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Storytime Theme: Hopping
I’ve often talked about how simple animal themed storytimes are to create and offer at your library, preschool, or even at home! But sometimes, it’s nice to find something a little different, and that’s where our Hopping storytime lesson plan comes in. This lesson plan focuses on three animals –…
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Picture Book Genres: Realistic Fiction
While genres become more of an interest as kids become independent readers, I love the idea of sharing picture books that can also fall into genres as well. And maybe your young readers don’t have a strong opinion about the genres they read, I think exposing them to a wide-variety…
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Storytime Theme: Harvest
While we’re still in the thick of summer, I know that fall will be here before we know it! Today’s storytime is a perfect one for the autumnal season – all about harvest! These books mostly take place on farms where kids will see pumpkins, apples, corn, and other vegetables.…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I HAD to Have Immediately but Still Haven’t Read
Last year at the ALA Conference, I grabbed all of these ARCs from the exhibit hall and I still haven’t read them! It’s like a curse, if a book is mine to own, it sits on the shelf and I don’t tend to read it. If it’s a library book,…
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Storytime Theme: Gentle Giants
A different take on an animal storytime lesson plan – this one is all about the really big animals that are also the most gentle. Think about animals like elephants and giraffes, pandas and manatees, and of course whale sharks – the largest fish in the ocean. Today’s lesson plan…
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Picture Book Genres: Fantasy
While genres become more of an interest as kids become independent readers, I love the idea of sharing picture books that can also fall into genres as well. And maybe your young readers don’t have a strong opinion about the genres they read, I think exposing them to a wide-variety…
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Storytime Theme: Libraries
Well, it isn’t hard to imagine why this might be one of my favorite lesson plans for storytime! I’ve loved libraries since I was little and have worked in libraries since I was 14 years old! This sweet storytime is sure to be loved by librarians and library kids alike…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books That Live in My Head Rent-Free
For today’s prompt, I wanted to focus on some back list YA titles, a few of which might be better known than others, but ones that I really enjoyed and would recommend to others looking for something to read. What’s interesting is that my taste in YA titles, runs the…
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Storytime Theme: Movin’ & Groovin’
I think that when a lot of people think about storytime, they imagine an elderly librarian shushing kids and reading long stories with antiquated rhymes and very little excitement. I don’t think people realize that often times, storytime is about meeting kids where they are. And when you’re doing a…
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