September Story Time Themes

September marks the beginning of Fall, the start of a new school year, and in many places, the last few weeks of nice weather before the winter chill begins to set in. To help inspire you as you plan for next month, here are the story time themes I like to use during September.

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Apples

Suggested Books: 

• Ducking for Apples by Lynne Berry
• The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall
• Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins
• Applesauce Season by Eden Ross Lipson
• Apple Pie ABC by Alison Murray
• Apples by Inez Snyder

Extension Activities: 

• A-P-P-L-E
• Bumpin' Up and Down in My Little Red Wagon
• Five Little Apples
• Here We Go Round the Apple Tree
• Way Up High in the Apple Tree

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Farm

Suggested Books: 

• Animal Sounds by Aurelius Battaglia
• Clare Beaton's Farmyard Rhymes by Clare Beaton
• Stanley the Farmer by William Bee
• Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Jane Cabrera
• Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
• Moo, Moo, Brown Cow! Have You Any Milk? by Phillis Gershator
• My Farm Friends by Wendell Minor

Extension Activities: 

• Barnyard Song
• The Farmer in the Dell
• Going on a Hayride
• Hey Diddle Diddle
• I Went to Visit the Farm One Day
• Over in the Barnyard

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Alphabet

 

Suggested Books:

• LMNO Peas by Keith Baker
• Baby ABC by Deborah Donenfeld
• The Racecar Alphabet by Brian Floca
• Jane Foster's ABC by Jane Foster
• On Market Street by Anita Lobel
• Alligators All Around by Maurice Sendak

Extension Activities: 

• ABCD Medley
• African Alphabet
• Alphabet Soup
• Marching Around the Alphabet

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Buses

Suggested Books: 

• My Bus by Byron Barton
• The Bus for Us by Suzanne Bloom
• The Wheels on the Bus by Jane Cabrera
• Bus Stops by Taro Gomi
• The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort
• The Babies on the Bus by Karen Katz
• The Bus is for Us by Michael Rosen
• Bus Stop by Janet Morgan Stoeke

Extension Activities: 

• One Lonely Bus Driver
• The Seven Snazzy Aunties
• There's a Little Wheel a-Turnin' in my Heart
• The Wheels on the Bus

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Grandparents' Day

(First Sunday after Labor Day)

Suggested Books:

• Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa by Anna Dewdney
• The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
• Hooray Parade by Barbara Joosse
• Grandma Calls Me Gigglepie by J.D. Lester 
• The Grandpa Book by Todd Parr
• The Grandma Book by Todd Parr

Extension Activities: 

• Here are Grandma's Glasses
• Grandpa's Ties and Grandma's Scarves
• Who Is Knocking At My Door?
• Knock, Knock
• The Quilt that Grandma Made
• Down on Grandpa's Farm

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Check back on the first Friday of each month for more monthly story time themes!