Storytime Plans
Here’s a comprehensive list of my storytime lesson plans. Each lesson plan has books, music, fingerplays, flannel boards, and wiggles songs for the theme, some even have crafts and other extension activities. Take a look at the list below for great “traditional” storytimes, but also some really special programs like Sensory, Parachute, and Yoga storytimes that are noted below.
These lists are perfect for a library storytime, but could also be used in preschools or childcare centers, or at home! I hope you find this list helpful in coming up with new ideas for your own storytime or reading to your little one!
5 Early Literacy Practices
Although not storytime plans, this is a series of posts on the Every Child Ready to Read of the five early literacy practices and my views and thoughts on the matter, plus (a few) great resources to find more information.
Storytime Themes
- Acorns
- Airplanes
- Aliens from Outer Space
- All About Me
- Alligators
- Alligators & Crocodiles (parachute)
- Alphabet
- Animals
- Animal Sounds
- Animals from Down Under
- Apartment Living
- Apples
- Art
- Authors
- Amy Krouse Rosenthal (yoga)
- Eric Carle (yoga)
- Karma Wilson (yoga)
- Kevin Henkes (yoga)
- Mo Willems (yoga)
- Paul Schmid (yoga)
- Baby
- Baby Animals
- Bake Cookies Day
- Baking
- Balloons
- Baseball
- Bats
- Beach
- Bears
- Bears & Berries
- Bedtime
- Bees
- Birds
- Black Authors
- Black History Month
- Black Voices
- Boats
- Body Movement
- Bones
- Boxes
- Bubbles
- Bugs
- Bunny Rabbits
- Butterflies
- Camping
- Candy
- Cars (sensory)
- Cats
- Chameleons
- Characters with Name that Begin with “C” (parachute)
- Chickens
- Chicks (yoga)
- Cinderella
- Cities
- Clap, Tap & Drum (parachute/yoga)
- Clouds
- Colors
- Community Helpers
- Concept Books
- Cookies
- Cooking
- Construction
- Winter 2015 (parachute)
- Fall 2015 (parachute)
- 2016
- 2022
- Counting
- Cowpoke
- Cows
- Crows
- Crustaceans
- Days of the Week
- Daytime, Nighttime
- Dental Health
- Desert
- Digging
- Dinosaurs
- Dirt & Mud
- Doctors & Nurses
- Dogs
- Dolphins & Sharks
- Down on the Farm (sensory)
- Dragons
- Ducks
- Earth Day
- Eggs
- Elephants
- Emotions (Frustration) (parachute)
- Fall
- Fall Leaves
- Family
- Farm
- Favorites (sensory)
- Five Senses
- Fish
- Flamingos
- Flowers
- Food
- Football
- Foxes
- Friendship
- Frogs & Toads (yoga)
- Frozen Treats
- Fruit (yoga)
- Gardens
- Ghosts
- Giraffes
- Goats
- Grandparents
- Gratitude
- Halloween
- Hats
- Hedgehogs & Porcupines
- Hibernation
- Hibernation & Migration
- Hiking
- Hispanic Creators
- Home
- Horses
- Hugs
- Hugs & Kisses
- Ice
- Ice Cream
- I Like Me
- Imaginary Creatures
- Imagination
- Interactive
- 2013 (yoga)
- Winter 2015 (parachute)
- Fall 2015 (parachute)
- 2023
- Jazz
- Jungle
- Kindness
- Kites
- Ladybugs
- Laughter
- Lego Duplo
- Libraries
- Lion & Mouse
- Love
- Lunar New Year
- Manners
- Measurement
- Mess
- Messy & Clean
- Mice
- Mindfulness
- Mittens
- Monkeys
- Monsters
- Moon
- Moose
- Mother Goose
- Mountains
- Music
- Music & Movement
- Mustaches & Beards
- Naps
- National Llama Day
- Nature
- New Year’s
- Nighttime Adventure
- Ninjas
- Nocturnal Animals
- Noses
- Nursery Rhymes
- Ocean
- Octopuses
- Olympics
- Opposites (parchutes)
- Outdoor Adventure
- Outdoors
- Outer Space
- Owls
- PA’s One Book, Every Young Child
- Patterns
- Peacocks
- Penguins
- Perspective
- Pete the Cat
- Pets
- Picnic
- Piggies
- Pinecones
- Pirates
- Pizza
- Playground
- Playing
- Poetry
- Pointillism & Georges Seurat
- Polka Dots (sensory)
- Pond
- Preschool
- Pumpkins & Squash
- Quiet
- Rain
- Rainbows
- Read Alouds
- Reading
- Red
- Rhyming
- Rivers & Streams
- Robots
- Rocket Ship
- Rocks
- Royalty
- Safari
- Sand
- Say “Hello”
- Scarecrows
- Seahorses
- Self-Esteem
- Senses
- Shapes
- Sharks
- Sheep
- Sing-a-long Books
- Singing
- Sleep
- Slow Animals
- Snakes (sensory)
- Sneezes (sensory)
- Sniffles & Sneezes (yoga)
- Snow
- Socks
- Socks & Shoes
- Spiders
- Spring Animals
- Spooky, Not Scary
- Spots & Stripes (yoga)
- Sports
- Squirrels
- Stars
- Sticky & Slimy
- Stop & Go
- Summer
- Sun
- Sunflowers
- Superheroes
- Swimming
- Talking
- Teddy Bears (yoga)
- Themeless Storytimes
- April 15, 2015
- April 28, 2015 (preschool)
- April 28, 2015 (toddler)
- May 12, 2015
- November 10, 2015
- Fun Favorites
- Fun Read Alouds
- Miss Laura’s Favorites #1
- Miss Laura’s Favorites #2
- Miss Laura’s Favorites #3
- Miss Laura’s Favorites #4
- Miss Laura’s Favorites #5
- Miss Laura’s Favorites #6
- PA One Book, Every Young Child (2015)
- Summer Week #1
- Summer Week #2
- Summer Week #3
- Summer Week #4
- Summer Week #5
- Summer Week #6
- Tigers
- Tools
- Trains
- Transportation
- Travel Adventure
- Treehouses
- Trees
- Trucks
- Turtles
- Umbrellas
- Unicorns
- Up & Down
- Vegetables
- Water
- Watermelons
- Weather
- Whales
- Wheels
- Wind & Clouds
- Winter Animals
- Winter Clothing
- Winter Wonderland (yoga)
- Wishes
- Woodland Creatures
- Worms
- Writing
- Letter X
- Yoga
- Zoo