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Storytime Theme: Trees Through the Seasons
While I’ve done a number of lesson plans for storytime featuring different themes for a specific season and I just created a general seasons storytime a couple of months ago, I thought this was such a fun idea that I had to share it. All four seasons from the perspective…
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Storytime Theme: Frogs & Toads
Another update from a 10 year blog post – I’m sharing recently published frog and toad picture book read alouds for an update to this storytime lesson plan. Frog books are easy to find, books about toads on the other hand are a little more difficult to uncover, but I…
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Storytime Theme: Chicks
I’m updating my chicks themed storytime lesson plan with recently published books, themed songs, and a couple of crafts too. I like providing you with enough options to get you started, but not too many to overwhelm you! This storytime works for a general animal theme, but can also be…
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Storytime Theme: Bunnies
It’s been a minute,12 years since I wrote up a bunny themed storytime lesson plan. So, I figured it was high time that I shared some recently published picture books about bunny rabbits and some fun songs, rhymes and of course, craft projects to round out your lesson plan. Some…
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Top Ten Tuesday: April Showers
It’s April and while the weather outside Philadelphia has ranged everywhere from the 30s to 89 degrees, these romance novels featuring umbrellas on the cover are kind of the perfect springtime books to share. Ironically, I don’t often use an umbrella as I hate carrying a wet umbrella that’s dripping…
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Storytime Theme: Umbrella
I’m working my way through some of my older posts and while I posted about umbrellas way back in 2016, I thought it might be a good idea to update the storytime lesson plan. Let it be known that the books I chose back then are still really great choices!…
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Storytime Theme: Spring Animals
While it doesn’t feel like spring is around the corner quite yet, I thought this adorable storytime would be the perfect introduction to spring by using adorable animals! And what’s even better is that this is an updated lesson plan from a previous post, so if you’re looking for even…
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Storytime Theme: Carrots
Surprisingly, my veggie-themed storytime was one of the most popular I had ever done! So, with that in mind, I created a carrot and pea themed storytime as well as this one! I think this can be a great way to introduce new vegetables to kids and then encourage families…
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Storytime Theme: Pi Day
Somehow, in the midst of writing up lesson plans all lat year for holidays, I somehow missed this nerdy, math-focused (and delicious!) holiday – Pi Day! Create a super, simple STEM storytime lesson plan with some fun picture book read alouds, a few songs, and a craft too. It doesn’t…
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Storytime Theme: Earth Day
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,…
