Storytime katie. Some activities go unstarred A new storytime session, yay! I’m back for another six weeks of storytime fun. It was really Last week, my storytime theme was flowers and the garden! I started off storytime with a great book, “My Garden” by Kevin Henkes. I just got a little behind on posting my summaries because my library has I am a glutton for a great storytime theme, and I cannot get enough of using birds. Storytime Katie is a storytime/early literacy blog written I only had about a week to prep for this one and I am still fairly new at planning storytimes, so I went with something I thought would go Thank for watching and have a beautiful day, Katie. I Also known as: how my library is handling virtual storytimes and outdoor in-person storytimes. I had twenty-three kids hopping around, and to For an overview of the Bookgarteners program, please visit this post. Karen Beaumont is an author that I think needs to have a larger following. Two weeks ago was “Snapshot Day” in Illinois libraries. When I announced this morning that the theme would be The Plan Books Butterfly, Butterfly by Petr Horacek Peek-a-Bloom by Marie Cirumsanti Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin Jr. I had a great time using this theme in the fall, and About the Blog || About Katie || Current Storytimes || Retired Storytimes Since arriving at my new library, I am responsible for new and different storytimes! Baby Storytime I The Plan Books Dino-Football by Lisa Wheeler Dunk Skunk by Michael Rex If I Were a Jungle Animal by Tom and Amanda Ellery Sergio Storytime Katie. Storytime Katie is a blog by a librarian who shares her virtual storytimes for different themes and ages. (Loads of fun!) This is the first time I try my hardest to get some bilingual storytime moments, so I was happy to call upon my high school Spanish to remember how to sing Master List || Opening & Closing Songs || Getting the Wiggles Out || Rhymes for Babies Instead of listing on every baby storytime write Chicago suburbs, Youth Services Manager. This This was a new and interesting theme — I really enjoyed using all these great hello/goodbye books. 1,164 likes. Igloos BLEW their minds! Also, this was Credit: Storytime Source Page I would have used this flannelboard with my Pancakes Storytime! But since I left before How It Went Storytime is continuing to be a bit hectic during the daycare transition from old teacher to new teachers, along with the new classroom ages and kids. See her materials, extension activities, and tips for engaging kids online. Many of them are also I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! I couldn’t resist making the whole I scream, you scream pun. (Then another three week break, followed by my giant Last Thursday was my regular weekly storytime — and I had choosen to do my theme with play and pretend, choosing all different The Plan Books Hello Sun! by Dayle Ann Dodds Like a Windy Day by Frank Asch Maisy’s Wonderful Weather Book by Lucy Cousins Week number two in storytime was dogs/puppies! (Yes, I am quite far behind in updating. I sometimes skip pages and tend to skim over any complicated parts, but I love letting the kids see some photograph-based books. For This was an insane program that I did over the summer for 3-year-olds to 7-year-olds. Hi everyone,My name is Katie, I'm a mum of four, a tutor and I love to read children's stories!I'll be uploading new stories each week and there are Build Your KidLit/YA Lit Collection with Selection Lists! It’s that time of the year! Dozens of librarians have dedicated hours and hours of their lives to Kathryn M. I reminded parents that their voices do not need to be “concert-ready” and Afternoon storytime update! I did a summer theme with my 3-7 year-olds about three weeks ago at this point! (Between power outages I’m the Katie behind “Storytime Katie” and if you’re on this page, I’m assuming you want to know a little more about me! Image of a This is the professional site for Katie Salo, the Chicago-based librarian behind the blog Storytime Katie. Carter Last week was the last week of regular storytime! I’m now on a three-week break until our summer session starts. She includes a few book options, some extension activities, a craft, and Rather than go with a Halloween theme (which I love, but wasn’t sure all of my parents would be on board), I went with a simple Thanks, Chicago weather, for thoroughly confusing all my storytime kids. It In Storytime Part of setting up a successful live virtual storytime is making sure participants know what to expect. Of course, my storytime (and The Plan Books Bear’s Loose Tooth by Karma Wilson Brush, Floss, Rinse by Amanda Doering Tourville Clarabella’s Teeth by An The Plan Books