Virtual Program: Rawr! Dinosaurs! Storytime

For my next virtual program it was a dinosaur storytime that was a lot of fun to do and with tons of books to choose from that were silly and a dino-delight!

The first book I read was That's What Dinosaurs Do by Jory John. I love his books because they have that perfect element of silly and fun. The repetitiveness of this one is what makes it fun to read.

Once I was done reading Jory John's book, I brought the flannelboard out and we did some dinosaur counting. 

The next book read was Dino by Diego Vaisberg about having a dinosaur as a pet. This book really brings out the imagination.

Our last book was We Love Dinosaurs by Lucy Volpin because we really do LOVE dinosaurs! I wanted to include this book and it was short enough to add it to the storytime. 

For the sample craft to try at home, I found an adorable dinosaur craft using a paper plate, a paper towel/toilet paper roll, and some markers. I'm really trying to keep these crafts simple and with basic supplies so no parent has to make a special trip to get anything during the pandemic. This also shows how crafts and activities can really be done with anything around the house so long as you use your imagination. 

Family Storytime: Alphabet

This week's storytime theme was our concept theme for the session, so we read about the alphabet. Because of it being the last couple of days of spring break, turnout was lull but I was able to focus on helping one of my regulars learn more about his ABC's. 

We participated in the bean bag song together and then we read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. Talk about a classic alphabet book.

Next, it was time to break things up a bit by feeding Alpha-Alligator. There's a nice rhyme that goes along with this where alligator is fed his letter when it's called. These types of imaginary feeding activities is always a hit with the kids because they love to participate and help in storytime.

We read Charles Ghigna's book, The Alphabet Parade. This is a good book that goes over letters and animals.

My little audience was pooped out by this time so we cut storytime short and worked on our D is for Dinosaur craft. There were scissors out for cutting dino scales and crayons to color them in if cutting was too difficult. 


I had a more elaborate storytime planned for a bigger group. Some additional books I was planning on reading were LMNO Pea-quel by Keith Baker, Alligator Alphabet by Stella Blackstone, and ABC I Like Me! by Nancy Carlson.

Some other activity ideas I had was using my A and B puzzle flannels where there are pictures of different things that start with the letters A and B and make the shape of the letter when you put them all together. I also had the idea to sing along to the Bingo song and the alphabet song. Can't go wrong with those classic songs. 

Another craft option was printing out monster coloring pages and using foam letter stickers to put in his belly because he would be the Alphabet Monster of course. 

There are a lot of possibilities for this theme and so, so many books on letters. Each individual letter could have their own storytime with what's all available. 

Time to say our ABC's!