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    Yoga Storytime Theme: Poetry

    Yoga Storytime Theme: Poetry Sun Salutations: Mountain, Reach Up, Touch the Ground, Hands at Knees (flat back), Plank Pose, Cobra Pose, Downward Facing Dog, Walk toward Hands. (Repeat 3x) Early Literacy Tip: April is National Poetry Month – there are some amazing picture books that are actually poems!  Don’t be…

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    Toddler Storytime Theme: Making a Mess

    messy kids

    This is one of those lesson plans that I was super excited about!  Most small children LOVE making a mess!  Then, I had 33 toddlers in my program… and after taking a look at the amount of energy in the room, I realized that my lesson plan wasn’t going to fly.…

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    Family Storytime Theme: Noses

    Nose Storytime Opening: “Hello” with sign languageHello, friends. (x3)It’s time to say hello. Puppet Meet & Greet: Meet Woolly (monkey puppet) Early Literacy Tip: Rhyming books are awesome to share with kids, especially when they can start figuring out the rhymes themselves! Book 1: Whose Nose is This? by Peg…

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    Family Storytime Theme: Supeheroes

    Family Storytime Theme: Supeheroes Superheroes are a crowd favorite, but rather than choose DC or Marvel superheroes, I found some really great stories about kids being superheroes.  And as we were talking in storytime about what makes someone a superhero, a little boy responded with the best reason of all…

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    Flannel Friday: Fruit Salad

    I made a very quick “flannel board” for a fun wiggle song that I’ll be doing with the kids during Toddler Storytime this summer.  I thought Fruit Salad, from Jbrary would make a perfect song for summertime and then thought that some kids may have never seen what a papaya…

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    Family Storytime Theme: Fire-Breathing Dragons

    Opening: “Hello” with sign language Hello, friends. (x3) It’s time to say hello. Puppet Meet & Greet: Meet Woolly (monkey puppet) Early Literacy Tip: “Read aloud with animation. Listen to your own voice and don’t be dull, or flat, or boring. Hang loose and be loud, have fun and laugh…

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    Flannel Friday: Colorful Butterflies

    These butterflies were so easy to make – our Ellison die-cut machine is a wonder with felt, making flannelboards a lot easier when I can find a template for the pieces I need.  And I figured out that a little bit of puffy paint can make your flannelboards just a…

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    Toddler Storytime: Naps

    Kids may despise napping, but when I asked who likes to take naps, every parent raised their hand.  This was a fun storytime to do with the kids – they loved learning the Spanish words for colors and giggled as the toddler in No Nap! Yes Nap! ran away from his…

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    Flannel Friday: 5 Little Kites

    5 Little Kites One little kite in the sky so blue, Along came another, then there were two. Two little kites flying high above me; Along came another, then there were three. Three little kites, just watch them soar, Along came another, then there were four. Four little kites, so…

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    Family Storytime Theme: Superheroes

    Opening: “Hello” with sign language Hello, friends. (x3) It’s time to say hello. Puppet Meet & Greet: Meet Woolly (monkey puppet)  Early Literacy Tip: “Play games with the things that you and the child can see on the page, such as letting kids finish rhymes, and finding the letters that…