Two new picture books featuring tigers inspired this storytime theme (Oh, No! by Candace Fleming and It’s a Tiger! by David LaRochelle). It offers a great opportunity to point out to older preschoolers that tigers [continue reading]
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Zombie Storytime Ideas
If your parents don’t mind “scary” storytimes, this could be a fun theme near Halloween. It also might be best suited to a storytime for school-age children. For a craft, make one of these paper [continue reading]
First day of School Storytime Ideas
This theme is great for a late summer storytime that includes several children who will be starting Kindergarten, or older children anticipating the first day back at school. For an activity, the kids can make [continue reading]
Presidents Storytime Ideas
Preschool Storytime Ideas Presidents Even preschoolers can identify the President of the U.S., and can enjoy hearing stories featuring the President. This theme is especially good for older children, too, such as Kindergarten through third [continue reading]
Teachers Storytime Ideas
If you are doing storytimes about occupations, teachers are a great topic since most preschoolers know what they do. Or, they want to know as they will be starting school soon. For an activity, make [continue reading]
Jungle Animal Storytime Ideas (2012)
If you are doing a storytime that includes primary graders, they will be familiar with habitats like the jungle. And a storytime on jungle animals includes many of their favorites, such as monkeys, chimps, gorillas, [continue reading]
Mermaid Storytime Ideas (2012)
Mermaids can be the focus of a fun storytime. You can make this a more elaborate program by adding a showing of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” or adding a variety of ocean or beach-themed activities. [continue reading]
Olympics or Sports Day Storytime Ideas
The Olympics can inspire an entertaining storytime. You can easily adapt this to any day celebrating sports and games. Break into groups for some active play: walk along a bright piece of tape along the [continue reading]