Storytime ideas

Everything you need to know to start a story time program for kids in your community. Book ideas, tips and planning sheets for getting started.

Best Story Time Ideas for Preschoolers Do you have daily story time with a classroom of kids? Do you run story time at your library? Do you just enjoy reading stories and doing book inspired activities and songs with your child? If you answered YES to any of these questions then these ideas are for …

The Library Adventure uses affiliate links, see our policies for more information. I have a unique perspective of Story Time behavior. I run Story Times for my local library and I bring my 3 1/2 year old to my preschool programs. I have to say I haven’t seen a lot of these problems in my […]

A blog about children's books, story time, library service, and literacy activities written by a children's librarian turned stay-at-home mom.

These story times themes for August are a mixed bag of my favorites that didn't quite fit in other months. Berries Suggested Books: Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey Blackberry Ramble by Thacher Hurd Jamberry by Bruce Degen The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey and Don Wood Extension Activities Jamberry Felt Story Pop Goes the Berry Picked a Strawberry Fruit Salad Salsa Australia Suggested Books: Hunwick's Egg by Mem Fox Alexander and the Terrible…

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I've always loved the Little White Duck song. I especially like this version of the book, but I only have a small board book copy which is hard to use with a large group, and which I believe is missing some of the pages from the larger copy. Sometimes I'll use my classroom's old, worn out, too-small felt set of Little White Duck, along with Ivan Ulz's version of the song. But that set is so old, worn out, and too-small that I had to DO something about it!! So, I did this: Here's a video of…

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Crafts are a great way to visualize stories! In the classroom or homeschool, use these 25+ crafts that were inspired by children's books!

50+ storytelling ideas for kids. You'll find story starters, activities, tips, and more!