STEP into storytime : using StoryTime Effective Practice to strengthen the development of newborns to five-year-olds / Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting and Kathy Fling Klatt.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2014Description: xii, 356 pages : illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0838912222
- 9780838912225
- Story Time Effective Practice
- StoryTime Effective Practice
- Using StoryTime Effective Practice to strengthen the development of newborns to five-year-olds
- Children's libraries -- Activity programs -- United States
- Early childhood education -- Activity programs -- United States
- Libraries and caregivers -- United States
- Libraries and preschool children -- United States
- Preschool children -- Books and reading -- United States
- Storytelling -- United States
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
StoryTime Effective Practice (STEP), developed by the authors, is an approach that articulates the link between child development theory and storytimes. This important resource shows how presenters can use STEP to craft a storytime that is effective for mixed-age groups and adheres to best practices for emotional, social, physical, and cognitive support. In this book, Ghoting and Klatt, both early literacy experts,
Offer more than 30 complete ready-to-use storytimes appropriate for newborns to children age 5, along with extension activities Show how STEP relates to emotional, social, cognitive, and physical development Explain how storytime materials and activities directly connect to language and literacy development Include preparation, planning, and performance tips, plus guidance for interacting with parents and caregivers Provide lists of recommended additional resources, including organizations, websites, and sources for storytime time activity ideasThis book is a must-have guide for storytime presenters, preschool teachers, child care providers, and parents of young children.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Storytime effective practice (STEP) -- STEP and developmentally appropriate practice -- STEP and intentionality -- STEP and scaffolding -- Emotional and social development -- Cognitive development -- Physical development -- Language and literacy development -- Spanning the ages : mixed-age storytimes -- Traditional mixed-age storytimes -- Sequential mixed-age storytimes.
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.