Be Quiet, Mike! by Leslie Patricelli Little Quack by Lauren Thompson Mooshka: A Quilt Story by Julie Paschkis Another magical storytime! This time, we headed to the sea to swim with the merfolk. Enjoy free storytime for kids by Katie McMurray. Now, remember, not all merfolk are mermaids! We Penguins! Weeks ago, I did a penguin storytime for the kids. Storytime Katie is a storytime/early literacy blog written The Plan Books Bubble Bath, Pirates! by Jarrett J. Salo is a Chicago-based librarian who runs the blog Storytime Katie, where she shares her passion for storytime, flannelboards, and Storytime Katie is a blog that shares themes for family storytime, a fun and engaging way to read books with kids. There are some fantastic alphabet books and crafts, Flannel Friday Flannelboards || Flannel Friday || Finger Puppets & Props What is Flannel Friday? Flannel Friday is an online Credit: Preschool Education, many thanks to K at Storytime ABCs for suggesting this one! Craft I came up with this idea on my own. I starred the materials used in the plan. The official Facebook page for Storytime Katie. It’s an advocacy campaign designed to show daily usage in a library. This is a I am really more of a summer person, but I do love fall books — fall has a ton of options for storytime, too! Because I have a wide After nearly a year, I finally got around to writing up how I do my toddler storytime! (With bonus Storytime Katie video!) The Plan Books A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke Twelve Hats for Lena by Karen Katz Where’s Mary’s Hat? Who’s Under That Hat? by David A. Participating in every story, energetically doing the This Flannel Friday was inspired by this pin of sweet felt Valentines and Meghan of Busy Crafting Mommy who wrote the Katie Fitzgerald is a children's librarian turned stay at home mom. This was my last pre-pandemic scheduled storytime and I wasn’t going to let the planning go to waste! After the Today’s storytime was all about incorporating music into our toddlers’ lives. I blog at storytimekatie. We had just hosted a Valentine’s Day party/card making event in our department and As promisedthough I waited until the very last day of Fall to do itsome pictures of the flannelboards that I made for storytime, but Our theme for summer reading this year is “Make a Splash,” so we’ll be doing water-based storytimes for the next seven weeks. Here’s a great I had a daycare class of three-year-olds and four-year-olds request a special storytime all about the farm. I starred the materials used in the plan; My regular storytime kids had a great time with this theme! They loved the two books with interactive parts: “If You’re Happy and You For more information on how I plan and prepare my family storytimes, check out this introduction post. I’m a huge fan of trees, and I had a great time talking, Continuing with our summer theme of “Make a Splash,” I did a frog storytime! Started off by reading “One Frog Sang” by Shirley The Plan Books Banana by Ed Vere Be Quiet, Mike! by Leslie Patricelli Kiki’s Blanket by Janie Bynum Tall by Jez Alborough Extension Two weeks ago, I did my afternoon storytime for 3-7 year olds. After our hello song and hello rhyme, I lay out the I had looked over this book while planning this storytime and decided to skip it because of the minor religious reference at the end — however, I just edited it out verbally Storytime with Katie features virtual story time geared towards ages up to 8 years old. It depicts so many of the My co-worker and I visited one of the local preschools [ages 3-5] on the 28th and 29th and each did three Halloween storytimes! Friday morning This storytime I remember much better since I didn’t have the jitters from the day before. the Library by Bob Shea Lola Loves Stories by Anna This was a bizarre, but really wonderful storytime. Krosoczka Peg Leg Peke by Brie Spangler Pirate Nap by Danna Smith This Little Pirate by Philemon Sturges Extension A seasonal storytime is a great one to do – there are so many aspects to each season that there are a lot of activities to pull from. “Bunny Mail” was the most Another round of afternoon storytime was last week, on Tuesday. Pete the Cat and the Planning Another storytime that was converted to virtual. I’ll be posting some themes coming up, The Plan Book Music Class Today! by David Weinstone I know that I’ve used this book before and will continue to use it again. This book I Like Myself has been designed to uplift and encourage positive self The Plan Books Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat Are You Waking Up? by Bill Martin Jr. The stories are fun, imaginative, positive and colorful as well as original stories and illustrations One of my best friends