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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: Building
It’s time for a STEM storytime and I love that building can be included in the STEM field (think engineering) because kids of all ages love to build and this storytime celebrates the fun of building (and throws in some learning too)! Building helps kids with hand-eye coordination and fine…
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Storytime Theme: Light & Shadow
I think that a Light & Shadow storytime would be so fun to pull together! Especially if you can dim the lights in your storytime room and maybe have the kids use flashlights during a story or two! (Every caregiver most likely has a cellphone flashlight that would make this…
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Nonfiction Storytime Theme: Wild Animals
I’m working on something new by offering a storytime with strictly nonfiction titles for kids to learn all about animals! Animals are easy because kids love them and you can find all sorts of amazing nonfiction books for young kids about animals. But, if you wanted to, you could also…
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Storytime Theme: Polar Friends
While it’s simple to create a lesson plan all about polar bears or penguins, I thought it might be fun to create a lesson plan that brings them together with other animals that live in the same habitats. And while you’ll never see a polar bear and a penguin living…
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2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: You Do It
This was such a fun list to put together! And surprisingly easy for the letter Y! This list includes all sorts of how-to books – science experiments, crafts, cooking, baking, engineering, building, doodling, and so much more! It’s honestly a great list of titles to reference as we move into…
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2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Technology
It’s time to talk technology and while today’s theme could really go in almost any direction, I decided to try and take it in a wide variety of ways so as to gather a little something for everyone! We’ve got robotics, engineering, medical technology, video games, and so much more!…
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2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Geology
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…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Springy Covers
Spring is here and today’s a nice and easy Top Ten Tuesday theme – books with springy covers! I love spring, in fact, I took myself on a little spring trek through the neighborhood and took photos of all the new flowers and buds that were opening up! It’s so…
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2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Finance
We’re starting week two of the Blogging A to Z Challenge with an important concept that isn’t just difficult for kids to understand, but for adults as well – finances! And while I know the basics of saving and spending money, I wish I knew more about investing, retirement accounts,…
