Can YOUR students outsmart the troll? In this hands-on STEM activity based on The Three Billy Goats Gruff, students will construct a bridge. This isn't just another bridge STEM challenge, but one that will bring out creativity in your budding engineers!What's this story about?Your students will help...
Potty humor cracks me up (pardon the pun). A few months ago I blogged about my reading pile. I ended that post by mentioning that I would soon write about books that incorporate empathy, tolerance and/or resilience. That's still to come...but not quite yet. Why? Because I still have my nose in potty-themed books. Although my forthcoming "potty books" (as I affectionately refer to them) are indeed written and are in the process of being illustrated, there is still plenty of potty research to be done before these books are ready to launch into the world in October.
Image Courtesy of Openclipart.org For the winter storytime session, I have been challenging myself to use as many new picture books as p...
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One of my most popular posts of all time - Storytime Theme: Imagination Station is a great list of picture book titles to inspire creativity!
With all these unicorns prancing through children’s books, you’d almost think they were real. Oh, sorry, spoiler alert. I’f you’re looking to boost the unicorn ranks on your shelves, look no further, because below are all the ‘corn books 2019 has to offer. SCROLL TO KEEP READING THIS POST ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Any to add? Let […]
We are the dinosaurs, marching, marching. We are the dinosaurs…. I love dinosaurs because they combine science and animals. Kids love them too. Here’s a selection of 2019 picture books about dinosaurs to fill your shelves! See the other books in my 2019 Picture Book series: Books Featuring Babies Biographies of Women Feelings and Emotions... Continue reading 2019 Picture Books: Dinosaurs
We just love Spring and all of the rainbows it brings! Today are sharing a fun rainbow ribbon streamer craft to do with the kids. We made both a rainbow ribbon wand and a ring version. They are so much fun to move around, let blow in the Spring wind, or dance with! *This post contains affiliate links. The featured...
When I first started doing storytimes three years ago, they were fine. At their best, kids were engaged. They sat still during 2 stories and laughed at all the right times. Parents softly sang alon…
Printable fairy garden! This is perfect for creating a quick and easy outdoor fairy garden for a fairy party or just a fun gardening proect with kids.
We’re taking August off from storytimes so as one last hurrah we did a unicorn theme. There are some really cute, readable unicorn books out there! We talked about the letter U and other thin…
A list of middle grade and young adult fairy tale retellings for the 2020 summer reading theme Imagine Your Story.
(I want to take this moment to thank Abby at Abby the Librarian immensely for her Preschool Lab Dinosaur science program where I got most of my ideas.) Today’s storytime began with another se…
In this tutorial I´ll show how to make your own dragon eggs using box of pins, styrofoam eggs and paint. These eggs make wonderful decorations for harry potter and halloween-themed parties and you can do them together with your children.
Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, technology, math and art! There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from …
I’ve decided to rebrand my all ages evening storytimes into themed party events. We still do the same things: songs, 2 – 3 picture books, 1 or 2 crafts, and freeze dance. But because of…
Books: Flannel Board: Dotty the Dinosaur Dotty the Dinosaur loved to eat Things like lettuce and string beans. That is why her dinosaur skin Was colored a lovely GREEN. One day she sa…
Create a unicorn puppet which gallops when you pull it's string, and a rainbow puppet which can flip to change it's colour. These fun stick puppets are based on the adorable characters from the story 'My Color is Rainbow'
