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Family Book Adventures

 

 

Family Book Adventures LogoFamily Book Adventures are designed to provide all the support needed for libraries to host a one-to two-hour interactive family night. The activities in the guides are outlined for three different age groups of children: three activity stations to support preschool/kindergarten literacy skill building, an exploration table especially for toddlers, and extension activities that offer primary grade children the chance to take a deeper dive into the subject.

The purpose of these family night activities is to educate families about the importance of early literacy. The activities included in each resource guide will focus on the five research-based practices emphasized by the Every Child Ready to Read @ your library® 2nd Edition initiative: Singing, Talking, Reading, Writing, and Playing. This event has the potential to provide the perfect opportunity for partnership between early childhood programs and local libraries.

DOWNLOAD the first Family Book Adventure Guide centered around the book, Fabulous Fishes, by Susan Stockdale.

DOWNLOAD the latest Family Book Adventure Guide centered around the book, Up, Down and Around by Katherine Ayres.

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If you have any questions regarding the content on this site, here are steering committee members to contact for assistance.

 

Elaine Czarnecki

Laura Arnhold  

Paula Bannon  

Kim King

Betty Lawson  

Mary Beth Parks  

Becky Pollino-Martinazzi  

Lisa Schmittle  

Susan Slater  

Heather Smith  

Mary Ann Yonki  

 

 

                                                               

 

 

 

Children with Special Needs - Sensory Storytimes

Pennsylvania's Public Libraries are striving to include Sensory Storytimes as part of their programming for children with special needs. The following resources provide background information and resources on sensory storytimes to help with planning and delivery.  Unknown
• Peruse this article from American Libraries magazine, titled Storytime for the Spectrum: Libraries add services for children with autism by Megan Cottrell, for the "how and why" of including this type of storytime for your community. Megan even includes a list of tips for getting started!
• This blog post from ALSC has more tips for getting started with sensory storytimes in the form of a "How-to Guide."
• Select books for your Special Needs Storytimes with the help of guidelines from this ALSC blog. For actual lists of books to choose from, see this post from ALSC. 
• ALSC also has a series of five articles on Programming for Children with Special Needs that together or separately provide a wealth of information from an expert in sensory programming, Tricia Bohanon Twarogowski. Watch Tricia's 2018 video to see a sensory storytime in action!

 

 

For additional resources, check out this Pinterest board dedicated to the topic of Sensory Storytime. This board is curated by members of the ALSC membership. 

 

 

 

 

Music & Movement

Music and movement activities are vital to early learning! Check out a recent Blog post on ALSC that cites reseach support for music and movement programs at the library and gives a detailed program overview.MusicMovementBlurred-300x199.jpg

Take a look at this article in Public Libraries Online that gives a wealth of suggestions for incorporating music and movement into your read-alouds during storytime!

Art

 
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Art programming for young children today can be more than the traditional craft project that typically follows a storytime. This slideshow from Amy Koester, the acclaimed Show Me librarian, explains how to focus on the process as opposed to the product when including art as part of a STEAM program for preschool children.
The Pennsylvania One Book: Every Young Child program provides many resources for incorporating process focused art activities in the Activity Guide featured as a downloadable file under the Resources tab on their website.
Be sure to visit their website for a wide variety of resources related to this year's selection, My Cousin Momo by Zachariah OHora.logo
You can also access past selections and related activities from the site, making it a treasure trove of art ideas for programming.

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