After reading “Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug” by Jonathan Stutzman, everyone got to make baby T-Rex Finger puppets! Kids can color their dinosaur however they want, then put thei…

Looking for ideas for preschool circle time activities? Find flannel board ideas and preschool and toddler classroom activities here.

This simple pet cloud craft for kids is so charming and super easy to create! It's a perfect rainy day activity in Pre-K or Kindergarten!

Looking for a fun and easy craft project to do with your kids? This paper plate muffin is perfect for story time fun!

Over 31 Fun Book Character Crafts your kids will love! Make a Lorax puppet, Mo Willems' famous Pigeon character, You'll find crafts for so many of your kids' favorite books, from The Cat in the Hat to Harry Potter and Pete the Cat! perfect storytime book crafts for kids!

The Library Adventure uses affiliate links, see our policies for more information. Here are 101 Story Time crafts that are age-appropriate, easily adapted, food-free, washable, easy to prep, non-toxic, non-choking hazard, crafts that are not overly messy and cost very little! I have listed theme and book suggestions as well! Note: Some of these crafts […]

Over 31 Fun Book Character Crafts your kids will love! Make a Lorax puppet, Mo Willems' famous Pigeon character, You'll find crafts for so many of your kids' favorite books, from The Cat in the Hat to Harry Potter and Pete the Cat! perfect storytime book crafts for kids!

My go-to themes for May are connected to spring, growing, flowers, gardens, and Mother's Day. Flowers Suggested Books: How to Grow a Friend by Sara Gillingham Alison's Zinnia by Anita Lobel The Rose in My Garden by Anita Lobel Fantastic Flowers by Susan Stockdale This is the Sunflower by Lola M. Schaefer, illustrated by Donald Crews Extension Activities: Five Little Flowers Flowers Tall and Small I'm a Little Daisy You Are My Flower Mothers Suggested Books: Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild by Mem Fox, illustrated by Marla Frazee Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara Joosse, illustrated by Barbara Lavallee Mother, Mother, I Want Another by Maria Polushkin Robbins, illustrated by Jon Goodell My Mom by Anthony Browne The Quilt Story by Tony Johnston, illustrated by Tomie de Paola This Quiet Lady by Charlotte Zolotow, illustrated by Anita Lobel Extension Activities: I Asked My Mother for Fifty Cents Mother and Father and Uncle John Love My Mommy Bugs Suggested Books: Arabella Miller's Tiny Caterpillar by Clare Jarrett Beetle Bop by Denise Fleming Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner Butterfly Butterfly by Petr Horacek The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle I Love Bugs! by Philemon Sturges Yoo-Hoo Ladybug by Mem Fox, illustrated by Laura Ljungkvist Extension Activities: Four Colorful Flies Ladybugs Fly Butterfly Gals Flutter Flutter Butterfly Gardening Suggested Books: A Garden of Opposites by Nancy Davis In the Garden: Who's Been Here? by Lindsay Barrett George Inch By Inch by David Mallett, illustrated by Ora Eitan My Garden by Kevin Henkes Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner, illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal Whose Garden Is It? by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Jane Dyer Extension Activities: African Planting Chant A Garden Game My Garden My May Garden Fruits & Veggies Suggested Books: The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Crockett Johnson Jamberry by Bruce Degen The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey and Don Wood The Pea Patch Jig by Thacher Hurd Rah Rah Radishes by April Pulley Sayre Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens Extension Activities: Corn Grows Tall Fruit Salad Salsa Oats and Beans and Barley Grow Picking Fruits and Vegetables

Make some weather stones in a simple felt drawstring bag to help kids learn about weather. This is a simple rock painting craft and makes a cute DIY toy too

These Children's Book Crafts are certain to provide hours of fun for your children. And really, when it comes down to it, combining reading with hands-on activities is the perfect recipe for creativity and confidence! If your

A classic nursery rhyme in felt board format, perfect for a toddler or preschool storytime or circle time. Flannel Board Fun gets back to basics.

