I haven't posted a storytime lineup in a while, mostly because I am at a new library, which means I've been systematically recycling my old storytimes and programs from my previous library. However, last month I was able to do a pirate-themed storytime during the week of International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
Opening Rhyme: Open them, Shut them
Book: How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
Song: "If You're Happy and You Know It"
Book: The Pirate Princess by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
Song: "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes"
Book: Are You the Pirate Captain? by Gareth P. Jones
My previous storytimes had this pattern: rhyme, book, song, book, rhyme, book, song, book, rhyme, book, rhyme, craft. That's five books total. My current crowd is considerably younger than my previous crowd, and they are used to much shorter storytimes, so I follow the same pattern I have for the pirate storytime above and just switch out the books. We repeat songs because repetition is comforting to kids and easy for me.
For our craft we made paper plate pirates. I supplied the half-circles for the pirates bandana and the black eye patches. The kids colored in the faces and added spots to the bandanas.
Hi Jenni. I'm doing a blog series on Pirate storytimes. Please message me if you'd like to participate (I tried reaching out to you via FB, where we are both members on the Storytime Underground group, but FB didn't recognize our joint membership in that group, so I couldn't send a message that way. Warm wishes, Dawn
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