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    Storytime Theme: Letter X

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    This was the letter that I was most concerned about and for good cause – the letter X is a tricky one for picture books and storytime themes. In fact, I had to cheat the system and used words with the letter x in them somewhere, rather than just at…

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    Storytime Theme: Letter W

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    Letter W was full of surprises with many of the book titles having wonderful alliterative titles full of letter w words! And surprisingly, I found a lot of amazing books for the letter w including webs, wolves, whales, watermelons, and windows. In fact, you could create an entire STEM storytime…

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    Storytime Theme: Letter V

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    It’s Letter V day! Another tricky letter this week, the Letter V led me to picture books about vacuums, volcanoes, vultures, and more. Some of these letters are tricky to find words that preschoolers are going to recognize and that also show up in picture books. This is a letter…

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    Storytime Theme: Letter U

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    I’ll be honest, the end of the alphabet gets a little trickier with some letters that are not so easy to find picture books for, but I will persevere because after this week there are only five more letters left! I can’t believe it! Today’s letter was difficult, no doubt…

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    Storytime Theme: Letter T

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    Today’s all about the letter T! T is a great letter for all things transportation – trains, trucks, and tractors! Plus, other great words like tacos, tigers, and teeth! This was a really fun storytime lesson plan to write up with great books, some fun songs, and crafts that support…

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    Storytime Theme: Letter S

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    The end of the alphabet is coming quick – we’re already up to Letter S! And like the Letter R last week, this is a simple storytime to pull together because there are so many amazing words that start with the letter s for kids. You can go completely animals…

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    Storytime Theme: Letter R

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    This has been one of the easiest letters to create a lesson plan for! There are so many great letter R words for kids and there are plenty of choices when it comes to books and activities to extend learning. There are so many directions you can go with this…

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    Storytime Theme: Letter Q

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    Today’s storytime lesson plan has been the hardest one yet in the alphabet series! The Letter Q is a notoriously difficult letter, especially when it comes to words that are appropriate for toddlers and preschoolers and are also themes for picture books! While you’ll find plenty of picture books about…

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    Storytime Theme: Letter P

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    We’re continuing to truck along through the alphabet and we’re already on the letter P! Today’s lesson plan was a really simple plan to pull together because there are so many great letter p words for kids. And they’re really fun words too – like pizza, penguin, pink, pigs, pumpkins,…

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    Storytime Theme: Letter O

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    We’re continuing to move through the alphabet and today we’re showcasing the letter O! Today’s letter was a little difficult, but I think I found enough letter O words that will work for a wide-variety of storytimes with words like outside, octopus, one, ovals, and so much more! You could…