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Storytime Theme: Fish
With many libraries using the “Oceans of Possibilities” theme this year for summer reading, I wouldn’t be surprised to find that there will be a lot of fish-themed storytimes! There’s a wide variety of fish books out there for kids from the ocean, to pets, lakes to rivers, and a…
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Storytime Theme: Daytime, Nighttime
I was surprised after looking through past themes that I never did a Daytime/Nighttime storytime. I’ve done plenty of bedtime themes, but nothing that compares the two! It’s definitely easier to find nighttime books over books specifically about daytime, so keep that in mind when you’re selecting titles. Daytime Nighttime…
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Storytime Theme: Cows
Being at my parents’ house has inspired a cow-themed storytime this morning! My parents’ house is in the country and less than a mile down the road is a large dairy farm, so it’s not uncommon to hear cows mooing and if the wind blows just right, it smells just…
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Storytime Theme: Construction
It’s been a hot minute since I created a construction storytime theme. Because it’s such a popular topic for little ones, I knew it was time to create an updated storytime theme. With a lot of different ways to go, you can focus on the building, the tools, or even…
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Storytime Theme: Bees
This week’s storytime is about a vital part of our ecosystem – bees! These little creatures are small but mighty and deserve our respect. Share these great picture books with kids to help them understand the importance of bees and not to be too afraid of them. Did you know…
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Storytime Theme: Baking
Personally, I love to cook way more than I love to bake. But, baking with kids is so much fun and it’s a great activity that introduces math and science, creativity, and experimenting all at the same time! Here are a few books, songs, and activities that you can do…
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Storytime Theme: Octopuses
I’m not sure how I got this far into a blog with an octopus mascot and not have a storytime theme on octopuses! They are some really interesting animals – you can learn more about them from my original post about my logo design, for World Octopus Day, and my…
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Storytime Theme: Hiking
I love going on hikes! My favorite part is probably that you never know what you’ll encounter on a hike – a stream, some wild animals, flowers, plants, and my favorite – waterfalls! My parents took us hiking fairly often when we were little. Sometimes it was just little paths…
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Storytime Theme: Sports
With the popularity of little kids’ sports classes like soccer, gymnastics, and more I thought it would be fun to create a sport-themed storytime! I played a lot of different sports growing up and wasn’t particularly great at any of them. I probably played tennis the longest through high school.…
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Storytime Theme: Eggs
Spring has sprung! This means it’s time for eggs to start hatching. Today’s Storytime Theme: Eggs is perfect for spring. It’s also a really great theme to incorporate science and nonfiction titles. Our Preschool Explorers program at work that features a mini-storytime with hands-on science experiments for preschooler is extremely…
