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Storytimes for everyone! : developing young children's language and literacy / Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting and Pamela Martin-Díaz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association, 2013Description: xv, 276 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0838911692 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780838911693 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Early literacy research -- Early literacy and your storytimes -- English-language learners in storytimes -- Screen time and storytime -- Using informational books with young children -- Preparing for early literacy enhanced storytimes : using components, practices, and asides -- Sample storytimes for infants and toddlers -- Sample storytimes for two- and three-year-olds -- Sample storytimes for preschoolers -- Building your early literacy enhanced storytime -- Storytime extras -- Early literacy asides -- Evaluation and assessment.
Summary: 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.
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 G427 Available 33111007456888
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Recognizing that informed, caring adults are critical to supporting early literacy development, Storytimes for Everyone! builds on the concepts introduced in the second edition of the Every Child Ready to Read® initiative to offer practical suggestions for incorporating early literacy information and strategies into the storytime setting. Early literacy experts Ghoting and Martin-Díaz, coauthors of the best-selling Early Literacy Storytimes @ your library® demonstrate how parents and caregivers, children with their eyes and minds wide open, and the storytime presenter can come together to create a storytime that is informative and, most of all, fun. Presenting a variety of songs, projects, and activities, their book

Explains how young children develop knowledge critical for reading comprehension Discusses five vital storytime practices (singing, talking, reading, writing, and playing), which adults can be taught to use at home Presents dozens of storytimes for babies/toddlers, twos, and preschoolers, that engage adults while keeping their children in focus Addresses how young bilingual children acquire language, the use of science and math in storytimes, and other current research

This book can be used at the library, at home, or anywhere else storytimes take place.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-267) and index.

Early literacy research -- Early literacy and your storytimes -- English-language learners in storytimes -- Screen time and storytime -- Using informational books with young children -- Preparing for early literacy enhanced storytimes : using components, practices, and asides -- Sample storytimes for infants and toddlers -- Sample storytimes for two- and three-year-olds -- Sample storytimes for preschoolers -- Building your early literacy enhanced storytime -- Storytime extras -- Early literacy asides -- Evaluation and assessment.

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.

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