Sunday, October 23, 2011

Resources for Children's Programming


As part of my children's programming and services class, the students had to make a wiki page reviewing 3 resources for children.  Everyone chose one print resource and had to find 2 electronic resources.  The class now has an extensive list to use to help us find books, activities, finger plays, felt board stories, songs and more! This is extremely helpful because our final project is a story box, which is basically a storytime in a box! These boxes are usually based around a theme and contain lists of books, related songs with words and instructions for felt board stories and other activities.  These boxes are handy in case you need someone to do a story hour on the fly because they will have everything they need.  These books and sites are also especially helpful for parents, teachers, new librarians looking for programming ideas and seasoned librarians looking for new programming ideas.  Here are some great resources that our class has found to be helpful:

Print Resources

Resources for Infant and Baby Storytimes

Lapsit Services for the Very Young Child: A How-to-do-it Manual, by Linda Ernst

Mother Goose Time: Library Programs for Babies and Their Caregivers, by Jane Marino and Dorothy Houlihan

Babies in the Library!, by Jane Marino

101 Fingerplays, Stories, and Songs to Use with Finger Puppets, by Diane Briggs

Literate Beginnings: Programs for Babies and Toddlers, by Debby Ann Jeffery

Mother Goose on the loose! by Betsy Diamant-Cohen

Books, Babies, and Libraries: Serving Infants, Toddlers, their Parents and Caregivers, by Ellin Greene

Beginning with Books: Library Programming for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers, by Nancy DeSalvo

Resources for Toddler and Preschool Storytimes

A Storytime Year: A Month-to-Month Kit for Preschool Programming, by Susan Dailey

Toddler Storytime Programs, by Diane Briggs

Storytimes for Two-year-olds, by Judy Nichols

Low-Cost, High-Interest Programming: Seasonal Events for Preschoolers, by Gail Benton and Trisha Waichulaitis

Story hour: 55 Preschool Programs for Public Libraries, by Jeri Kladder

Booksharing: 101 Programs to Use with Preschoolers, by Margaret Read MacDonald

52 Programs For Preschoolers: The Librarian's Year-round Planner, by Diane Briggs

Resources for School-aged Children and Family Storytimes

Cool Story Programs for the School-aged Crowd, by Rob Reid

Premiere Events: Library Programs That Inspire Elementary School Patrons, by Patricia J. Wilson

Connecting Fathers, Children, and Reading: A How-to-do-it Manual, by Steven Herb

Reading Raps: A Book Club Guide for Librarians, Kids and Families, by Rita Soltan

More family storytimes: Twenty-four creative programs for all ages, by Rob Reid

General Programming Resources

A box full of tales: Easy ways to share library resources through story boxes, by Kathy MacMillan

Ready-to-go Storytimes: Fingerplays, Scripts, Patterns, Music, and More, by Gail Benton

Summer Reading Clubs: Complete Plans for 50 Theme-based Library Programs, by Martha Self Simpson

Storytime Action! 2000+ Ideas for Making 500 Picture Books Interactive, by Jennifer Broman

The Storytime Sourcebook: A Compendium of Ideas and Resources for Storytellers, by Carolyn Cullum

Fiore's Summer Library Reading Program Handbook, by Carol Fiore

Early Literacy Storytimes at Your Library: Partnering with Caregivers for Success, by Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting

Storytimes PLUS!, by Kay Lincycomb

Online Resources

Worthington (OH) Public Library's "Programs to Go: Audio and Video"

Brooklyn Public Library First Five Years

Early Literacy Storytime Ideas Exchange

The Best Kids Book Site

HCPL Story Time Database

 Youth Services Organization Program Page

Story Kits

Making Learning Fun

King County Library System Tell Me A Story

StoryPlace: The Children's Digital Library

KCLS Tell Me A Story

Grow_Up_Reading!

Mid-Hudson Library System's "Story Hour Resources"

Bay News Storytime Ideas

Mojo's Song Lyrics

The Activity Place

Storytime Standouts: Raising Children Who Love to Read

SurLaLune Storytime

Storytime Songs

StoryBlocks

Reading Rockets

Silly Librarian Storytime: fun with stories, rhymes and songs

Perry Public Library Storytime Themes

The Idea Box

Step by Step Child Care Online

Legends and Lore: Puppet Resource Center

Kididdles: The Best in Children's Music

Family FUNdamentals

Reading Is Fundamental

Preschool Express

The 2005 Texas Reading Club Manual

Leading to Read

Story Lovers World

Dígame un cuento / Tell me a story: Bilingual library programs for children and families

¡Es divertido hablar dos idiomas! : A place to share books, music, techniques, and all things related to bilingual storytime!

Perry Public Library Storytime

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