Librarians, teachers, and others who work with toddlers will find a treasure trove of useful material in Toddler Storytime Programs. Part I of the book contains twenty-five theme programs which feature book suggestions, fingerplays, puppetry ideas, games, activities, songs, and crafts. Among the program themes offered are: Gone Fishing, Teddy Bear's Picnic, Jungle Safari, Yummy!, Daddy and Me, Toddler Snow Party, and Spring Fling. Part II features a collection of flannel board stories, poems, and songs with full-size reproducible patterns. Each selection coordinates with a program theme in Part I and has simple directions for successful storytelling. A literature index, an index to fingerplays, and a music appendix with guitar chords are also included.

Storytellers_librarians, teachers, parents_seeking a unique variation to traditional storytelling will welcome this collection of chalk talk stories. Of special interest, among the twelve stories, are tales for birthdays, Easter, Christmas, Halloween, and rainy days. Pre-school through grade 3.

This creative guide to over 500 alphabet books also includes activities, games, and projects that can be used with ABC books. The main emphasis of the book is the annotated guide to over 500 alphabet books in ten areas. Each section includes a description of the subject area, an annotated bibliography of related books, and extension activities suitable for various age levels and subjects. All of the activities are easy to implement and use materials that are readily available. Reproducible activity pages are also included in each section. Librarians, teachers, and others who work with children will find ABC Cooks and Activities a valuable resource.

Whether you are a teacher, librarian, childcare provider or parent, you will find in this wonderfully presented handbook a wellspring of ideas and information on the art of storytelling to and with pre-school and school-age children.Provides ideas and materials for: infants, toddlers (ages 2-3), pre-schoolers (ages 3-5), primary level (ages 6-8), and family programs. For each group, information is provided about age-appropriate books and other printed resources, along with a wide variety of materials for other storytime activities. Included are finger plays, activities using puppets complete with instructions for making them, and materials suitable for creative dramatics with suggestions on how to involve the children. Also included are outlines for sample story programs that provide ideas for combining materials and activities to create age-appropriate themed programs. Story Programs will be the source of endless hours of enjoyment and enrichment, both for the children and the adults who use the materials it introduces.

All children can benefit from building new friendships and repairing old ones. For the librarian, teacher, or parent who wishes to foster compassionate multicultural relationships between and among children, this manual offers help. It includes an annotated bibliography of children's books that contain characters of different cultural heritages who display friendship with others. For each book listed, Roberts highlights the heritage of the book's main character(s), the age levels for which it is intended, and includes detailed plans, materials to use, objectives, activities, and discussion questions. The stories and accompanying activities will help children build associations with others, understand the value of support groups, and recognize the value of friendships. Sample lessons from selected books show educators and parents how such literature can be used to help children develop friendship skills.Children's books are categorized by family friendships, neighborhood and community friendships, and world friendships. Contains a broad sampling of quality picture books for children ages 5-8, as well as books without pictures for children ages 9-14.

When she first became interested in using puppets in library programs, Jean Pollock discovered there were few interesting scripts suitable for amateur puppeteers that were appropriate for performance in library and school settings. She decided to write plays taking into account the puppet collection available, the time available for rehearsal and performance, and limited puppeteering skills. The plays acknowledge that children know what is funny and what is not, appreciate and use witticisms, and have the sophistication to follow a plot and participate in the joy of creating an illusion. Playful and fast-paced, the scripts are simple enough to be suitable for young audiences, while the humor and interaction between puppets and the audience will extend the appeal to older children as well.Each play is supported with useful production notes, program building notes to adapt the plays for classroom and library use, and a bibliography listing books and media that can be used to develop a study unit or program around the play.

