Early Literacy Storytimes @ your library®: Partnering with Caregivers for Success
Early Literacy Storytimes @ your library®: Partnering with Caregivers for Success
by Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting and Pamela Martin-Diaz
American Library Association, 2006 Paper: 978-0-8389-0899-0 Library of Congress Classification Z718.3.G56 2006 Dewey Decimal Classification 027.6251
TOC
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Contents
Introduction
I. The Early Literacy Enhanced Storytime--Background
Chapter 1. Early Literacy Research--Explained
Chapter 2. Incorporating Key Early Literacy Concepts Into Storytime
Chapter 3. Dialogic Reading: How We Read With Children Makes a Difference
Chapter 4. Making Early Literacy Storytimes Accessible to ALL Children
Chapter 5. Early Literacy and Speakers of Languages Other Than English
II. Doing It
Chapter 6: Planning Your Literacy Enhanced Storytimes
Chapter 7: Storytimes for Early Talkers (newborns to 24 months)
Chapter 8: Storytimes for Talkers (two- and three-year-olds)
Chapter 9: Storytimes for Pre-readers and early readers (four- and five-year-olds)
Chapter 10: Build Your Own Early Literacy Storytimes
III. Keeping it Going
Chapter 11. Assessing Your Storytime
Chapter 12. Promoting
IV. Appendices
Appendix A. Manual Alphabet
Appendix B. Encouraging early literacy at home
Sample Parent Tip Take-Home Pages
Sample Parent Letters
Appendix C. Storytime Aids
What Can I Say? From Skill to Parent/Caregiver
General Ideas for Each Skill
Sample of Storytime Planning Sheet
Appendix D. Early Literacy Aids
Sample Bookmarks for Dialogic Reading
Sample Skills Poster
Language of Literacy Hand-out
Letter Sounds for Letter-Day Activities
Appendix E. Resources
Appendix F. Books/CDs Used in Cuddle-Up Storytime Samples