13 Fantastically Fun Crafts with Books to Match 13 Fantastically Fun Crafts with Books to Match Hi there! This is Emily, the editor of AllFreeKidsCrafts.com, writing to you from my cozy nook of children’s books (seriously,

Best Storytime Ideas for Preschoolers Do you have daily storytime with a classroom of kids? Do you run story time at your library? Do you just enjoy reading stories and doing book inspired activities and songs with your child? If you answered YES to any of these questions then these ideas are for you! Our […]

Keep children on the edge of their seats with felt board stories. These musical stories are a powerful way to teach during circle time or group time!

I've always loved the Little White Duck song. I especially like this version of the book, but I only have a small board book copy which is hard to use with a large group, and which I believe is missing some of the pages from the larger copy. Sometimes I'll use my classroom's old, worn out, too-small felt set of Little White Duck, along with Ivan Ulz's version of the song. But that set is so old, worn out, and too-small that I had to DO something about it!! So, I did this: Here's a video of these cuties in action: And here are the lyrics: There's a little white duck, sitting in the water A little white duck, doing what he oughter He took a bite of a lily pad Flapped his wings and he said, "I'm glad I'm a little white duck sitting in the water Quack, quack, quack!" There's a little green frog swimming in the water A little green frog, doing what he oughter He jumped right off of the lily pad That the little duck bit and he said, "I'm glad I'm a little green frog swimming in the water Ribbit, ribbit, ribbit!" There's a little black bug floating on the water A little black bug doing what he oughter He tickled the frog on the lily pad That the little duck bit and he said, "I'm glad I'm a little black bug floating on the water Buzz, buzz, buzz!" There's a little red snake slithering in the water A little red snake doing what he oughter He frightened the duck and the frog so bad He ate the little bug and he said, "I'm glad I'm a little red snake laying in the water Hiss, hiss, hiss!" Now there's nobody left sitting in the water Nobody left doing what they oughter There's nothing left but the lily pad The duck and the frog ran away, I'm sad 'Cause there's nobody left sitting in the water, Boo, Hoo, Hoo! These will be making their debut next week with my summer campers! Can't wait to see what they think :) Oh, and by the way: Want to buy this set? You can check it out at my shop right here. Flannel Friday is being hosted this week by Bridget at What is Bridget Reading. Check out the round up there, and don't forget to find more amazing flannel board ideas at Pinterest and Facebook and the Flannel Friday Blog!

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Time: 10 minutes Age: Big kids Difficulty to make: Easy peasy Skill: Literacy, story telling

Keep children on the edge of their seats with felt board stories. These musical stories are a powerful way to teach during circle time or group time!

It's Story Time again, and this month's book is, We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen . *See all Story Time posts here. Crafts We're Going on a Bear Hunt Map & Binoculars from

This book-inspired Mouse Shape Craft is a fun way for kids to learn about shapes and work on listening comprehension and fine motor skills.

Enhance your circle time lessons with these activities tailored to some of our very favorite children's books.

Felt Board Story sets are classic fun for circle time and library story time. - Story Sets - Flannel Board Fun Find story time fun here.

Time: 10 minutes Age: Big kids Difficulty to make: Easy peasy Skill: Literacy, story telling