Includes over 50 original fingerplay activities that will immediately capture a child's attention, arranged alphabetically by topic beginning with "A" for Alligator and ending with "W" for worms. Topics include animals, insects, foods, transportation, occupations, nature, and everyday objects such as eyeglasses, pockets, crayons, and shoes. Each fingerplay/action rhyme contains stories perfect for young children that utilize a wide assortment of everyday objects. Also included are hands-on craft activities that simultaneously entertain children and allow them to personally discover information about the topics, and suggestions for informative activities that get children involved in expressing the information they have learned for themselves. The activities include creative movement, bulletin board and room decorating ideas, games, puppetry, flannelboard suggestions, and musical activities.The book also contains an author and title index for the children's books suggestions that accompany each topic. Once Upon a Childhood is the perfect resource for the childcare provider looking for stimulating activities to begin a child on a lifelong track of learning and creative self-expression.

Creating colorful, inexpensive, theme-related bulletin boards will be a snap with Bulletin Bored? or Bulletin Boards! Designed with the non-artist in mind, each bulletin board idea features easily reproducible black and white designs with detailed descriptions of materials, slogans, colors, and curriculum use.The book is organized chronologically to follow the school year. Bulletin board themes revolve around holidays, seasons, social issues, sports, the environment, reading, and more. Pages of patterns, helpful hints, and additional ideas will make implementing and personalizing catchy displays simple.From back to school to graduation, teachers and librarians will find a wealth of ideas to revitalize their bulletin boards. Includes a selected bibliography.

This resource provides teachers, librarians, parents, and others who work with children with an annotated bibliography of children's books that contain characters who display positive values as they relate to others. These stories will help children build associations related to their family values, help them understand the importance of the way values support a family, and recognize how values help overcome certain obstacles.A feature of this volume is the inclusion of sample activities and lessons related to the books in the bibliography. Educators and parents can use the activities as Dr. Roberts presents them, or they can use them as starting points for their own activities and lessons. The activities extend the literature by providing thought-provoking exercises and topics for discussion. They reinforce the sometimes subtle presentation of moral qualities by focussing the student's attention on the decision and actions that express them. Parents and educators, including home schooling parents and instructors in religious settings, will benefit from this helpful resource.

Storytellers_librarians, teachers, parents_seeking a unique variation to traditional storytelling will welcome this collection of chalk talk stories. Of special interest, among the twelve stories, are tales for birthdays, Easter, Christmas, Halloween, and rainy days. Pre-school through grade 3.

Librarians, teachers, and others who work with toddlers will find a treasure trove of useful material in Toddler Storytime Programs. Part I of the book contains twenty-five theme programs which feature book suggestions, fingerplays, puppetry ideas, games, activities, songs, and crafts. Among the program themes offered are: Gone Fishing, Teddy Bear's Picnic, Jungle Safari, Yummy!, Daddy and Me, Toddler Snow Party, and Spring Fling. Part II features a collection of flannel board stories, poems, and songs with full-size reproducible patterns. Each selection coordinates with a program theme in Part I and has simple directions for successful storytelling. A literature index, an index to fingerplays, and a music appendix with guitar chords are also included.

Storytellers_librarians, teachers, parents_seeking a unique variation to traditional storytelling will welcome this collection of chalk talk stories. Of special interest, among the twelve stories, are tales for birthdays, Easter, Christmas, Halloween, and rainy days. Pre-school through grade 3.

This creative guide to over 500 alphabet books also includes activities, games, and projects that can be used with ABC books. The main emphasis of the book is the annotated guide to over 500 alphabet books in ten areas. Each section includes a description of the subject area, an annotated bibliography of related books, and extension activities suitable for various age levels and subjects. All of the activities are easy to implement and use materials that are readily available. Reproducible activity pages are also included in each section. Librarians, teachers, and others who work with children will find ABC Cooks and Activities a valuable resource.

Whether you are a teacher, librarian, childcare provider or parent, you will find in this wonderfully presented handbook a wellspring of ideas and information on the art of storytelling to and with pre-school and school-age children.Provides ideas and materials for: infants, toddlers (ages 2-3), pre-schoolers (ages 3-5), primary level (ages 6-8), and family programs. For each group, information is provided about age-appropriate books and other printed resources, along with a wide variety of materials for other storytime activities. Included are finger plays, activities using puppets complete with instructions for making them, and materials suitable for creative dramatics with suggestions on how to involve the children. Also included are outlines for sample story programs that provide ideas for combining materials and activities to create age-appropriate themed programs. Story Programs will be the source of endless hours of enjoyment and enrichment, both for the children and the adults who use the materials it introduces.

