Storytime Theme: Red
Sometimes it can be exhausting having to think of a new and exciting theme for storyime and then having to find books and songs and even crafts or extension activities that fit the theme. If you’re not quite ready to go theme-less (and it is possible!), why not try opening your theme up to a wide variety of options? That’s where this series of storytime lesson plans come in – pick a color and the world is your oyster! There are so many options when it comes to a color and you’re sure to find some books and songs that excite you! Remember, if you’re not excited about performing storytime, the kids are definitely going to feel that energy too!
This is also a great way to encourage conversation during storytime – ask the kids things they can think of that are red. Or you can put up different pictures of red things throughout your storytime space and play a game of 20 Questions or I Spy (with adaptations of course). Sometimes simple is best and with a color-based storytime theme, you’ll find tons of great read alouds, songs, and activities that you can adapt for your program (and get excited about)!
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Storytime Theme: Red
Books
- Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Felicia Bond
- Crayola World of Red by Mari Schuh
- The Kindest Red by Ibtihaj Muhammad and S. K. Ali, illustrated by Hatem Aly
- Little Red by Bethan Woollvin
- One Red Sock by Jennifer Sattler
- Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
- Red Hat by Lita Judge
- Red Is Best by Kathy Stinson, illustrated by Robin Baird Lewis
- Red Red Red by Valeri Gorbachev
Songs & Rhymes
- Hurry Hurry Drive the Firetruck – The Kiboomers
- Little Red Caboose – The Laurie Berkner Band
- Picked a Strawberry – Storytime with Ms. Emily Library
Crafts & Activities
- Color Sorting – Totschooling
- Paper Plate Apples – Kindergarten Connection
- Red Process Art – only put out the red crayons, colored pencils, markers, etc.
