Winter for Babies Storytimes for babies and toddlers offer an opportunity to model great read-aloud techniques for parents and gives them the confidence to read to their children every day. A baby-toddler storytime can be [continue reading]
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African-American Music Celebration
African-American Music (revised) There are many great picture books on music with African-American characters; this would be a great theme for Black History Month or anytime! For a craft project, make an African drum: [continue reading]
Trees for Babies Storytime
Trees for Babies Storytimes for babies and toddlers offer an opportunity to model great read-aloud techniques for parents and gives them the confidence to read to their children every day. A baby-toddler storytime can be [continue reading]
Telephone Storytime
Telephone (revised) Kindergartners are asked to learn a parent’s phone number as one of the first tasks when they begin school. To help them prepare for kindergarten, hold a Telephone-themed storytime. For an art [continue reading]
Chef Storytime
Chefs Even young children like cooking because it is such a fun hands-on activity! And there is data that shows kids will each healthy foods like vegetables if they help prepare the food. For a [continue reading]
Songs and Fingerplay Favorites from ACL Members
Songs and Fingerplay Favorites from the Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California On November 9, 2018, members of ACL shared their favorite storytime “attention- getters,” which are songs and fingerplays that help focus the [continue reading]
Boats for Babies
Boats for Babies Storytimes for babies and toddlers offer an opportunity to model great read-aloud techniques for parents and gives them the confidence to read to their children every day. A baby-toddler storytime can be [continue reading]
Trains for Babies Storytime
Trains for Babies Storytimes for babies and toddlers offer an opportunity to model great read-aloud techniques for parents and gives them the confidence to read to their children every day. A baby-toddler storytime can be [continue reading]







