Sunshine! I do love the sun and always feel terrible when I’ve had three (or more) days of rain or during Winter when sun can be hard to come by. But this storytime theme isn’t just good to celebrate the sun and all it brings with it –Life, plants, beach visits, picnics, etc — butContinue reading “Storytime: Sun!”
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Storytime: Gardens!
Spring and Summer means it’s time to garden! I love planting my garden and seeing things grow, and even more than that I love eating all the yummy produce it creates!
Storytime: Summer!
Sum, Summ, Summer! No, it’s not my favorite season, but I do love the liveliness that comes with it. My family never took big, grand vacations. If we went anywhere, it was to my Grandma’s house in Chicago. But I have vivid memories of waking up at 6am, piling seven bodies (plus luggage) into theContinue reading “Storytime: Summer!”
Storytime: Bees!
Bees! They are a fun topic for a summer storytime, or when you’re doing a nature/STEAM storytime. I’m pretty afraid of bees, but I know how vitally important they are to our environment, so I try not to include any of my personal hesitancy that could make the kids bias toward them, haha!
Totally Untidy Toddlers #3: Color!
One of the things I hear most often from caregivers in this program is that they’d never try some of the stuff at home because of the sheer messiness. While I totally get it, it also makes me so sad! Messy, sensory play such as this fosters curiosity, imagination, physical and mental development and exploration.Continue reading “Totally Untidy Toddlers #3: Color!”
Storytime: Homes and Houses!
Homes and Houses is a great theme for around the holidays when people are often traveling to relatives. It brings great opportunities to talk about, and fight the stigma around, people who don’t have homes or have different homes.
Storytime: Rain and Rainbows!
It’s been raining a lot here, lately, so I decided to include that as part of my theme for my virtual storytime. For this storytime, I went heavy on the rain portion of the storytime because I adore a good rain storm! However, you can add in more rainbows easily! There are SO MANY greatContinue reading “Storytime: Rain and Rainbows!”
ECRR: Reading and Writing!
Our final post on the ECRR daily practices is Reading and Writing! Because reading and writing are tied together more tightly than any of the other five daily practices, I’m going to talk about them together. Reading and writing go together. They draw upon the same shared knowledge bases and to learn one, you haveContinue reading “ECRR: Reading and Writing!”
Storytime: Weather!
There are a lot of components to weather, especially if you live in the Midwest like I do! Seriously, we have snow, 70 degree sun, and a tornado warning all on the same day here. That’s what makes weather a fantastic themes, though! You can talk about seasons, rain, snow, ice, wind, clouds, sun, storms,Continue reading “Storytime: Weather!”
ECRR: Playing!
Here’s another one of my favorite ECRR practices! Playing! It helps children think symbolically. A ruler becomes a magic wand. Our surroundings become prehistoric times with dinosaurs and a playmate becomes a t-rex! Their imagination is the limit! Just the act of this kind of play reinforces the code deciphering children will do later onContinue reading “ECRR: Playing!”
