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Storytime Theme: Olympics
This was a little bit trickier to pull together as so many of the Olympics picture books are a lot more text-heavy titles for little readers, or they’re a lot of nonfiction titles about inspiring athletes. Both aren’t necessarily a bad thing, they just don’t always make great read alouds…
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Storytime Theme: Sports
Between my neice and nephew and my friends’ kids the spring is busy with so many different sporting events from soccer to baseball, swimming to gymnastics the kids are busier than the adults a lot of the time. They often start trying out sports while in PreK and I thought…
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12 Poetry Books for Kids
I think poetry is one of the most feared versions of literature available. And I think there’s a reason for it. As a student in school you learn poetry and you have to find the deeper meaning of the words. Or you have to stand up and recite a memorized…
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15 Diverse Easy Readers
Today I’m sharing easy readers. This is a group of books that I don’t often share about but is so vitally important to creating strong readers. Easy readers are geared toward kids from ages 4-7 (with wiggle room as usual) who are beginning to learn how to read. These books…
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Storytime Theme: Camping
I loved camping when I was little. We had a cute little pop-up camper and we’d all squish inside. My parents would take us to Allegheny National Forest and we’d hike, explore, swim, float, and camp all over the area. We even took the camper all the way out to…
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Storytime Theme: Trains
Whoo whoo! All aboard! My whole plan was to focus on transportation as a whole, but I found some really great train books and decided to pivot and focus solely on trains for this storytime. For some reason, trains are a super popular toddler interest, so this sure to be…
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Storytime Theme: Baseball
It’s officially baseball season and I’m surprised that I’ve never written a storytime lesson plan for baseball! It was much harder than I expected to find baseball geared toward toddlers and preschoolers. I found a lot more for an elementary school-age audience, but I think you’d be able to pull…
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12 Middle Grade Books for Sports Fans
For kids who love to play sports, I’ve got a list of books to share with them! And maybe you don’t play, but love to watch sports or talk about them with friends – I’ve got you covered. Today’s post, 12 middle grade books for sports fans is sure to…
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2023 Blogging A to Z: Active
It’s officially day one of the 2023 Blogging A to Z Challenge! If you missed my theme reveal, make sure to go back and check it out! The official theme that I chose is “Books for Every Reader.” And for each letter of the alphabet, I’m selecting an adjective that…
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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.…