This is an updated list that began with links to help with storytime planning collected from PUBYAC listserv members five years ago. Thanks to all of you who spend some of your precious time writing and posting about your storytime ideas and plans, to the benefit of the entire library community. You rock.
This list contains storytime blogs, wikis, websites, and related resources, plus preschool planning sites for songs, crafts, and activities. I am working on a large update this summer (2014) and slowly adding new links. Last updated:
September 15, 2014 = 6 new blogs.
August 30, 2014 = 6 new blogs.
[hiatus to frantically adjust to new job]
June 19, 2014 = 5 new blogs.
June 13, 2014 = 7 new blogs.
If your own blog is not here, or you have a favorite that’s not on this list, please let me know! Conversely, if I added you and you do not wish to be on this list and/or in the custom search, let me know so I can remove you immediately.
Searching the Resources
This search box is a Custom Google Search. I have set it to search through all the sites listed in the Blogs, Wikis, and Sites categories below. The few sites in those categories that are not included for logistical reasons are noted with an asterisk. If you notice your site is not being included properly in the search results, please let me know and I’ll look for a fix.
Tips for using the search: this is the free version, so there will be ad sites listed first in your results. We have noted a fair amount of duplication in the results. Anne at So Tomorrow suggests that you include “storytime” in your search (eg, “pigs and storytime”), to weed out posts with book reviews. If you have any feedback or other search suggestions, please leave me a comment somewhere!
STORYTIME, FLANNEL FRIDAY, AND YOUTH SERVICES BLOGS
CarolSimonLevin–Program Palooza
Cockburn Libraries: YPS Amazing Shares
Jbrary: Tune In for Storytime Success
Loons and Quines @ Librarytime
Marsha’s Writing and Crafts Cubbyhole
Melvil Dewey’s Giant Mustache
Miss Alison is Blogging!
Mother Reader (a set of ABC storytime plans)*
Narrating Tales of Preschool Storytime
Storytime with Miss Tara and Friends
Story Time with Songs and Rhymes
Storytime with The Library Lady
You Can Do This at Your Library!
YS Princess’s Ideas, Resources, and Reviews
STORYTIME WIKIS
Kids Count in Public Libraries
Miss Katie’s Story Time Wiki
STORYTIME SITES
Harris County Public Library Storytime
King County Library System Books to Grow On*
Mid-Hudson Library System Story Hour Resources*
Perry Public Library Storytime Themes
DATABASE
ELSIE: Early Literacy Storytime Ideas Exchange
SONGS
SONG & RHYME VIDEOS
Jbrary: Tune In for Storytime Success
FLANNELBOARD RESOURCES
South Central Flannelboard Factory
PRESCHOOL PLANNING
First School Preschool Themes and Lesson Plans
Hummingbird Educational Resources
THREE FIVE MOST EXCELLENT PRESCHOOL LEARNING BLOGS
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