Storytimes for Two Year Olds

Outlines storytelling programs for young library audiences, explaining general planning considerations and providing fifty ready-made programs on such themes as holidays, gardens, animals, play, and seasons.

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A to Zoo Subject Access to Children s Picture Books 10th Edition

Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. • Offers easy subject access to children's picture books • Features a user-friendly organization • Provides in-depth indexing and full bibliographic detail

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Carousel Curriculum Farm Animals and Farm Crops

Definition- carousel: a merry-go-round, a conveyer on which items are placed for later retrieval. (Education should be fun, and we learn by retrieving old information and building on it.) My curriculum is a collection of literature-based thematic units for early learners. The units are developmentally appropriate for all early learners. They are standards based and Creative Curriculum friendly. Carousel Curriculum has been used successfully with young learners including English language learners, children with special needs and diverse learning styles as well as homeschoolers. I am a teacher with 35 years of teaching experience in the areas of early childhood education and early childhood special education. Principals and co-workers always expressed an interest in my thematic units. This planted the bug for me to write down and market what I have used successfully for so many years. The curriculum was created through years of education, experience, trial and error, revisions, and updating. Each unit covers a span of 4-6 weeks. Each unit includes an introduction, weekly outlines, daily plans, poems and songs, a book list, additional activities listed by domain, and related ideas for centers. Each unit can be used independently or be used as part of the collection of units to create an interwoven curriculum: Animals And Their Environments. The total collection includes: Farm Animals, Forest Animals in Winter, Polar Animals, Jungle Animals, Pond Animals, and Ocean Animals. Additional units available are Farm Crops, A Safari, The Zoo, and The Circus. I hope the units will be a great resource for you and your class. Enjoy!!!

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The Storytime Handbook

Fresh, fun ideas for children's storytime fill this book. The author is a long-time storytime facilitator and has put together 52 weekly themes plus additional holidays, all with detailed instructions for talking about the theme and choosing the books, crafts, songs, poems, games and snacks. Each storytime idea is illustrated with photographs of the craft and snack for easy reference. Libraries, bookstores, preschools and parents alike can use this book to offer themed storytimes that include discussion, literature, art, music, movement and food. Options are provided for each storytime, so the ideas can be used year after year.

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Good Morning Maisy

Children should love piecing together farmer Maisy's morning as she goes about her tasks in this jigsaw puzzle book. She feeds the animals, milks the cows and has some breakfast herself.

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Out and about with Maisy

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A to Zoo

Presents a guide to nearly 27,000 children's picture book titles grouped in over 1,200 subjects and indexed by author, title, and illustrator.

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More Simply Super Storytimes

Storytime stories and activities about medieval times, the Old West, oceans and ocean life, beaches, crops, cattle, farmers, farm animals, tractors, circus, rain forests, jungle plants and animals, sports, the Olympics, shopping, travel, multicultural festivals, pets, body awareness, the five senses, opposites, humorous stories, imagination, astronomy, stars, planets, space travel, astronauts, family life, kitchens, bath time, bedtime, outdoor life, camping, fishing, canoeing, hiking, wildlife.

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Young Maisy

Maisy is a village girl in an ordinary dukedom. One day a fight with other girls drives her into the nearby woods. While sorting out her actions, Maisy encounters a talking stag, a member of the Fairy Folk in disguise. This begins Maisy’s life as a Witch attempting to reclaim her birthright. She learns that she’s not a common girl, but a daughter of royalty hidden away for her safety. She must use magic and her wits to figure out how to reclaim her title and someday become THE WITCH QUEEN.

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Popular Series Fiction for K 6 Readers

Presents librarians and teachers with information on more than 1,200 fiction series for children in kindergarten through sixth grade, providing annotations, a listing of titles, important characters, genre, author biography, grade level, and major themes.

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School Library Journal

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What Do Children and Young Adults Read Next

Lists books by subject and title and recommends what book children and young adults should read next based on their previous likes and dislikes.

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Oppenheim Toy Portfolio 2002

As featured on the TODAY SHOW! Parents turn to the experts at the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, the nationally recognized independent consumer organization, for reviews of the best (and worse) products in children's media. The Oppenheims help guide parents to find the best designed and most educational toys, books, recordings, videos and software for kids from infancy to age 10. More than 1,000 products reviewed as well as chapter for kids with special needs. Oppenheims are contributors to NBC's TODAY Show.

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The Horn Book Guide to Children s and Young Adult Books

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Book Review Index

'Book Review Index' provides quick access to reviews of books, periodicals, books on tape and electronic media representing a wide range of popular, academic and professional interests. More than 600 publications are indexed, including journals and national general interest publications and newspapers. 'Book Review Index' is available in a three-issue subscription covering the current year or as an annual cumulation covering the past year.

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The Creating Brain

Discusses the difference between creativity and creative breakthroughs produced by the brain.

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Best Books for Children

The latest addition to the Best Books family, this all-new guide updates the popular and critically acclaimed Best Books for Children, Seventh Edition. This thematic work is a state-of-the-art reading guide and selection tool for children's literature, enabling you to thoroughly evaluate your children's literature collection and create theme-based and genre-oriented reading lists for curriculum-related and recreational reading. The entries cover more than 6,000 titles published from 2001 to 2003, most of which have been recommended in at least two sources, and provide annotations with succinct plot summaries as well as ISBNs, book length, price, reading level, and review citations. Award-winning and series titles are noted as well. This guide is an invaluable resource for anyone working with children or children's literature.

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Books in Print Supplement

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Christmas at Rachel s Pudding Pantry Pudding Pantry Book 2

*Doors open at Rachel’s Pudding Pantry again for Christmas!* Cosy up with the new novel in the Pudding Pantry series, full of love, laughter, kisses under the mistletoe, and plenty of delicious pudding!

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Excel VCE Mastering the VCE Maximising Your Enter

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