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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Melissa, thank you for the excellent resources. I am just starting out and I love sharing and giving ideas to other librarians and storytellers.
What a great collection of resources! I’m honored to be a small part of it – you know, I’m just winging it here, but if there is not already a conference where all us storytime people can get together and have fun, exchange ideas and meet irl, there needs to be one. Can you imagine?? The power in a conference like that would be almost enough to cure the energy crisis!
Thanks, Amy! And I think a national storytime conference would ROCK.
Thank you for this compilation of exceptional resources. This will beneficial for both parents and teachers. Storytelling, crafts and art projects are fun and enjoyable activities the kids will surely love. A national story time conference is a great idea where all people who love storytelling can gather, exchange brilliant ideas and most of all, to have fun.
Mel, thanks for this awesome resource. I follow many blogs, but don’t have one of my own. Using Google Reader to keep track of my blogs is a great tool. I am participating in a Blog breakout session for the Michigan Library Association Spring Institute next month, along with the creators of: 100 Scope Notes and So Tomorrow. This will be a great list to share.
Holy Cow! This is an amazing list! Thank you so much for all you do. I have taught preschool for 20 years and this has been so much fun. Thanks for all the hard work. This is such an invalubable resource!
This is great! Thanks for all the additional inspiration and ideas!
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Thanks!! I feel like I just came back from the best Storytime Workshop ever! It is so nice to have new ideas to add to my standbys!!
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Thanks for including my blog. I also find Storytimes Online useful with lots of different themes. It’s at http://youthliterature.com/index.html
Keep up the great work and thanks for starting Flannel Friday–it’s been so helpful and inspiring.
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What a wonderful tool for children’s librarians. I look forward to exploring. Thank you.
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