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Three of my favourite things! Get ready to jam, y’all. Many of these are biographies, but a few of them would be great storytime picks. Perhaps one of them will win a CLEL Bell Award for a picture book that supports the five early literacy practices. Catch up on old posts here: Books Featuring Babies… Continue reading 2019 Picture Books: Music, Singing, and Dancing
Sometimes you stumble upon a website or resource that’s just so good you have to write an entire blog post about it. I should probably have one about Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child too. Today’s post is all about the Center for Childhood Creativity, the research and advisory division of the Bay Area… Continue reading Center for Childhood Creativity
Instagram voted and this week’s winner is Under the Sea! If you didn’t immediately hear Sebastian’s voice in your head after reading that title, then you were not a mermaid obsessed 6-year-old like I was. Let’s look in the ocean this week! I love living a 15-minute drive from the sea – so many of… Continue reading 2019 Picture Books: Under the Sea
Welcome back to my New to Storytime series where I cover the basics of starting out as a storytime leader. Don’t miss the other posts! Choosing Songs and Rhymes Choosing Storytime Books How to Read Books to a Group Using Felt Stories Today we’re talking puppets. Feared by many new storytime leaders, puppets are actually… Continue reading New to Storytime: Using Puppets
So many holiday books coming out this year! I’ve arranged these loosely by holiday so you can order the ones that will fill any gaps in your collection. Still waiting on a more diverse array, but for now Christmas reigns supreme. See the other books in my 2019 Picture Book Series: Books Featuring Babies Biographies… Continue reading 2019 Picture Books: Holiday Stories