The new  year is upon us. Every year we celebrate the ending of one year and the beginning of a new year. I have always had a hard time finding storytime ideas for plain old New Years. Seems like there is always a lot of stuff for the Chinese New Year, for kids, but not a lot for the average every year new year.   I did find some books that are fun to read though:
P. Bear’s New Year’s Party: A Counting Book
A Happy New Year’s Day
Happy New Year, Corduroy
The Night Before New Year’s (Reading Railroad)

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It is Christmas time again and I am not ashamed to say that I remember Christ. It has become so unfashionable to be Christian, or to even acknowledge that there is a Creator and a Savior and a Holy Ghost. Usually when I present Storytime I keep it very simple and make a point of not bringing any religion into it, so as not to offend anyone.  Today on my blog though, I am going to throw caution to the wind and share some religious story books for children that are all about God, Jesus Christ and the true meaning of Christmas.

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Christmas time is just around the corner. It is time to get planning for your Christmas Story Time. I have put together some really cute crafts to go along with the books I’ve suggested.  At the bottom of the post are the craft ideas that you can print out and enjoy. Scroll all t he way to the bottom to find them. Read more »

Here are even more Thanksgiving books and activities for kids to do while waiting for the big feast on Thanksgiving day. In my last post Thanksgiving Books and Activities for Kids I provided some coloring pages and book suggestions to help keep the kids and you from going nuts waiting for that food! In today’s post I have some cute poems and finger-plays for the kids as well as a Food Match-Up activity and a funny Running Turkey picture that you can print out for them to enjoy. Read more »

Thanksgiving is the most popular family holiday in America, but for kids it can be torture waiting for the big meal to be ready.  Here are some Thanksgiving activities and book suggestions to help them get through that torturous waiting time.  I could have used some of these myself when I was a kid.

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Here is the July Summer Reading Calender from Utah’s Summer Reading Program. 

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Are your kids still bored this summer? Need ideas to keep them reading? Join the ongoing Summer Reading Program at your local library. Remember on this calender the Blue is for Pre-k to 2nd Grade. The Green is for 3rd & 4th Grade and the Red is for 5th & 6th Grade.

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Today’s post is all about Autumn and books to share for Autumn,or Fall,  Storytime. Before you start you can get creative and do a little Fall decorating in your Storytime area. You could place pumpkins, goards and apples around, maybe add some of that colorful Indian corn and some of the leaves that are falling everywhere.

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Today on Crafts for Storytime, we have some Halloween story time  ideas to share. We have book suggestions, poems and craft ideas in the form of coloring pages with that can be printed out for free!

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