List of Family Storytime themes that I’ve done alphabetically. When they’ve been part of a theme-set, I’ve included them at the bottom. Follow the links below to jump to those!
Alphabet | Authors | Colors | Numbers | Opposites
Alligators & Crocodiles
Alphabet
Animals at Night
Apples
Art
Babies
Bathtime
Beach
Bears (2010)
Bears (2011)
Bedtime
Bedtime & Pajamas
Berries
Bikes
Birds (2010)
Birds (2011)
Birthdays
Blankets
Boats
Boxes
Bugs (2011)
Bugs (2012)
Bugs (2014)
Bunnies
Butterflies & Caterpillars
Cake
Camping
Cats
Chickens
Christmas
Circus
Cities
Clothes
Clouds and Rainbows
Colors (2010)
Colors (2011)
Cookies
Construction (2012)
Construction (2014)
Counting
Crabs
Crayons
Dance
Dinosaurs (2010)
Dinosaurs (2014)
Dirt, Sand, & Mud
Ducks
Easter
Elephants
Emotions
Fairy Tales
Fall (Morning 2010)
Fall (Afternoon 2010)
Fall Animals
Family
Farm (Spring 2010)
Farm (Fall 2010)
Farm (2011)
Favorites
Firefighters
Fish
Food
Friends
Frogs
Fruits and Veggies
Garden
Halloween
Hats
Hello, Goodbye
Hibernation
Horses
Houses and Homes
Hugs and Kisses
Imagination
Jobs
Jungle
Leaves
Library (2010)
Library (2013)
Love
Mail
Magic
Manners
Me
Messy
Mice
Monkeys
Monsters (2010)
Monsters (2011)
Monsters (2012)
Moon and Stars
Music
Names
Numbers
Nursery Rhymes
Ocean
Opposites
Owls (2011)
Owls (2012)
Penguins
Pets
Picnic
Pigs
Pizza
Play and Pretend
Pirates
Pumpkins and Apples
Puppies
Rainy Days
School
Sea Creatures
Seasons
Shapes
Sheep
Sick & Get Well
Snow
Snowmen
Socks & Shoes
Spring (2011)
Spring (2012)
Spring Animals
Sports
Squirrels
Superheroes
Summer (2010)
Summer (2011)
Teeth
Things That Go
Tools (2011)
Tools (2014)
Trains
Transportation
Trees
Trucks
Valentine’s Day
Weather
Wild Animals
Winter
Winter Animals
Zoo
Alphabet
Letter A
Letter B
Letter C
Letter D
Letter E
Letter F
Letter G
Letter H
Letter I
Letter J
Letter K
Letter L
Letter M
Letter N
Letter O
Letter P
Letter Q
Letter R
Letter S
Letter T
Letter U
Letter V
Letter W
Letter X
Letter Y
Letter Z
Authors
Eric Carle
Emma Dodd
Lois Ehlert
Kevin Henkes
Bob Shea
Lauren Thompson
Rosemary Wells
Mo Willems
Colors
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Purple
Numbers
Number One
Number Two
Number Three
Number Four
Number Five
Number Six
Number Seven
Number Eight
Number Nine
Number Ten
Opposites
Big and Little
Day and Night
Loud and Quiet
Stop and Go
Up and Down
Last Updated: 5/16/14
thanks for some new ideas
i do a storytime in drumheller alberta for the past 6 years and am always looking for something different
Glad to have helped!
What a great resource you have put together! Any chance you are considering putting your themes on Pinterest?
I haven’t personally put any on my blog up on Pinterest, but if you like something and want to pin — please feel free!
You should do one about the giving tree. It would be a great flannel board, I did one and loved it
That’s not on my list of to-makes right now, but I’ll consider adding it!
Starting in January I’ll be doing 5-6 story times each week (two in house, four outreach) and this list has been SO helpful with my planning. Thanks so much for posting everything you have compiled! I hope to one day be this organized in my own blog!!
I’m actually horribly behind in updating!! I’m glad that it appears that I’m organized though, and I’m so glad that the list has been helpful!
I’ve been blogging my themes for a while too, and I really love doing it. Lately I’ve been compiling a list of them on squidoo, including more details, like youtubes and itunes stuff: http://www.squidoo.com/storytime-at-the-library
I’m in the process of transferring my year’s worth over, but I’ve never tackled some of the themes you’ve done. OK if I add a link on my page to yours? Thanks.
Yes, of course.
Hi Travis Ann. I tried to use the link to your squidoo page and was redirected. Do you have a new link to share?
Wow Thank you so much. Great blog. Your blog has awesome themes, and interesting book list, I wanted to start story time in my area, as we dont have libraries closeby. I have a question, the themes, is it applicable to children of ages 0-6.
I use my themes with a variety of audiences, but mostly gear them towards ages 3-5.
Hi Katie, I just love your blog and how you have the themes all laid out nice and neat for us to peruse! How do you get them to not come up as one big drop down menu, but rather in link format/ individual pages?
In WordPress, you have the option of creating multiple pages. I have a specific theme page and I just create links by doing the HTML. I wish I could explain it better, I’m sorry!
I have just found your blog through a link from an article sent to me by a colleague about handouts in story time. OMG! Thank you for this wonderful resource! I started a preschool story time twice a month at the public library in a small, rural town. I’ve just kind of made it up as I went, but it needs to be tweaked. I think I’ve just found the method to do the tweaking! Thank you, thank you, thank you ~ especially from my Book Buddies!
Thank you for reading!
Thank you so much for the wonderful story time resources. I am a parent of a toddler and every week I request the books you have posted. We have found lots of new favourites and I know that they are “librarian and kid approved.”
Glad to have helped!!
we do a weekly storytime but every time i try to order one of your suggested books they are out of print.
I’m sorry to hear that. It’s out of my control and I’ve been doing storytime for eight years…
Do you have any good ideas for the exercise/sports Summer Reading theme. I have a 2 & 3 class and a 4 & 5 class.
I’m not doing the CSLP theme, so I haven’t really thought about it. I did do a Sports Theme a few years back: https://storytimekatie.com/2014/05/05/sports/
I love each book, my pre school student love all you story, my job have all your books and children love them at prestige learning center…..
Thank you!
I just recently became a full-time Library Assistant and LOVE my job! One of my responsibilities is toddler story time. Katie your ideas have helped me so much! I have take home crafts for the little ones to do, flannel board stories, great books, finger plays, my story time is going to last four hours at this point!!
Thank you again,
Cat
Thank you for reading!
Your website is amazing… Thank you for helping me with your ideas…