Storytime ideas

Everything you need to know to start a story time program for kids in your community. Book ideas, tips and planning sheets for getting started.

50+ storytelling ideas for kids. You'll find story starters, activities, tips, and more!

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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 …

Themed story times that you will find on this blog: Baking Breakfast Cars and Trucks / Transportation Christmas Clouds Elephant Farm Flow...

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The Library Adventure uses affiliate links, see our policies for more information. I have a unique perspective of Story Time behavior. I run Story Times for my local library and I bring my 3 1/2 year old to my preschool programs. I have to say I haven’t seen a lot of these problems in my […]

E is for Elephant: The trunk is one of those party blowers. This is so much fun! You just cut out a hole where the trunk goes and place the party blower there!

My go-to themes for May are connected to spring, growing, flowers, gardens, and Mother's Day. Flowers Suggested Books: How to Grow a Friend by Sara Gillingham Alison's Zinnia by Anita Lobel The Rose in My Garden by Anita Lobel Fantastic Flowers by Susan Stockdale This is the Sunflower by Lola M. Schaefer, illustrated by Donald Crews Extension Activities: Five Little Flowers Flowers Tall and Small I'm a Little Daisy You Are My Flower Mothers Suggested Books: Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild by…

Here’s another Book Babies plan! This was the plan for September, 2023. Instead of doing a prop this month, we got up and did some dancing with our little ones! At first, it felt a little awk…

A crowd-favorite storytime lesson plan that can fit any age group - babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary school age kids.

Using interactive picture books in a storytime is a great way to energize your program. It doesn’t just make books more fun, it’s also educational. For younger groups, it creates body…

Storytime is NOT for sitting quietly. It's for bringing stories to life in a whole new way. -- from a Hallmark ad.

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…

Summer Story Time Ideas for Preschoolers for Libraries, Classrooms and Home

“Ah numbers–the letters of math.” Numbers are integral to any kids development, so a number storytime is a no-brainer. Personally when planning stories and rhymes, I usually sti…