get the spotlight with beautiful, silly, amazing read alouds. And what I love is that there are a few titles on this list that celebrate all sorts of dads and dad-like people in your…
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Storytime Theme: Big Machines
Things that go is a perennial favorite when it comes to storytime themes. So, make sure you’ve done a car theme, a train theme, a truck theme, a construction theme, and why not try a big machines theme that is very similar to a construction theme but could also include…
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Storytime Theme: Reading
A favorite pastime of mine and probably many of the people who perform storytimes – reading! Share the joy of books, reading, and libraries with tiny readers with this free lesson plan filled with great read aloud stories, some fun songs and rhymes, and a couple of activities that are…
