Preschool story time

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 …

Use these Hello Songs to start circle time!

Two amazing children's librarians share their tips and tricks for fun and interactive story times!

Enhance your circle time lessons with these activities tailored to some of our very favorite children's books.

One of the things I love doing with my younger children is reading picture books and doing story-related activities with them to bring the story to life and create fun memories. We have enjoyed doing

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…

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

The best no-fail circle time books to read to kids during circle time.

Story time books to get kids moving and grooving during the read aloud. Participation required with these fun and playful picture books. #storytime #booksforkids #circletime #GrowingBookbyBook

How to create a retell literacy center in kindergarten. Plus a list of 20 famous stories and retell props (with printables) to complete this center.