All children can benefit from building new friendships and repairing old ones. For the librarian, teacher, or parent who wishes to foster compassionate multicultural relationships between and among children, this manual offers help. It includes an annotated bibliography of children's books that contain characters of different cultural heritages who display friendship with others. For each book listed, Roberts highlights the heritage of the book's main character(s), the age levels for which it is intended, and includes detailed plans, materials to use, objectives, activities, and discussion questions. The stories and accompanying activities will help children build associations with others, understand the value of support groups, and recognize the value of friendships. Sample lessons from selected books show educators and parents how such literature can be used to help children develop friendship skills.Children's books are categorized by family friendships, neighborhood and community friendships, and world friendships. Contains a broad sampling of quality picture books for children ages 5-8, as well as books without pictures for children ages 9-14.

When she first became interested in using puppets in library programs, Jean Pollock discovered there were few interesting scripts suitable for amateur puppeteers that were appropriate for performance in library and school settings. She decided to write plays taking into account the puppet collection available, the time available for rehearsal and performance, and limited puppeteering skills. The plays acknowledge that children know what is funny and what is not, appreciate and use witticisms, and have the sophistication to follow a plot and participate in the joy of creating an illusion. Playful and fast-paced, the scripts are simple enough to be suitable for young audiences, while the humor and interaction between puppets and the audience will extend the appeal to older children as well.Each play is supported with useful production notes, program building notes to adapt the plays for classroom and library use, and a bibliography listing books and media that can be used to develop a study unit or program around the play.

Includes over 50 original fingerplay activities that will immediately capture a child's attention, arranged alphabetically by topic beginning with "A" for Alligator and ending with "W" for worms. Topics include animals, insects, foods, transportation, occupations, nature, and everyday objects such as eyeglasses, pockets, crayons, and shoes. Each fingerplay/action rhyme contains stories perfect for young children that utilize a wide assortment of everyday objects. Also included are hands-on craft activities that simultaneously entertain children and allow them to personally discover information about the topics, and suggestions for informative activities that get children involved in expressing the information they have learned for themselves. The activities include creative movement, bulletin board and room decorating ideas, games, puppetry, flannelboard suggestions, and musical activities.The book also contains an author and title index for the children's books suggestions that accompany each topic. Once Upon a Childhood is the perfect resource for the childcare provider looking for stimulating activities to begin a child on a lifelong track of learning and creative self-expression.

Creating colorful, inexpensive, theme-related bulletin boards will be a snap with Bulletin Bored? or Bulletin Boards! Designed with the non-artist in mind, each bulletin board idea features easily reproducible black and white designs with detailed descriptions of materials, slogans, colors, and curriculum use.The book is organized chronologically to follow the school year. Bulletin board themes revolve around holidays, seasons, social issues, sports, the environment, reading, and more. Pages of patterns, helpful hints, and additional ideas will make implementing and personalizing catchy displays simple.From back to school to graduation, teachers and librarians will find a wealth of ideas to revitalize their bulletin boards. Includes a selected bibliography.

This resource provides teachers, librarians, parents, and others who work with children with an annotated bibliography of children's books that contain characters who display positive values as they relate to others. These stories will help children build associations related to their family values, help them understand the importance of the way values support a family, and recognize how values help overcome certain obstacles.A feature of this volume is the inclusion of sample activities and lessons related to the books in the bibliography. Educators and parents can use the activities as Dr. Roberts presents them, or they can use them as starting points for their own activities and lessons. The activities extend the literature by providing thought-provoking exercises and topics for discussion. They reinforce the sometimes subtle presentation of moral qualities by focussing the student's attention on the decision and actions that express them. Parents and educators, including home schooling parents and instructors in religious settings, will benefit from this helpful resource.

Storytellers_librarians, teachers, parents_seeking a unique variation to traditional storytelling will welcome this collection of chalk talk stories. Of special interest, among the twelve stories, are tales for birthdays, Easter, Christmas, Halloween, and rainy days. Pre-school through grade 3.