Ideas from Story Time Titles!
I was looking back over my notes I used to put together the Basic Skills, Library Services to Children and Youth class and noticed, again, how many books of story time ideas we have in our collection. I ended up using one example out of
Storytimes for Children edited by Stephanie G. Bauman (2011).
I pulled a few other titles off the shelf to look over again and share with you:
Storytimes for Two-Year Olds by Judy Nichols (2007)
Baby Rhyming Time by Linda L. Ernst (2008)
52 Programs for Preschoolers: The Librarian’s Year-Round Planner by Diane Briggs (1997)
They are all full of great ideas, activities, and information.
My favorite (so far) is:
Early Literacy Storytimes @ your library by Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting (who gave two excellent workshops in Nebraska last spring on “Every Child Ready to Read”) and Pamela Martin-Díaz (2006). It has good information on the development of the brain in young children, and plenty of ideas. I can barely wait until their newest book,
Storytimes for Everyone!, is released on Oct. 31. We will be purchasing a copy for the Library Commission collection so mark your calendar to request it from us in November.
I recently finished
Plunked by Michael Northrup and it made my head ache, just for a minute. Jack (6th grade) is hoping to get the starting position in left field with his Little League team, he has a chance. But after getting clobbered in the head by a wild pitch, he’s not sure he can stand at the plate, especially during an inside pitch. If he can’t find a way to overcome his hesitation, he may have to give up the game he loves. Jack tries hard to stand steady at the plate and I admired his determination, even while in the back of his mind he thinks about how giving up the game would spare him this anxiety. An excellent choice for upper elementary and early middle school readers.
(The Nebraska Library Commission receives free copies of children’s and young adult books for review from a number of publishers. After review, the books are distributed free, via the Regional Library Systems, to Nebraska school and public libraries.)
