Story Times 4/8

Dec 20, 2018

Story Time: Santa

The Santa-themed story time was also our Story Time Christmas party. We read Thomas Nelson' adaptation of 'Twas the Night Before...

Dec 13, 2018

Story Time: Christmas Trees

We read Eric Carle's Dream Snow, which is one of my favorite read alouds (they could play the "What's under the blanket of snow?" game...

Nov 29, 2018

Story Time: Snow

Books: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Big Snow by Jonathan Bean Bunny Slopes by Claudia Rueda Craft: paper plate snowman. This was a...

Nov 15, 2018

Story Time: Turkeys

For our last Story Time before Thanksgiving, we read The Very Stuffed Turkey by Katharine Kenah and Binny Talib (a little long for my...

Nov 8, 2018

Story Time: Fall Animals

I planned this Story Time around the cute "Nerdy Fall Critter" craft from Oriental Trading. We read Kevin Henkes's Old Bear, Mouse's...

Nov 1, 2018

Story Time: Squirrels

We started with David Ezra Stein's Ol' Mama Squirrel, which I was worried might be a little lengthy for my group, but it turned out fine....

Oct 25, 2018

Story Time: Halloween Party (Monsters)

Every year we have a Halloween Story Time where the kids (and me!) wear their costumes. (You can also check out the 2017 or 2016...

Oct 4, 2018

Story Time: Black Cats

I'm doing Halloween all month long--starting with black cats. We read Moonlight the Halloween Cat by Cynthia Rylant and a Cat in the Hat...

Sep 27, 2018

Story Time: Owls

I love, love, love Sean Taylor's Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise. I read it at all my Headstart visits and it always holds everyone's...

Sep 22, 2018

Curious George Paper Bag Puppet

This year for Curiosity Day, I dressed as the Man in the Yellow Hat and read the first Curious George book, alongside our George costumed...