In addition to St. Patrick's Day, there are lots of other great themes to use at story time in March. Here are my favorites. Colors of the Rainbow Suggested Books A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman Freight Train by Donald Crews Blue Chameleon by Emily Gravett Baby Bear Sees Blue by Ashley Wolff Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle Extension Activities I Can Sing a Rainbow Red and Yellow, Green and Blue Blue is the Lake Colorful Morning The Artist's Crayons Up, Up, and Away Suggested Books Higher Higher by Leslie Patricelli I Want to be an Astronaut by Byron Barton Stuck by Oliver Jeffers The Grumpalump by Sarah Hayes and Barbara Firth Molly Who Flew Away by Valeri Gorbachev Extension Activities Pete the Clown and his Five Bright Balloons Aikendrum Moon Moon Moon I'm a Little Red Kite Here We Go Up Up Up Five Astronauts Went up in Space The Color Green Suggested Books Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger Little Green by Keith Baker In the Tall Tall Grass by Denise Fleming Stanley Mows the Lawn by Craig Frazier Go Away, Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley Extension Activities The King of Green I'm a Little Green Frog One Seed One Green Shamrock Lions Suggested Books Little Lions by Jim Arnosky How Loud is a Lion? by Claire Beaton We're Going on a Lion Hunt by Margery Cuyler Pierre by Maurice Sendak Extension Activities Lots of Lions One Little Lion (based on One Little Monster) Lion Prowl The Lion Sleeps Tonight Lambs Suggested Books No Sleep for the Sheep by Karen Beaumont and Jackie Urbanovic Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox When Sleep Sheep by Laura Numeroff and David McPhail Mary Had a Little Lamb by Iza Trapani Wee Little Lamb by Lauren Thompson Extension Activities Baa Baa _____ Sheep Mary Had a Little Lamb Little Bo Peep Five Little Sheep

Over 31 Fun Book Character Crafts your kids will love! Make a Lorax puppet, Mo Willems' famous Pigeon character, You'll find crafts for so many of your kids' favorite books, from The Cat in the Hat to Harry Potter and Pete the Cat! perfect storytime book crafts for kids!

How to create a retell literacy center in kindergarten. Plus a list of 20 famous stories and retell props (with printables) to complete this center.

Crafts are a great way to visualize stories! In the classroom or homeschool, use these 25+ crafts that were inspired by children's books!

One of the things I love doing with my younger children is reading picture books and doing story-related activities with them to bring the story to life and create fun memories. We have enjoyed doing

Our Paper Plate Gruffalo craft is super fun, inexpensive and great for children of ALL ages! It also goes along perfectly with the book

These Fairy Tale Crafts for Kids are perfect for 'Tell a Fairy Tale Day' or any other day of the year! Relive your favorite stories through these crafts!

First and foremost after years of saying I am going to get to it, I FINALLY made an email list and I can't wait to start sharing some of my favorite books and other content with you all that way. You can sign up for it by clicking HERE! Second, Brooke and I have heard you loud and clear. You wanted Kindergarten Storybook STEM after seeing how well our bundle has worked with first and second graders. We are taking some of your favorite books AND throwing in some new ones.... and coming up with the perfect STEM and Literacy activities for your Kindergartners. We completely understand that your students need clear and easy to manage STEM that ties into your science standards. For example check out a few things from The Napping House and The Mitten: We also took the this opportunity to REALLY hit home those ELA standards in an engaging way. And because once you guys tried one, that you would want more, we completed SEVEN at once! You can grab Volume One Bundle or The Whole Set. Here are links to the books we used in Volume One: AND...if you made it all the way, then you get a reward! Here is one of our units for free in Brooke's store: Thank you all for popping in <3

I put together a simple and fun Humpty Dumpty Craft for my kids yesterday. You can download and/or print my worksheet HERE. Directions: Help put Humpty Dumpty

These 3 Little Pigs story stones are perfect for re-telling and reading comprehension. Using flat rocks and paint pens, these are simple to make! Story stones are an excellent tool to help with reading comprehension. Using story stones allows for kids to re-tell a story, a very important component

