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Story Time Theme – Penguins Everywhere!
I absolutely adore penguins – they’re cute, fun to watch and make a great story time theme! I chose to use penguins and focus on letter knowledge, after my first story time this week, I realized my error. The letter “p” can look similar to “b”, “d”, and “q”. I…
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Story Time Theme – Hugs & Kisses
Being that Valentine’s Day is this week, I chose a “Hugs & Kisses” theme with some of my favorite stories about love. I’ve already posted about a couple of these books this week, so to spare you, my story time plan is below. I also gave the kids valentines this…
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Won’t You Be My Hugaroo?
“Won’t you be my hugaroo? I’ve lots of hugs to share with you.” I fell in love with Won’t You Be My Hugaroo? written by Joanne Ryder and illustrated by Melissa Sweet when I first read it a few years ago. The story (for the most part) has a great…
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Story Time Theme – Eric Carle Celebration
This has been such a great story time theme – Eric Carle is probably one of my favorite children’s author/illustrators of all time and until I can get to The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts, this is as close as I can get. I tried to…
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Story Time Theme – Winter Wonderland
This week’s story time theme was so fun! I decided to do a Winter Wonderland story time theme this week because it’s January and so we actually had a little snow on Monday, but by today, it’s 60+ degrees outside, so c’est la vie – we went with it anyway. I’ve…
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Green
This little book is absolutely delightful! It’s s a true celebration of the color green in all of its forms and could be used as easily in story time or on-on-one. It would also be a great book to use to discuss color in an art class as well. Laura…
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Sensory-Friendly Storytime: Sneezing
We’ve been on a pretty long break from our story times, here at the library. Don’t get me wrong, there has been plenty of story times for the holidays and a lot of special guests will be coming to visit in the next couple of weeks, but I’ve had a…
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Red Sled
Red Sled by Lita Judge is a perfect story to share with a little one on a cold winter night. Using only onomatopoeia words, or words that are used to describe sounds, Judge can tell an entire story of what happens to a red sled while a child is sleeping. …
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Penguin and Pinecone
“One day Penguin found a curious object.” And so begins this beautiful story of friendship between a penguin and that curious object – a pinecone! Salina Yoon has created such a cute world with her whimsical illustrations and simple text about what it means to be a friend. I don’t…
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Story Time Theme – Grandparents
This was my last week of story times for the fall season and I decided it was high time we celebrated grandparents. My grandparents live half-way across the country and I don’t get to see them as much as I would like. Plus they are getting older and as their…