Themes

37 comments on “Themes”

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   lachie

   December 7, 2011 at 12:37 pm #

   thanks for some new ideas
   i do a storytime in drumheller alberta for the past 6 years and am always looking for something different

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     Katie

     December 8, 2011 at 2:04 pm #

     Glad to have helped!

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   staceylpl

   July 21, 2012 at 1:24 pm #

   What a great resource you have put together! Any chance you are considering putting your themes on Pinterest?

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     Katie

     July 22, 2012 at 6:37 am #

     I haven’t personally put any on my blog up on Pinterest, but if you like something and want to pin — please feel free!

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   elizabeth

   November 18, 2012 at 9:57 pm #

   You should do one about the giving tree. It would be a great flannel board, I did one and loved it

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     Katie

     November 19, 2012 at 6:13 pm #

     That’s not on my list of to-makes right now, but I’ll consider adding it!

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   Lizz the Librarian

   December 19, 2012 at 12:38 pm #

   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!!

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     Katie

     December 19, 2012 at 4:22 pm #

     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!

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   Travis Ann Sherman

   February 24, 2013 at 12:07 pm #

   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.

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     Katie

     September 16, 2015 at 2:28 pm #

     Yes, of course.

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     Stacey

     January 23, 2018 at 8:34 am #

     Hi Travis Ann. I tried to use the link to your squidoo page and was redirected. Do you have a new link to share?

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   Ramya

   December 18, 2013 at 5:11 am #

   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.

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     Katie

     December 18, 2013 at 10:27 am #

     I use my themes with a variety of audiences, but mostly gear them towards ages 3-5.

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   westerlypubliclibrary

   February 26, 2014 at 1:20 pm #

   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?

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     Katie

     March 4, 2014 at 8:11 pm #

     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!

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   Sheila Lence

   November 13, 2014 at 11:27 am #

   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!

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     Katie

     September 16, 2015 at 2:29 pm #

     Thank you for reading!

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   Glenda K

   August 6, 2015 at 7:44 pm #

   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.”

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     Katie

     September 16, 2015 at 2:29 pm #

     Glad to have helped!!

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    Molly

    March 25, 2016 at 9:53 am #

    we do a weekly storytime but every time i try to order one of your suggested books they are out of print.

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      Katie

      June 7, 2016 at 1:15 pm #

      I’m sorry to hear that. It’s out of my control and I’ve been doing storytime for eight years…

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    Cinda

    May 12, 2016 at 9:41 am #

    Do you have any good ideas for the exercise/sports Summer Reading theme. I have a 2 & 3 class and a 4 & 5 class.

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      Katie

      June 7, 2016 at 1:27 pm #

      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/

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    yolanda

    February 23, 2017 at 1:06 pm #

    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…..

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      Katie

      March 23, 2017 at 10:41 am #

      Thank you!

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    Cat Hinkle

    September 1, 2017 at 2:45 pm #

    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

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      Katie

      September 11, 2017 at 10:10 am #

      Thank you for reading!

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    Carmen

    August 28, 2019 at 4:57 am #

    Your website is amazing… Thank you for helping me with your ideas…

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