The circus and clowns is a storytime topic you can do any time during the year. For craft ideas and circus story time activities go here. Falconer, Ian. OLIVIA SAVES THE CIRCUS. At show and [continue reading]
August 2003
Eggs Storytime Ideas
Since many Bay Area families do not celebrate Easter, it may be more fun to do a Spring storytime just on eggs – and you can incorporate some science into the storytime! After reading some [continue reading]
Mother Goose Storytime Ideas (2003)
Mother Goose is a common theme for a preschool storytime, but you can expand from just the rhymes to include more stories and games. I use Rosemary Wells’ two Mother Goose Collections to kick off [continue reading]
New Baby Storytime Ideas (2003)
These entertaining stories about a new baby in the family and babies in general about babies can be followed with craft projects, including a “Hush” door hanger. Make copies of the illustration of the mother saying [continue reading]
Personal Names Storytime Ideas
There are several great picture books about personal names. This would be a great theme for the first week of school, or for a new series of storytimes in late summer when the older children [continue reading]
Snowman Storytime Ideas (2003)
Even though few communities in the Bay Area get snow, a snowman-themed storytime can be a lot of fun. For a craft, you can have the kids glue cotton balls or packing peanuts onto paper [continue reading]
Volcano and Earthquake Storytime Ideas (2003)
A fun but relatively simple science storytime can engage primary graders with stories and facts about Volcanoes and Earthquakes. After reading the stories, we followed this up by making a “Rolling Pin” seismograph, using the [continue reading]