Cooking Up a Storytime: Mix-And-Match Menus for Easy Programming

by Susan Anderson-Newham

Tired of leftovers? Ready to cook up some new storytimes, ones that integrate books and games with math, science, and early literacy activities? These mix-and-match menus featuring kid's favorite topics, like animals, families, farms, and food, will engage young ones while easing their transition to school. Whether you're hungry for a full-course feast or prefer to order a la carte, this flexible resource dishes up Practical, up-to-date early literacy information that help storytime organizers understand how children grow and learn Detailed program menus to enable storytime planners to establish uniformity in content, important for early literacy Original flannelboard activities, poems, games, and fingerplays incorporating science, math, and poetry A varied selection of mix-and-match books to help create appealing, perfectly seasoned menus With the guidance provided by this resource, the storytimes you cook up will be delicious and nutritious!

Genres: Professional Development, Nonfiction, Librarianship, Reference

185 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2014

Reviews

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

This would be great to get for planning a story time at the library. It ha step by step ideas and tons of songs and books to choose. This book is worth investing in.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

Geared towards librarians setting up a storytime, but had great ideas for my prek class too.

[Jenna (Falling Letters) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh, I love a practical book. I will be referencing this one lots over the summer.

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anderson-Newham, an early learning supervising librarian and storyteller, provides menus for library storytime programs with children, with a focus on preschool storytimes. She describes how children grow and learn, storytime planning, storytime ingredients (books, fingerplays, flannelboards, games, math, science, and poetry, with specific suggestions), then presents the menus, which relate to specific themes and include three suggested fiction titles, a suggested informational title, fingerplay or action verses, poems, flannelboards, interactive games, math and science activities, and lists of additional fiction and informational titles and poems. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a delightful storytime resource. I am excited to put some of the ideas into practice. Much of the information was already familiar to me, but it was nice to have a refresher with some new ideas. I also like that there are some updated titles added.

[Natalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is absolutely amazing! I'm only sorry I didn't discover it sooner. Full of great ideas!

[Leah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Focus on participation rather than a passive audience watching you perform.

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent professional resource for preschool program planning.