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Category Archives: Storytime

Father’s Day Storytime

on May 31, 2013

Ah, draft posts. When I fin­ished at the library, I still had 29 draft posts for this blog, some dat­ing back almost 2 years when I began it! I’ve sorted through and sched­uled for thematically-appropriate dates. Here’s the first, a sto­ry­time in prepa­ra­tion for Father’s Day. Opener: Glad to Meet You by Peter and Ellen […]

Flannel Friday: Thanksgiving Bracelet Story

on November 2, 2012

This sto­ry­time and craft idea come from Ram­blings of a Crazy Woman. With a large group, the story flows bet­ter if you tell the story while mak­ing a bracelet your­self and then let the chil­dren make their own bracelets afterwards. Each bead rep­re­sents a part of this story of the Pil­grims’ arrival. As you slide each […]

Owl Storytime

on October 4, 2012

Fall makes me think of owls. Lots of great owl sto­ries, flan­nels and fin­ger­plays to choose from. It’s obvi­ous I like them from the inter­nal links I’ve added below :) Feel free to add your own owl sto­ry­time ideas! Owl Babies by Mar­tin Wad­dell This Lit­tle Owl fin­ger­play This lit­tle owl slept all day (Hold up […]