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Little Kids, Big Emotions: Mad
We’re moving through emotions and I don’t want you to miss the emotions we’ve already covered – happiness and sadness. Today, I’m sharing books about being mad or angry, a feeling that kids can definitely relate to! I think this is such an important emotion for kids to understand. What…
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Storytime Theme: Painting
As I was finishing up this lesson plan on painting, I realized that I had just created a similar storytime lesson plan last year! So, while there are a few books that repeat on each list, there is a lot of brand new suggestions here to take a look at.…
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Storytime Theme: Yes and No
Pulling this storytime lesson plan together was actually a little more difficult than I first thought! Yes and no picture books are not as prolific as I originally thought. Granted, there are a lot of picture books out there about consent featuring the word “no” but that’s not where I…
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Little Kids, Big Emotions: Sadness
Last week we started this series with happiness and I figured that it kind of made sense to do sadness next. What I really like about these books is that while some of them teach kids about how to help a friend who is sad, many others allow the reader…
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Storytime Theme: Noodles
I love noodles of all shapes and sizes in dishes from around the world! And while noodles may not be a prolific as rice in the number of cuisines, you’ll find noodle dishes in many countries. Whether it’s slurping spaghetti in Italy, chowing down on pierogis in Poland, or scooping…
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Storytime Theme: Quiet
Well, last week I promised there would be an opposite storytime to the Loud theme that I posted and I didn’t want to forget, so here we go – Storytime Theme: Quiet is here! It was surprisingly much harder to find “quiet” picture books. There are dozens of books about…
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Storytime Theme: Loud
I’ll be the first to admit that this storytime theme isn’t for everyone. But, I’ll argue that giving the kids a chance to be loud is also a great opportunity for them. If you have the space to do this program outside, that would work really well, so as to…
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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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Little Kids, Big Emotions: Happy
I’m beginning a new series of blog posts that will take place over the course of the next few weeks with a focus on emotional intelligence and identifying feelings. Little Kids, Big Emotions will work through different feelings, one by one with a book list that can help parents teach…
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Storytime Theme: Kwanzaa
There are definitely some holidays that are easier to find resources for than others. Kwanzaa was a trickier holiday as there weren’t as many newly published books to share and because I’m not as familiar with the holiday, it was harder for me to vet the additional resources for the…
