Teachers and librarians who plan and deliver circle time and/or storytime will find a weath of information in these professional resources.
Ruth Ohi's delightful picture book, Shh! My Brother's Napping includes many great opportunities for youngsters to infer and make predictions,.
Storytime Standouts' guest contributor, a teacher, shares her thoughts on reading with your children and why it matters. She wants you to read every day!
Storytime Standouts recommends anti bullying chapter books, graphic novels and novels. A great family or classroom resource.
Storytime Standouts writes about a picture book that celebrates differences and uniqueness, Little Jimmy Says, "Same Is Lame"
Storytime Standouts answers ten frequently asked questions about reading aloud to children including what to do if a child won't sit still for a story..
Storytime Standouts shares a collection of terrific Canadian picture books including books by Barbara Reid, Robert Munsch, Sharon Jennings, Phoebe Gilman,.
Free preschool, homeschool and kindergarten printables include writing paper, rhyming words, sight words, word families, chants, songs, fingerplays.
Storytime Standouts features If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, a classic picture book that preschoolers will love to hear again and again.
Storytime Standouts' guest contributor Ed Yatscoff looks at Kids and eBooks. Good idea or mistake?
Use our 7 tips to make your child's read-aloud experience enjoyable and magical for both of you! Great for moms, dads and homeschoolers.
Earth Day teaching resources incl quotes and printables. We recommend picture books that promote environmental awareness, recycling, respect for our world.
Earth Day teaching resources incl quotes and printables. We recommend picture books that promote environmental awareness, recycling, respect for our world.
Use this easy-to-make alphabet recognition learning game in your preschool or kindergarten classroom. This game is great for small groups and circle time.
We Share Everything, a picture book by Robert Munsch is a perfect story to use in a kindergarten class to celebrate Pink Shirt Day and gender stereotyping.
A selection of children's books about trees. A great resource for Arbor Day, these books explore the beauty of trees and how they enrich our lives.
Our guest contributor, Jody, writes about exploring poetry with grade five students. She thinks the powerful part of the unit is freedom of expression.
Earth Day teaching resources incl quotes and printables. We recommend picture books that promote environmental awareness, recycling, respect for our world.
Ten reasons to read aloud to young children. When we read aloud, we help kids learn how books "work" and lay a foundation for lifelong learning.
Guest contributor @1prncs shares ideas for helping middle grade students with writing - especially great hooks that will draw readers in.
Gardening and planting seeds for kids including writing prompts, wordplay, free printables, poems, writing paper and picture book recommendations..
Free preschool, homeschool and kindergarten printables include writing paper, rhyming words, sight words, word families, chants, songs, fingerplays.
Storytime Standouts looks at grade two chapter books with mermaids; Mermaid Rock and Mermaid SOS. Fun and engaging fiction for primary students.
Storytime Standouts recommends picture books that help children examine and manage worries and fears. If your child is anxious, these stories will help.
Storytime Standouts' guest contributor explains balancing a child's reading level and maturity when selecting books.
Storytime Standouts' guest contributor takes another look at Harry Potter and the magic delivered in J.K. Rowling's wonderful series.
Towards the middle to end of our school year, I like to introduce different kinds of drawing and easel paint starters. I wait until later in the school year so that the children spend the first part of their school year exploring the drawing and painting process without too much prompting from me. This is one
A selection of picture books that challenge gender stereotypes and celebrate individuality, including gender non-conforming characters and Gender Dysphoria.
Storytime Standouts shares five videos of authors reading picture books about bears plus bear-theme early learning printables for children.
Storytime Standouts' guest contributor (and sometimes songwriter) @1prncs encourages adults to read aloud to middle school kids.
Commentary about family literacy and family literacy programs. A good program will be empowering and will meet the needs of the community it serves.
Storytime Standouts' guest contributor looks at the morbid storylines in young adult fiction She wonders how they compare with the books she read as a teen.
Add fun, interactive stories to your child's Easter celebration! Storytime Standouts shares book recommendations in Easter Fun in Picture Books.
Our guest contributor @1prncs explores reading strategies and what it means to be a good reader. A great resource for parents and teaching professionals.
Storytime Standouts interviews children's book author Kelly Santana-Banks
Free printable PDF nursery rhymes: Little Boy Blue. Hey Diddle Diddle, Old Mother Hubbard, Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Storytime Standouts looks at ways to examine stereotypes and discover diversity through a variety of picture books about princesses.
Some children don't want to read aloud to an adult. Storytime Standouts shares 9 ways parents can help a beginning reader succeed.
Storytime Standouts recommends picture books about individuality, respect for differences, shyness and being soft spoken.
Storytime Standouts describes a local family literacy program, offered once a week at a neighborhood public library. Shares suggestions with readers.
Storytime Standouts interviews children's book author and illustrator Loraine Kemp. Loraine illustrated Tabasco the Saucy Raccoon.
Storytime Standouts' guest contributor describes the impact attending an Adrienne Gear Reading Power workshop has had on her.