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Publisher
Neal-Schuman, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Shows you how to use children's books to engage preschool-age children through movement. Your next storytime will have children standing up tall, balancing as they pretend to walk across a bridge, and flying around the room like an airplane.
Author
Publisher
Huron Street Press
Pub. Date
2012
Description
"This authoritative guide--with a core focus on reading readiness and helping position children to succeed in school--offers more than 300 age-appropriate and subject-specific book selections from librarians for reading time with children. From board and picture books to hot new books, these recommendations reflect family, community, play, and the environment. Mirroring a child's world as they grow and mature, chapters include segments on reading...
Author
Publisher
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
There are challenges to creating programs for mixed-age groups over a wide range of developmental stages, while keeping these programs "age appropriate" and engaging the children. This book offers the background knowledge and framework to use as a springboard for understanding the complexity of interactions with children, and for increasing your own creativity as you plan and present storytimes.
Author
Publisher
ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association
Pub. Date
2013.
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Description
Sharing language through books, songs, fingerplays, puppets and other materials can help children develop a strong foundation for later reading success. The authors show storytime presenters how to bring all the elements together to create a storytime that is information and fun.
Author
Publisher
American Library Association
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Libraries have an incredible role in helping children develop a lifelong enjoyment of learning. This guide shows how Carroll County (Maryland) Public Library developed a program to train adults in promoting school readiness, with age-appropriate books, play materials, and learning opportunities.
Author
Publisher
Gryphon House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Did you know play supports children's skill building, from language and literacy to memory and math? Through play, children can experiment with words and concepts, express emotions and ideas, and make connections. Playful Activities for Reading Readiness offers purposeful, play-based activities to develop the foundational literacy and language skills young children need to succeed in school. Learn research-led tips to guide children to play their...
Author
Publisher
ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"An underutilized source for storytime programs, quality nonfiction books can help bridge the reading gap between preschool boys and girls; boys enjoy facts and "true stuff," and including these books in storytime helps boys see that reading can be fun. Here, Dietzel-Glair spotlights a multitude of nonfiction titles published since 2005 that will engage young children's curiosity while activating learning through movement-based activities. A huge...
Author
Publisher
ALA Editions
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"From its earliest days, the American experience has encompassed immigrants. But in our current atmosphere of political polarization, is it any wonder that many immigrant children feel excluded and isolated? In fact, research shows first- and second- generation immigrant children and teens can be at risk of experiencing identity crisis, self-depreciation, and low self-esteem due to intergenerational and intercultural conflicts. These young readers...
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
"This innovative study offers age-appropriate book suggestions with related questions and activities tailored to a variety of thinking skills, including verbal/linguistic thinking, divergent/creative thinking, analytical/mathematical thinking, visual/spatial thinking, and many others. Ideal for children's librarians, school librarians, teachers of early childhood gifted programs, parents, and homeschoolers"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Early Childhood Resource Center
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Introduces the concept of cause and effect where young children learn that they can make things happen by interacting with objects and people. Recommended for ages 2 and up. Kit includes: book titled Beep! Beep! Peekaboo! by Dawn Sirett ; book titled Touch and feel playtime by DK Publishing ; 1 Melissa & Doug pounding bench with 1 wooden hammer ; 1 plastic camera ; 1 activity guide packaged in a clear backpack with a contents list.
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