Last month we offered some storytime themes to coincide with the 2010 Summer Reading theme "Make a Splash - Read!" Here are a few more storytime themes that celebrate water:

Make Water Cycle bracelets: teachers.net/gazette/MAY02/crafts.html
Or a Water Cycle wheel: www.kidzone.ws/WATER/bactivity1.htm

Songs:
Ain't Gonna Rain No More
Rain, Rain, Go Away
It's Raining, It's Pouring
Down By the Bay

Ariane. SMALL CLOUD.
   A small cloud is born to the sun and river in this story about the water cycle.

Glaser, Omni. ROUND THE GARDEN.
   A tear falls to the ground and waters the onions in the garden.

Hamilton, Kersten. THIS IS THE OCEAN.
   A picture book that explains the water cycle, from rain to ocean.

McKee, David. ELMER'S WEATHER.
   Elmer the Elephant experiences all types of weather. Available in a Spanish/English edition.

Rogers, Paul. WHAT WILL THE WEATHER BE LIKE TODAY?
   A rhyming story about the weather.

Schaefer, Lola. THIS IS THE RAIN.
   A cumulative story about how rain reaches the sea.

Weigelt, Udo. ALL-WEATHER FRIENDS.
   Moss the frog cannot predict the weather, even though his friends believe he can.