Early Literacy Storytimes @ your library®: Partnering with Caregivers for Success / Edition 1

by Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting, Pamela Martin-Diaz

Overview

Research confirms that reading success starts with young children enjoying library storytimes! Preschoolers' earliest experiences with books and reading are important; parent/caregiver knowledge can build on those experiences, according to research from the National Institute of Child Health & Development, conducted with PLA and ALSC, the co-initiators of the Every Child Ready to Read@your library® program.

Author experts Ghoting and Martin-Diaz combine this cutting-edge early literacy research, which is the heart of the Every Child Ready to Read program, with practical implementation tips for busy children's librarians. Scripts and plans help librarians explain what adults can do to enhance children's print motivation, phonological awareness, vocabulary, narrative skills, print awareness, and letter knowledge. Proven, step-by-step methods address planning, promoting, and assessing this richly informative new kind of storytime. Children's librarians and early childhood experts can:

• Integrate early literacy research and parental how-to into storytimes
• Help parents develop self-sufficiency in nurturing their children's early literacy skills
• Address the developmental needs of early talkers (newborn–2), talkers (age 2–3), and pre-readers (age 4–5)
• Use the tips, tools, promotional samples, and assessments to build on current programs

Storytime is the perfect time to offer guidance to parents so they can better prepare their children to be successful readers. Here's a proven way for adults to enhance children's reading readiness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780838908990
Publisher:	American Library Association
Publication date:	09/05/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	266
Product dimensions:	6.98(w) x 9.92(h) x 0.55(d)

Editorial Reviews

This guide helps library staff to take part in the American Library Association initiative to create infant, toddler, and preschool storytimes that build on the latest in brain research and help to foster pre-literacy skills. Research has shown that librarians' weekly contacts have only a minor impact on children's pre-literacy skills. They can, however, have a major effect on how the adults who make the biggest difference-the parents and caregivers-understand how to help children enjoy books, songs, and poetry. By presenting storytimes designed for both children and adults, librarians model how to choose books, share them, and encourage the skills that children need when they start school. With lots of sample themes, ideas, "Take-Home" tips, and activities included, this volume is an essential purchase for youth-services professional collections.-Walter Minkel, New York Public Library Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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