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

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Three Little Pig Shapes Coloring Page

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Leo the Lion

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Aesop’s Fables – The Wind and the Sun is a great fable about why it is better to be nice than to be mean. It seems like all our kids get to see now a days is, vindictive, rude cartoons and stories that teach them to only think of themselves. It is important for kids to remember that “honey catches more flies than vinegar”. They need to learn more about being kind to others.

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My 10 year old son Jimmy wrote this story after reading some of Aesop’s Fables. My 17 year old daughter Julie drew the picture for it. They are both so creative and I just had to share their work with everyone! Read more »

Now is the time for winter crafts.  We are surrounded by snow and rather than moping about how cold it is  I decided to share some of our winter crafts and suggestions for books to go with them.

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Christmas Crafts are everywhere so my son Jimmy decided to create his own, based on Frosty the Snowman.  Jimmy also picked a book to go with it.

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