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This manual is a "one-stop shop" on how to present storytimes to suit different audiences including bilingual learners, special needs children, and those in a variety of settings such as Head Start, preschools, and day care situations.
This beginner's guide to storytelling traces the developmental stages of very young children, illustrating how to present storytime for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers as well as in family settings to be most effective. Author Penny Peck will teach you the fundamentals of reading with the intent of capturing children's imaginations, showing you how to incorporate music, play, and hands-on activities into your routine. She offers expert advice on how to choose the best picture books and provides lists of books for addressing particular literacy needs.
A perfect primer for those new to the task, this guide illustrates how to make this activity a favorite of children and provides tips for progressing in the role of storyteller, with ideas for engaging your audience and enhancing enjoyment. Beginning with the basics of performing a library storytime, each subsequent chapter builds on that knowledge, offering ways to infuse technology, special needs adaptations, and music into the story. The revised edition addresses such current topics as iPads, apps usage, online options, and dance programs.
Author Notes
Penny Peck is a part-time instructor at San Jose State University, specializing in classes on youth services and programming. She was a children's librarian for more than 25 years.
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Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
Practical and concise, this well-organized and readable guide is for inexperienced staff members who are not necessarily children's librarians. Peck matches program sessions to the ages of the children (babies, toddlers, preschoolers) and to their educational and social development. The 75 themed storytimes include different types of books and Web sites and sources for songs, musical instruments, fingerplays, games, puppets, and crafts. The author discusses best times and settings for programs; special issues, such as children's and parents' behavior; selection and training of volunteers; the "registration" question, and more. The book is a natural partner to Kendall Haven and MaryGay Ducey's Crash Course in Storytelling (Libraries Unlimited, 2006). Peck's programs place much emphasis on prekindergarten readiness and preliteracy readiness for preschoolers. Carolyn N. Cullum's The Storytime Sourcebook II (2007); Gail Benton and Trisha Waichulaitis's Ready-to-Go Storytimes (2003); Kay Lincycomb's Storytimes.Plus! (2007, all Neal Schuman); and Marie Castellano's Simply Super Storytimes (Upstart, 2003) supply storytime programs too, but Peck gives much more step-by-step guidance.-Judy Sokoll, Florida Storytelling Association, Naples (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Booklist Review
Written to serve as a starting place for novice storytime presenters, this work is a valuable resource for librarians, teachers, or others working with children at preschool age or younger. Separated into 10 chapters, the work begins with an overview and basics of storytime. The next three chapters are devoted to specific age levels: babies, toddlers, and preschool and family. Next addressed are specific storytime elements and activities: music, songs, and finger plays; bilingual storytimes; crafts; and other components, such as puppets and props. Special issues that can arise in storytime are the focus of the next chapter, followed by a chapter on volunteers. The work includes an appendix of themed storytime outlines, a bibliography, and an index. The volume provides numerous resources and ideas to use as a starting point for any storytime program, and it encourages the user to find out more and to branch out through experimentation.--Marcus, Sara Copyright 2010 Booklist
Library Journal Review
The latest edition in Libraries Unlimited's "Crash Course" series delivers on its promise quickly to introduce library staff to the fundamentals of planning and offering successful story time programs. This update to Peck's (youth services, San Jose State Univ.; Crash Course in Children's Services) original 2008 volume covers all the bases, from structuring your program and planning a theme to handling disruptions and managing volunteers, while incorporating crucial updates from the past seven years of discussion within the early literacy community. Peck addresses the buzzy areas of STEM/STEAM programming for preschoolers, yoga story times, and the use of apps and ebooks but also provides crucial overviews of bilingual services, sensory story times, and accessibility for children with disabilities. Also, new lists provide book titles that correspond with the American Library Association's Five Parent Practices, and librarians needing suggestions will get lots of mileage from 100 themed book lists. Verdict Peck's guide will give new story time practitioners the background needed to tackle programs from start to finish, while experienced librarians will appreciate having so much information accessible in one volume.-Abigail Garnett, Brooklyn P.L. © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
