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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: 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: 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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Storytime Theme: Bones
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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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18 Zombie Books for Kids & Teens
Halloween is right around the corner and for many, that means pulling out all the stops for all things spooky and scary. As I’ve mentioned in the past, I’m a pretty big scaredy-cat, so I’m not a big fan of the horror genre. That being said, I’ll give most things…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Series I’d Like to Finish
I am the absolute worst when it comes to finishing a series! I’ll read the first book in a series. But by the second book comes out, I’ve already forgotten the characters, the setting, and basically everything important about the first book. And that leaves me in a bind –…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Unlikable Characters You Can’t Help but Love
This was a tricky topic for me this week, but I think I pulled together a fun list of characters in picture books that are villains or unlikable characters, but ones that you still absolutely love! I love books like The True Story of the Three Little Pigs! for showing…
