Valentine’s Day Story Time

So I was trying to find a good Valentine's craft that wasn't all pink or a card and I found the best thing on Pinterest (obviously!) In finding a great craft, I also discovered a book I had never heard of and in fact, found the best Valentine's Day story time ever. The image from … Continue reading Valentine’s Day Story Time

January Story Times

Week 1 ~ Elephants I centered this story time around Elmer by David McKee. A sweet story about a patchwork elephant who thinks that it would be better to look like all of the other elephants, so he covers himself in grey mud. When he gets back to his herd, he realizes that without him, … Continue reading January Story Times

December Story Times (weeks 9 & 10)

(Better late than never, eh?)   Week 9 - Bedtime Books For this story time, I read Llama, Llama, Red Pajama by Anna Dewdey, Russell the Sheep by Rob Scotton and Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! by the great Mo Willems. The Llama books are always a hit and work with younger and … Continue reading December Story Times (weeks 9 & 10)

Thanksgiving Story Time

For my Thanksgiving story time (aka. Week 8) I concentrated more on the craft portion because there are so many great Thanksgiving crafts! But it's fun to read cute holiday books too. Books We read Thanksgiving in the Barn by Nadine Westcott, a fun pop-up book that is also short, which is always a hit … Continue reading Thanksgiving Story Time

Fall Story Times – Week 7

Family November is Family Literacy month, so I thought I'd do a Family theme. I haven't done one of these in awhile, mostly because of something that happened a few years ago. One of my staff had covered for me and saw The Family Book by Todd Parr sitting on our re-shelving cart, so she … Continue reading Fall Story Times – Week 7

Fall Story Times – Week 6

Week 6 - Teddy Bear/Bear Story Time I am going to attempt to post more about my story time programs than just the craft. So here it goes.... I try to begin by saying hello, asking if there are any newbies and, if so, introduce myself and talk a little about what we do in … Continue reading Fall Story Times – Week 6

Fall Story Times

I had intended to post about my 3-5 story time programs each week, but that didn't happen. And now it is already November. Crazy. I snooped around the blogosphere and found some very helpful Librarian blogs. One of my favorites is Abby the Librarian. She has some great ideas for story times - rhymes, movement … Continue reading Fall Story Times

School, Fall & the Return of Pumpkin Coffee

"Back-to-School" brings up so many feelings and emotions. As September looms closer I always get a vague panicky feeling, like there's something I'm forgetting to do. This is usually followed by some dream that I am in high school or college and I have been going to school all year only to realize that there … Continue reading School, Fall & the Return of Pumpkin Coffee

>This Week In Story Time: I Can Help!

>This week's book for my 3 & up Story Time was David Hyde Costello's I Can Help. It was a good book to read aloud because of it's simple story concept, but also because the pictures (which are so cute!) have bright, bold colors and the animal characters are easily recognizable for younger children. Even … Continue reading >This Week In Story Time: I Can Help!

The Monster Rule

This week in story time we had a "Monster Theme." I like to base my 3 & up story times around a particular book. Though my "planning-ahead" skills are not the best, to the constant aggravation of my staff, I do try to plan out the books & themes of each week per season ahead … Continue reading The Monster Rule