In short, I am busy: Back to school storytime

Flannelboards and manipulatives

Rhymes, songs, and movement

• ABC Stop song
• Loud and Quiet

Vocabulary and Concepts

• Basics of storytime behavior
• Social-emotional elements (transitions, self-regulation)

Toddler listeners (*Nonfiction)

• Time for school little blue truck by Alice Schertle
• What does little crocodile say by Montanari
• Play day school day by Toni Yuly

Preschool listeners (*Nonfiction)

• Choo-choo school by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
• It's your first day of school busy bus by Jody Jensen Shaffer
• Lena's shoes are nervous by Keith Calabrese
• Color monster goes to school by Anna Llenas

School age stories (*Nonfiction)

• We don't eat our classmates by Higgins
• My crocodile does not bite by Joe Kulka
• Pterodactyl show and tell by Thad Krasnesky
• Argus by Michelle Knudsen
• Picture day perfection by Deborah Diesen