Storytime themes

To assist you in planning your story times for next month, here are some themes I like to use in October. Pumpkins Suggested Books: Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin by Tad Hills Pumpkin Heads! by Wendell Minor It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman (Audio version with song available here.) This is Not a Pumpkin by Bob Staake The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda D. Williams Extension Activities: Five…

Best Story Time Ideas for Preschoolers Do you have daily story time with a classroom of kids? Do you run story time at your library? Do you just enjoy reading stories and doing book inspired activities and songs with your child? If you answered YES to any of these questions then these ideas are for …

If you ask my kids what my favorite animal is, my youngest will answer that my favorite mythical creature is a dragon and my favorite real animal is a rabbit. I love that he makes that distinction and that he knows how much I love dragons! Because of that love, I am sharing a dragon […]

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Themed story times that you will find on this blog: Baking Breakfast Cars and Trucks / Transportation Christmas Clouds Elephant Farm Flow...

My favorite themes for January are related to winter weather (snowmen), the new year (calendar/seasons), Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (friendship), and flu season (sickness.) Snowmen Suggested Books: All You Need for a Snowman by Alice Schertle Making a Friend by Alison McGhee Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner Pip and Squeak by Ian Schoenherr Extension Activities: Snowman, Snowman Five Little Snowmen Riding on the Sled Friendly Snowman Friendship Suggested Books: Ribbit! by Rodrigo…

Storytime Theme: Sticky & Slimy – Literacious

During the month of April, I’ll be participating in the Blogging From A to Z Challenge. My theme for the month is Storytime Plans From A to Z. Each plan will have eight stories as well as four songs, fingerplays or rhymes to match the theme! As you can see, I’ll try and attribute where I found all of this fun (and often you can find it in multiple places). My goal is to make storytime planning a little easier on myself in the future and to make storytime planning for other librarians easy as…

Storytime Theme: Spooky, Not Scary is a perfect lesson plan for toddlers and preschoolers during the Halloween season!