Danielle's Storytime Tales and More: List of Preschool Storytimes by Schedule

This blog was started in September of 2019. Starting with January of 2019, I have inserted the crafts for each preschool storytime that I did before starting this blog. Starting with the storytime on September 12 of 2019, I include an entire storytime outline for each weekly preschool storytime.

*Storytimes are clumped together by season.

In response to the declaration of a Local State of Disaster and to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the library is open for curbside pickup only.

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Past Storytimes (starting with the most recent):

Summer 2020 (These ideas are what was planned for summer. They didn't happen due to Covid.)

Summer Reading Program Slogan: Imagine Your Stories

Theme is fairy tales/fantasy/mythology

May 30: Outline for planned summer reading kick-off party with 8 fairy tale craft ideas

June 4: The Three Little Pigs
STEAM CHALLENGES: https://www.science-sparks.com/three-little-pig-houses/

June 11: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
STEAM CHALLENGE: http://momgineer.blogspot.com/2015/12/stem-tales-new-bed-for-golidlocks.html

June 18: Father's Day
CRAFT: https://www.cbc.ca/parents/play/view/dad-rocks-fathers-day-craft

June 25: Summer is here
CRAFT: Milk Carton Birdhouse
https://www.happinessishomemade.net/collage-birdhouses/

July 2: Our Flag/Celebrate America
Craft: https://www.craftymorning.com/fireworks-craft-kids-using-straws/

July 9: Dragons
Craft: Paper Plate Dragons
http://www.pinkstripeysocks.com/2015/09/how-to-make-paper-plate-dragon-craft.html

July 16: Jack and the Beanstalk
Craft: Name Beanstalk
http://teachersmag.com/posts/jack-and-the-beanstalk-craft-for-preschoolers/

July 23: Knights and Princesses including Cinderella
Craft: Fairy Wand
Ideas: 1. https://www.firstpalette.com/craft/fairy-wand.html
2. http://www.leehansen.com/printables/masks/magic-wand.pdf
3. https://www.thecrafttrain.com/sparkly-magic-wands/

July 30: Mermaids
Craft: Clothespin Mermaid Dolls
2 ideas:
1. https://family.disney.com/craft/little-mermaid-clothespin-dolls/
2. http://www.readingconfetti.com/2012/08/mix-and-match-clothespin-mermaids.html

Spring 2020

March 20: Arctic ocean animals (seals, whales, walruses) (Letter Aa)

March 28 : Spring book list Spring Songs Virtual Storytime #1

April 2: Spring Extended Virtual Storytime #2 Additional Spring Songs

April 7: Eggs and Chicks: list of books Virtual Storytime #3 Egg/chick songs

April 10: Easter: list of books Virtual Storytime #4 Easter bunny songs

April 15: Rabbits: list of books Virtual Storytime # 5 Rabbit songs

April 24: Seeds/Flowers/Gardens: list of books Virtual Storytime #6 Seed/Garden Songs

May 1: Clouds/rain: List of books Cloud songs

May 7: Mother's Day: List of books Mother's Day Songs

May 15: Wind/kites List of books Wind song

May 23: Bees/Bugs
May 30: At the pond

Winter 2019 to 2020

December 26: No Shows
January 2: Stars (Letter Ss)
January 9: Winter (letter Ww)
January 16: Snowmen (letter Ss)
January 23: Kindness (letter Kk)
January 30: Hibernation and Migration (Letter Mm)
February 5: Penguins (letter Pp)
February 12: Valentine's Day (letter Vv)
February 20: Polar Bears (letter Bb)
February 27: Black History Month (letter Hh for history)
March 5: Dr. Seuss Day (letter Dd)
March 12: St. Patrick's Day (letter Cc for clover)

Fall 2019:

September 19: Fall (letter Ff)
September 26: Johnny Appleseed/Apples (letter Aa)
October 3: Out of town/no substitute
October 10: Leaves (letter Ll)
October 17: Pumpkins (letter Pp)
October 24: Monsters (letter Mm)
October 31: Halloween (letter Hh)
November 7: Nocturnal animals (Spiders) (letter Ss)
November 14: Nocturnal animals (Skunks, hedgehogs, porcupines, raccoons, and beavers) (letter Nn)

November 21: Thanksgiving (letter Tt)

November 28: Closed
December 5: Gingerbread Man (letter Gg) (Additional craft ideas in Fall 2018)
December 12: Christmas (letter Cc) (Additional craft ideas in Fall 2018)
December 19: Hanukkah (letter Hh)

Summer 2019:

June 6: Summer (letter Ss) (Summer tree; the tree is a template to cut out)

I adapted an idea from here to paint the leaves with a cotton ball.

June 13-Father's Day (Letter Ff) (I combined the template from here with this idea)

June 20-Larva to Ladybug (Letter Ll)
Circle and Labels for Craft

June 27-Beach (Bb) (Beach collage using a foam board, sand, shells, glass, and glitter glue)

July 4-None (library closed)

July 11-Ocean (letter Oo)

Ocean Animal Coffee Filter Craft and Shark Suncatcher Craft

(I let the children pick between the two choices.)

July 18-Travel (letter Tt) License Plate Craft

Pieces to add to licence plate

July 25-Space (letter Ss) Paper towel tube rocket

August 1-Rocks (letter Rr) (Make a picture out of rocks on a foam board)

August 8-Camping/Nature (letter Nn) Nature head art

August 15-Back to School (letter Ss) School bus picture frame

August 22-Construction (letter Cc) Building with marshmallows and toothpicks

August 29-Dinosaurs (letter Dd) (Popsicle stick dinosaur)
September 5-Bedtime (letter Bb) (Sun and Moon Craft)

September 12: Bears (letter Bb) (First full storytime plan)

Spring 2019:

March 21: Spring (Letter Ss) Spring Tree
Paint a paper towel tube brown,
and cut one end into sections. 2018 Spring Tree Craft

March 28-Skipped

April 4: Garden/Flowers (letter Gg)
Sunflower sponge painted with a moon-shaped sponge, labels for parts provided to each child

April 11: Baby Animals (letter Bb)
Baby Bird Craft using cotton balls, paint, feathers, and orange construction paper

April 18:Easter with a Spring Egg Hunt as part of the craft (letter Ee)
Basket made from a recycled can
April 25: Rain (letter Rr) Melted crayon rain drops
May 2: Wind (letter Ww) CD wind spinners

May 9: Mother's Day (letter Mm) Tissue Paper Stained Glass Lantern

May 16: Asian History Month (Aa) (Printmaking using Styrofoam plates)

May 23: Caterpillars and Butterflies (Bb) (Paper plate life cycle craft)
(I adapted an idea from here.)

May 30: Tadpole to Frog (Tt) (Paper plate life cycle craft)
(I modified a craft from here to show all 5 stages.)

Winter 2018-2019

December 20 and 27-Cancelled
January 3-No shows

January 10- Winter and Snow
Snowflake Salt Painting: The template I used is from here, but you can get some free templates from https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/snowflake-salt-painting-winter-science/.

January 17-Snowmen
Source: https://www.naturalbeachliving.com

January 24-Mittens and Hats
Mitten template and hat template

February 1-Staff Day

February 7-Kindness (letter Kk)
Each child made a gift to give away as part of the 100 Acts of Kindness Challenge.
This challenge starts on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and ends on Valentine's Day.

We made cards to give to someone in the library or leave on someone's car. The children decided what they wanted the message of the card to say, and their parents wrote it.