Storytime themes

A blog about children's books, story time, library service, and literacy activities written by a children's librarian turned stay-at-home mom.

To assist you in planning your story times for next month, here are some themes I like to use in October. Pumpkins Suggested Books: Duck and Goose Find a Pumpkin by Tad Hills Pumpkin Heads! by Wendell Minor It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman (Audio version with song available here.) This is Not a Pumpkin by Bob Staake The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda D. Williams Extension Activities: Five…

If you ask my kids what my favorite animal is, my youngest will answer that my favorite mythical creature is a dragon and my favorite real animal is a rabbit. I love that he makes that distinction and that he knows how much I love dragons! Because of that love, I am sharing a dragon […]

Best Story Time Ideas for Preschoolers Do you have daily story time with a classroom of kids? Do you run story time at your library? Do you just enjoy reading stories and doing book inspired activities and songs with your child? If you answered YES to any of these questions then these ideas are for …

Storytime Theme: Sticky & Slimy – Literacious

One of my most popular posts of all time - Storytime Theme: Imagination Station is a great list of picture book titles to inspire creativity!

Don't be afraid of a theme-less storytime - check out this lesson plan for how to create a fun storytime with absolutely no theme!

These story times themes for August are a mixed bag of my favorites that didn't quite fit in other months. Berries Suggested Books: Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey Blackberry Ramble by Thacher Hurd Jamberry by Bruce Degen The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey and Don Wood Extension Activities Jamberry Felt Story Pop Goes the Berry Picked a Strawberry Fruit Salad Salsa Australia Suggested Books: Hunwick's Egg by Mem Fox Alexander and the Terrible…

Storytime Theme: Chickens won't be ruffling any feathers, it'll just be a whole lot of fun with great read alouds, rhymes, and activities!

This was probably the first week this summer that went really well in terms of storytime. We cut our storytime schedule down during summer and I’ve had over 30 kids on average for toddler storytime. I know that for some libraries this is all in a day’s work, but I was frazzled, so most of my storytimes this summer have been reading aloud one book and adding a lot of movement, motor activity, music to the program. And when you’re using manipulatives – like shaker eggs and rhythm sticks, it…