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89A Basic Story Time Lesson Outline
Here is the basic formula I use for our library's story hour. It's the bones of my story hour program. I use books, music, movement, and transitions in some predictable ways that create the sense of routine that young children crave. This story hour format also helps create a structure for selecting appropriate books and building a theme. Feel free to use it as a place to start and then adapt it to the needs of your story time crowd!
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83How to Start a Highly Effective Children's Story Hour at Your Library
This topic describes the basics of setting up a children's story hour in your community. I will share tips on how to organize your program and build successful relationships with your library, church, or...
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82Using Music and Motion to Enhance Storytime Lessons
. You don't have to be Mozart, John Cougar Mellencamp, or Barney the Dinosaur to use music effectively in your preschool story hour presentations. All you really need is a good portable music player, and a...
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60Children's Picture Books for August
August is a back-to-school month for many places in the world. And with the momentous first day of school are a few teary-eyed parents and knee-clutching toddlers. Many preschool and kindergarten teachers are looking for books to help them through first day jitters and the dog days of summer. These theme ideas or book recommendations can help you with your story hour or school class.
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62Excuse Me! By Lisa Kopelke Children's Book Review
Lisa Kopelke takes an unusual approach to encouraging manners in Excuse Me! (ISBN-10: 0689851111). The central character in this children's picture book, Frog has a unique gift...for burping. This book is laugh-out-loud funny in the manner of Walter the Farting Dog. Read my review here.
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82No David! by David Shannon Children's Book Review With Sample Lesson
No David! ISBN 0590930028 is the first in a series of children's picture books starring the author's alter ego, a sharp-toothed little child who is delightfully naughty. This vividly-illustrated children's picture book by award-winning author David Shannon will delight even young toddlers. Included with the view is a sample preschool lesson for an informal preschool or library story hour.
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74Goldilocks Goes for a Walk: An Original Music and Movement Story for Preschoolers
Making sound effects during a story hour presentation having children join in to make these sound effects is a wonderful way to get children participating. Here is a sample participatory story you can tell that explains why Goldilocks entered the three bears' cottage.
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79The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philemon Sturges Children's Book Review
The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza (ISBN-10: 0142301892) children's picture book by Philemon Sturges and Amy Walrod is a modernized retelling of the classic Little Red Hen folktale. In the classic story,...
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56How to Keep Story Time Interesting with your Children
When he was younger, my son wanted to me to read him a book every night. This is was a great time for me to lay down in the bed and help his imagination run wild. I have learned over the years that children...
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