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]
Books Featuring Children with Disabilities Storytime Ideas
The usual format of this monthly column is to suggest a topic for a storytime, like “trucks,” and then list books and art projects that go along with the topic. But this month, I want [continue reading]
Hibernation and Migration Storytime Ideas
HIBERNATION AND MIGRATION: In the Fall, you can introduce the concepts of hibernation and migration to preschoolers, with some of the great picture books on bears and birds. Some address the concept directly, like Sleepy [continue reading]