I find it helpful to look up quirky dates to get program ideas and I came across Make a Hat Day on September 15, so I thought this would be a cute and unique storytime.
Believe it or not, there's a lot of good books for this theme. I decided for my first book, to read Do You Have a Hat? by Eileen Spinelli. Of course I like this book because it rhymes beautifully, but also because it talks about different people throughout history and their individual hats.
We are trying to keep our storytimes a little shorter virtually to see how that goes so I only read two stories for this one despite all these great hat books. The other story I chose was Hooray for Hat! by Brian Won. It seems to be every animal is having a grumpy day until hats are shared. What a fun hat story that promotes sharing, friendship, and emotions. This is also perfect to read out loud.
For our craft, we made our own hats! I included a supply bag that had a cardboard cutout hat from Oriental Trading and all sorts of supplies they could use to decorate their own ideal hat. I put pom poms, tissue paper, googly eyes, feathers, and stickers in their bags to decorate and have fun with.
Grab your favorite hat and read a story!
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