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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: Mother Goose
This storytime lesson plan focuses on simple rhymes from the past and while I’m the first to admit these are very American/Euro-centric (I’m not familiar with rhymes like this from other cultures) they can provide kids with early literacy skills that are important stepping stones for the future. Nursery rhymes…
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Storytime Theme: Letter H
It’s Letter H’s day to shine! We’ve got all things starting with the letter H like hippos, hands, hats, horses, and heart. This was another letter that was easy to find a lot of books about things that start with the letter h. And there are some great nonfiction titles…
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Storytime Theme: Messy & Clean
Kids love to make a mess and they love it even more when they’re encouraged to be messy! Today’s storytime lesson plan is all about making a mess (and cleaning it up), but also experiencing new, fun textures by encouraging sensory play with a lot of really cool homemade recipes.…
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Storytime Theme: Letter G
We’re continuing to plug away with the alphabet, one letter at a time, and today it’s all about the letter G! With letters that correlate to a lot of animals and a color, there are endless options for a Letter G lesson plan. Don’t hesitate to reach beyond the typical…
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Storytime Theme: Candy
It’s time for such a fun storytime lesson plan – all about candy! This lesson plan can be used during all sorts of holidays – Halloween, Christmas, or other holidays where sweets are centered. But, what I love about this, is that you can also use this storytime any time…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
My first instinct with this post was to head straight to picture books, after all, transportation-themed picture books are some of the most popular books available. But, I decided to take this theme in a little bit of a different direction and focus on road trips in middle grade novels.…
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Storytime Theme: Letter F
We’re heading on to our next letter in the alphabet – F! Today’s storytime lesson plan includes fish, foxes, frogs, and things like farms, fruit, and flowers. Not only do I have a few really great books to share, but there are some of my favorite songs and some super…
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Storytime Theme: Clouds
I will always remember the afternoon when my nephew was maybe three years old. We were at my parents’ house on a beautiful piece of land with wide open skies. He looked at me and said, “Can we look for cloud shapes?” And he absolutely melt my heart, here’s this…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Middle Grade Series I Want to Read
Today’s theme: Favorite Book in a Series was just too overwhelming for me to consider! I’m also extremely horrible at finishing series. One of two things happens – I either get super frustrated by one of the books in a series because it just doesn’t feel as strong as the…
