Popcorn is a relatively healthy snack, and so much fun! For a craft, glue popped popcorn onto cutouts of trees, to resemble apple blossoms. Or, check out all the great ideas on this teacher’s Pinterest page. [continue reading]
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Digging in Flower Gardens Storytime Ideas
Preschool Storytime Ideas Digging in Flower Gardens Flower gardening can be fun for preschoolers, even if they don’t have a yard at their home. They can have flowering houseplants, or flower pots on the windowsill. [continue reading]
Digging in the Sand Storytime Ideas
Preschool Storytime Ideas Digging in the Sand For many California libraries, the beach is not far away, and most preschoolers have been to the beach. Even if they haven’t, they would enjoy these stories, and [continue reading]
Strawberries Storytime Ideas (2013)
Strawberries are tasty and sweet, but also healthy, so they are great for helping preschoolers learn good eating habits. Luckily, there are some great picture books featuring strawberries! For a simple craft, make these handprint [continue reading]
Digging up Dinosaurs Storytime Ideas
Preschool Storytime Ideas Digging up Dinosaurs Dinosaurs is a great science-related theme, focusing on digging up fossils. I have listed books that focus on dinosaur bones, but you could add any of your favorite dinosaur [continue reading]
Digging up Vegetables Storytime Ideas
Preschool Storytime Ideas Digging up Vegetables A great “digging” theme is vegetable gardening. Even city kids can help at the urban garden, or plant windowsill parsley or basil. For a craft activity, make watercress eggheads. [continue reading]
Pizza Storytime Ideas (2013)
Pizza is a natural for storytime – preschoolers (and others) love pizza! It is even available in vegetarian and gluten-free versions, plus, it is a food kids can help make by adding the toppings. For [continue reading]
Breakfast Storytime Ideas
This is a storytime around breakfast, something to which all preschoolers can relate! For a craft project, you can have each child string Cheerios cereal to make an edible necklace. This is a great craft [continue reading]