More Family Storytimes

by Rob Reid

Overview

This title from best-selling author Rob Reid features stories, fingerplays, songs, and movement activities to enhance the time families spend at the library. If you liked Family Storytime, you will love the imaginative and energetic ideas in this book. Brimming with all new material, More Family Storytimes offers practical, creative, and active storytime programs that will captivate audiences of all ages with Program plans at a glance, Engaging activities, Relevant themes. More Family Storytimes highlights books and resources that will not only entertain young children but also keep older children and adults interested and involved. Make storytime easy with Reid's family-tested, library-ready programs!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780838909737
Publisher:	ALA Editions
Publication date:	01/30/2009
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.42(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

A New Hello xiii

The Programs

Second-Generation Favorites 3

Altered Endings and Twisted Tales 11

Barnyard Fun 19

Big and Gray 25

Birdland 31

Black Bears, Brown Bears, Polar, Panda, and Teddy Bears 37

Bubbly Bubble Bathtime 45

Creepy Crawlers 51

Frogs, Snakes, Turtles, 'Gators, and Crocs 58

Jammy Jamboree 64

Meow and Squeak! 70

Mouthsounds 76

The Name Game 83

Outrageous Hats and Sensible Shoes 89

Papas, Granddads, and Uncles 95

Super Moms, Super Grandmas, and Super Aunts 102

The Tricksters 109

Uh-Oh! Accidents! 115

Under the Deep Blue Sea, Sea, Sea 121

What'cha Gonna Wear? 127

What's Cooking? 133

Wild Critters 139

Winter Wonderland 146

Woof and Wag 152

A Final Good-bye Activity 159

Resources 161

Index 165

Editorial Reviews

This companion to Reid's excellent Family Storytime (ALA, 1999) provides an additional 24 full-session activities just right for mixed-age programming. Themes are identical to those from the earlier volume, but almost all books and songs are new. For each session, the author provides descriptions of each activity as well as additional "Mix and Match" suggestions for substitutions or additions. Highly appealing and easy-to-learn songs, poems, and movement activities work well for group participation, both by kids and adults. Many are clever adaptations of traditional rhymes: "The Grand Old Duke of York" becomes "My Grand Old Uncle York" to match a theme, for example, and "Jack and Jill" becomes a sure winner with added motions for each line, repeated three times at increasing speeds. The many Reid originals, such as "Five Little Kiddos" and "Baby Bear Roars," typically feature participation, moving around, and uncomplicated silliness. Book choices have the broad appeal necessary for the widely mixed ages of the intended audience, as do the ideas for poetry, crafts, and riddles. The author's experience with family programming and his sense of playfulness come through in the descriptions, so the book is inspiring as well as instructive. This is a valuable resource for family storytime presenters, whether using the themed structure or creating new sessions from the wealth of creative ideas.-Steven Engelfried, Multnomah County Library, OR

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