West Bloomfield Township Public Library

   A great place to start, to learn why we need to have storytimes, advice for parents, booklists, information on child development, phonemic and print awareness, and other factors important for emergent readers and how we help them.

http://www.123child.com/

The Activity Idea Place:  An Early Childhood Educator's Resource

   Hundreds of themes, with ideas for crafts, games, recipes, songs, and fingerplays (but not books!), this is a great secondary source for ideas.

http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html

CanTeach

   Poems and songs listed by theme, this is intended for teachers but does list links for school librarians that can be helpful.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com

Enchanted Learning

   When you need a craft idea (NOW!), this is the site, with thousands of printable craft ideas.  There are several themes around science, which is too often left out of the preschooler's curriculum.  This is a site to bookmark; I can always find something here when I run out of ideas.

http://www.everythingpreschool.com

Everything Preschool

   Also arranged by themes, these lesson plans include books!  In fact, the book jackets are shown so you can see which picture books you might have and which may carry well to a group.  Under each theme there are also songs, coloring pages, art ideas, recipes, games, and science ideas.

 http://www.hummingbirded.com/index.html

Hummingbird Educational Resources

   A site run by teacher Peggy Drake, this offers songs, snacks, crafts, math games, and other activities for preschoolers arranged by theme.  She doesn't list books to read out loud, however.

http://www.preschoolexpress.com/theme_station.shtml

Preschool Express

   Thousands of ideas to enliven your storytime, but no books listed.  Go to the "Theme Station" for crafts and activities by theme, the "Story Station" for rhymes and stories to tell, the "Toddler Station" for active movement ideas, the "Pattern Station" for craft printables, and more!

http://www.songsforteaching.com/movement.htm

Songs for Teaching

   The Fingerplays area has a great list of commonly used fingerplays, many that come with an audio clip so you can learn the melody.  There are also photos of a person doing the fingerplay, so you can copy the movement.  There is also an area for action songs; many of these also include an audio clip.

http://stepbystepcc.com/themes2.html

Step by Step Theme Pages

   Run by a daycare provider named Jana, this is very similar to how most libraries compile their storytime themes.  Under each theme, she lists picture books first (yeah!), then songs and fingerplays, then craft ideas.  It appears that she regularly updates this site.

http://www.thebestkidsbooksite.com/storytimes.htm

Best Kids Book Site

   Hundreds of themes, listing picture books, songs and fingerplays, crafts, and games.  Like Step by Step above, this seems very well suited to library preschool storytimes.

http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/projects/trc/2005/manual/preface.html

Texas State Library - "Go Wild, Read! 2005"

   Compiled for the 2005 Texas Reading Club, this site lists themes for both preschoolers and for toddlers.  They list books, snack ideas, songs and fingerplays, crafts including printables, and other ideas.  Only about 20 themes but very practical.