About a month ago, Library Village was lucky to have the opportunity to give a poster presentation at the Ohio Library Council's Convention and Expo. None of us had ever presented before, so this was a nice little baby step toward giving real presentations some day. And it was a lot of fun, too! The theme of the conference was "bridging the past with the future", and our poster was all about how using felt boards in story times can do just that! Even though felt is an older medium, it has stood the test of time because of all the wonderful things you can do with it to improve your story times. And yes, while it may be less sexy and flashy than using, say, an iPad in story time, there are just so many ways that felt board activities can promote early literacy and sensory development, and can provide a captivating visual for children that isn't screen time. (But that's a rant for another day!) Without further ado, here is our table: Felt It Again!: Fresh Ideas for a Classic Storytelling Method (Do you earn extra points for being colorful?) This took some serious teamwork! Let's break it down: Miss Sue's tasks: Create a felt set that could work for three different age groups: baby, toddler, and preschool. She decided it would be more fun to make two. Overachiever. You can read her blog post about those cute duckies (including templates!) here. She also made this nice display with one of her favorite felt sets, "That Apple is Mine!": Miss Kristie's tasks: Show three different ways to make a felt piece (with paint, with marker, or all felt). (Painted puppy was still wet! He got added just in time!) She also compiled this awesome binder of some of our favorite felt sets (smaller ones) just so we could show off our skills: AND she made this colorful display of one of her favorite felt sets, "Rainbow Stew": Miss Kristen's tasks: Make the handout - highlight how using felt sets in story time can promote each of the five practices of Every Child Ready to Read (2nd edition): reading, writing, talking, singing, and playing. Provide a list of resources and helpful tips for beginning felt-ers. You can download the handout here: I also assembled the enormous tri-fold boards, which was a labor of love: (I also made the two small displays in the front - the Maisy Mouse and the three doghouses.) And then we actually got to talk to people and share our ideas!: And get into some general silliness: And to top it all off, we got to meet The Very Hungry Caterpillar!!!: This was such an amazing experience for us. We loved meeting other professional children's librarians who were as passionate about story times as we are, and who were interested in our work and our ideas. All of our handouts were gone after the first day, and we received such positive feedback from everyone we talked to. So with our inflated egos (just kidding!), we'll just end this by saying Thank You to OLC for giving us the opportunity to present, and we sincerely hope to do it again some day!

We love book themed crafts and activities so I am so thrilled about today’s post because it is filled with the cutest ideas including Chicka...

Make a hands-on seasons activity for kids using rocks or stones, wooden circles, and some stickers! Children can sort the picture stones onto the appropriate wooden circle depicting either spring, summer, winter or fall. Such a great way to encourage discussion about the differences between the four seasons! Follow our Creative Learning Pinterest board! …

Today, I present my finger puppet glove. I used to have a puppet mitt at my last library and I found I really missed have that resource here. So I made my own! This was easily done with four simple…

As kindergarten teachers, our primary goal is to equip young learners with the ability to read sight words or high-frequency words effectively. This skill

Looking for storytime inspiration? Felt boards (birds and other animals!) galore are right here.

DIY tutorial on creating your own felt story pieces for flannel boards.

I love the first week of library lessons!! While it’s often a blur of activity, it’s always fun to see the kids walking into the library, some for the first time, some for the 100th time, but all of them having that look of excitement. I know just how they feel! ... Read more

We're going on a bear hunt by Michael Rosen is a classic, well#loved children's book. Have fun retelling the story through sensory play!

We are always inspired to do fun crafts and learning activities whenever we read some of our favorite children’s books! Here is a list of activities we’ve come up with inspired by popular children’s books (alphabetized by title). (Book titles are affiliate links.) Be sure to follow our Children’s Book Activities Pinterest board! …

Set includes, 1 bare tree 1 snow patch 6 snowflakes 3 small snow patches 1 light green patch 6 blossom 1 dark green patch 6 summer foliage leaves 1 orange patch 6 fall coloured leaves 1 laminated copy of the Rhyme *The tree can be made with a face or without. Please send a message letting me know if you would like a face on your tree. If you don’t specify, then the tree will be left blank. ✨Felt Board Not included ✨SHIPPING INFORMATION✨ • Packages are sent via Canada Post letter mail standard shipping. • Tracking and insurance are NOT included with standard shipping. • If you require tracking, or a faster shipping time, please select from the available upgrades once the item is in your cart. • Or contact me with a question or request!

Activity for Learning Colors -Little Mouse, Little Mouse is a fun game to play with your child at home or at circle time at a daycare.

Easy Fairy Tale Crafts for Preschoolers and Kids. Fun Fairy Tale activities for kids - make some story telling props and bring them to life!

It's Story Time again, and this month's book is, We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen . *See all Story Time posts here. Crafts We're Going on a Bear Hunt Map & Binoculars from