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The handbook for storytime programs / Judy Freeman and Caroline Feller Bauer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2015Description: xv, 597 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780838912652
  • 0838912656
Other title:
  • Storytime programs
Subject(s):
Contents:
Pictures and objects in storytelling -- Puppetry -- Creative drama -- Storytime fillers : fingerplays, tongue twisters, riddles, jokes, rhymes, and other nonsense -- Music -- Magic -- Programs for preschool and primary school children, from birth to ages 7 -- Programs for upper elementary and middle school children, ages 8 to 14.
Summary: Along with its companion volume, The Handbook for Storytellers, this book represents an expansion and reworking of Caroline Feller Bauer's Handbook for Storytellers (1977). The two volumes include the best of the stories and ideas from the 1977 handbook, along with new stories, poems, songs, plays, and activities; annotated lists of stories and books; and related websites and technology tie-ins. This volume, The Handbook for Storytime Programs, is divided into two parts. In the first half, each chapter focuses on one element or aspect of story programs, such as pictures, objects, puppets, or songs. The second half ties all of those elements together and gives guidance on how to pull together a cohesive themed curricular unit or story hour.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's Please Ask at Children's Desk 027.6251 F855 Available 33111008382620
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Librarians, teachers, parents, and caregivers can energize storytimes and curricula with this informative and entertaining resource filled with engaging and creative ways to integrate storytelling and story-related materials into programs for children, ages birth-12. Readers will find a treasure trove of tales, books, songs, and poems to share, plus a host of exciting and easily adaptable children's literature-based activities. This handbook provides

Descriptions of a variety of programs for young children, from lap times for babies to programs for toddlers and nursery school age children, on up to grade 2 A "quicklist" of 150 thematic program-starters for children ages 1-7, on popular topics such as animals, the natural world, families, vehicles, and holidays Story jokes, think stories, convoluted logic puzzlers, scary tales, funny stories, and dozens of other thematic program-starters for tweens Methods for telling stories using pictures, objects, crafts, puppetry, songs, creative drama, and magic Materials such as story scripts, songs, wordplay, poems, annotated booklists, and non-narrative sources for storytelling Guidance to help story programmers pull together cohesive themed programs and story hours

No storytelling programmer will want to be without this expansive and instantly useful handbook.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Pictures and objects in storytelling -- Puppetry -- Creative drama -- Storytime fillers : fingerplays, tongue twisters, riddles, jokes, rhymes, and other nonsense -- Music -- Magic -- Programs for preschool and primary school children, from birth to ages 7 -- Programs for upper elementary and middle school children, ages 8 to 14.

Along with its companion volume, The Handbook for Storytellers, this book represents an expansion and reworking of Caroline Feller Bauer's Handbook for Storytellers (1977). The two volumes include the best of the stories and ideas from the 1977 handbook, along with new stories, poems, songs, plays, and activities; annotated lists of stories and books; and related websites and technology tie-ins. This volume, The Handbook for Storytime Programs, is divided into two parts. In the first half, each chapter focuses on one element or aspect of story programs, such as pictures, objects, puppets, or songs. The second half ties all of those elements together and gives guidance on how to pull together a cohesive themed curricular unit or story hour.

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