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November Read Alouds
It’s time for another month’s read alouds to celebrate wacky, silly, important, and historical holidays! This list combines not only great fictional read alouds, but some nonfiction and biographies as well to teach kids about fun and interesting facts and people. I’m not taking all the credit, as the blog…
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October Read Alouds
It’s time for another month’s read alouds to celebrate wacky, silly, important, and historical holidays! This list combines not only great fictional read alouds, but some nonfiction and biographies as well to teach kids about fun and interesting facts and people. I’m not taking all the credit, as the blog…
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September Read Alouds
It’s time for another month’s read alouds to celebrate wacky, silly, important, and historical holidays! This list combines not only great fictional read alouds, but some nonfiction and biographies as well to teach kids about fun and interesting facts and people. I’m not taking all the credit, as the blog…
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Storytime Theme: Spooky, Not Scary
Today’s storytime is a great foray into “spooky” stories for our youngest readers! While not the super scary stories you read as you get older, for youngsters looking for spooky tales around Halloween, these nine books are sure to fit the bill. Always make sure to read a book before…
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Storytime Theme: Halloween
Celebrate this fun holiday full of costumes, tricks, treats, and more with these great read alouds, songs, rhymes, flannel boards, and crafts. This was one of the easier lesson plans to pull together just because there are so many options available! With so many choices, you can easily make this…
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Storytime Theme: Ghosts
As I’ve mentioned over the past few months, I’m trying to create lesson plans early so that they’re actually helpful for this year’s holidays and celebrations. And while I’d prefer to wait to start sharing fall content when it’s not 95+ degrees outside, I’d rather have this information available for…
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Storytime Theme: Football
The football season here in the U.S. will be starting soon and I wanted to make sure we had a great fall storytime lesson plan that was ready to go for a beloved American pastime. Now, personally, I’m not one to watch a lot of sports (except international climbing), but…
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Storytime Theme: Acorns
I know, it’s only June, but I also know that teachers and librarians start prepping fall programs very early! So, to get a jump start on a few fall themed lesson plans, I present to you an acorn storytime. Acorn books are super cute and there are some really great…
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Storytime Theme: Apples
Celebrate apples with this tasty storytime that can lean into STEM activities, crafts, baking, and more! Personally, I love apple pie, specifically my grandma’s! I think I finally figured out her recipe, but it’s not a perfect science because she’s very much a sprinkle this and add that type of…
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9 Atmospheric Middle Grade Titles
As the days grow colder and the sun sets earlier it’s the perfect time to pull out these 9 atmospheric middle grade titles. These authors create a setting that feels almost like a character in a book as you can picture yourself fully in the story. While atmospheric books can…
