A storytime featuring characters that love to act on stage can invite a lot of participation. Do at least one story that involves the audience – have them act out a folktale such as The [continue reading]

Preschool Storytime Ideas Photography Storytime Creativity can be many things, especially anything to do with fine arts or the imagination. Below is a list of books that focus on photography. For an activity, you can [continue reading]

There is a plethora of picture books that originated as songs – a few are listed below but your library probably has many more. Several are by Raffi, Nadine Bernard Westcott, and Iza Trapani. For [continue reading]

Be sure to do some dancing during this storytime – how about The Hokey Pokey? For a craft project, you could make some simple dance skirts out of tissue paper taped to an old belt. [continue reading]

A clay play storytime can reach a wide age range – younger preschoolers can use blobs of playdoh to make simple forms, and older kids can make simple pinch pots. You can also use a [continue reading]

Crayons are more effective and age-appropriate for preschoolers than markers; crayons help them develop fine motor skills since they need to put pressure on a crayon. There are several great picture books using crayons as [continue reading]