is a giant nature person and she loves birds, so I decided to do a bird storytime for my preschoolers! We started After looking at storytime katie’s blog post that I linked to above, and getting the idea to focus on people who do keep us safe (community helpers), I think this came together a little better. Garden! – This story time lesson comes from Storytime Katie. (The bubble wand trick was just that I was using a bubble wand as my magic We had a much better storytime experience this week than last, which I was grateful for. Here’s where you can find out more For more information on how I plan and prepare my toddler storytimes, check out this introduction post. The kids all insisted that they eat their The Plan Books The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog by Ana Martin Larranaga Clarabella’s Teeth by An Vrombaut Egad, Alligator! by Harriet This is an ironic storytime post — it’s nothing but a plan! This storytime was supposed to happen the Thursday following ALA’s Annual After the library stopped hosting “Afternoon Storytime” and a trial program of “Starry Night Stories”, I made the decision to start a monthly “Pajama Storytime” session at the . Things have been crazy during the summer!) We switched it up at morning storytime today and had bedtime stories! I was a little bit nervous that I’d hear, “No bedtime!” from The Plan Books Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss Dinosaur vs. And for a complete list of the repeating extension activities, visit this During this storytime (I nearly always sit on the floor with the babies), I have two of the babies come over and start rubbing my back. com and I mostly talk about storytime there. This wiki is an archive of the songs, rhymes, and other story time activities she has collected. I love The Plan Books And the Train Goes by William Bee Freight Train by Donald Crews I Love Trains! by Philemon Sturges A Train Goes This week in storytime, we went to the beach and read beach-themed stories! And when we called to remind our parents about This was another storytime that I tried to time around an April holiday — Earth Day (I think I actually did this in May though). Here? More general library stuff and About the Blog || About Katie || Current Storytimes || Retired Storytimes “Storytime Katie” was created in the fall of 2010, over a year The Plan Books Maisy Bakes a Cake by Lucy Cousins Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton The Red Hen by Rebecca & Ed Emberley It’s the start of my winter storytime session! This is an experimental session, as I’ve never done storytime in the winter before. Browse the Storytime Katie. I really love this storytime, but in particular this week was amazing. Um, oops? This is a left-over from summer that I never wrote up! (And what’s worse is I found more drafts that I never finished saved in Friday morning My Friday kids were absolute GOLD during this storytime. Two weeks ago, I did friends storytime before rushing off to San Diego for ALA’s Midwinter meeting. This one was not self-stick, so I had the kids use Glue Dots to attach For more information on how I plan and prepare my preschool storytimes, check out this introduction post. So The Plan Book I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont This is will forever be one of my favorite books for Shake, Shimmy, & Dance. This week’s Today’s flannelboard was one I found at Miss Meg’s Storytime! “Lots of Cars” There are lots of cars driving down the street (pretend to The magic tricks made storytime extra special and I wish I had thought of a few more to include. I am using the time to My first storytime this fall — and I was so excited to do my first alphabet storytime. I also liked that this story was just about dinosaurs, A few weeks ago, I did the ocean as my storytime theme because I was clearly missing it from last summer where I did nothing but Another catch-up — a few weeks ago, I did bathtime storytime! Started off storytime with “Squeaky Clean” by Simon Puttock. Our theme was spring which was perfect because the weather Credit: Storytime Secrets Flannelboard: “Five Little Pumpkins” Craft Another kit from Oriental Trading. Their daycare is taking Clothes! Ack! This storytime post got lost in my queue — this was weeks and weeks ago at this point! I started off storytime with “Ella I bring you, not one, but TWO amazing pirate-themed flannelboards today! The first was is an “Inspired By Flannel Friday” post, We made a lot of great connections in this storytime about owls sleeping at night and having wide-eyes so they could see in the dark. I wanted to start off storytime with a quiet one instead of going straight into roaring. bzrcaef rhch urkuu pcqh sqtf hmhb tnu uzjp hxyz tuhoin