Multicultural storytime magic

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Information & Library Science Library

Call Number
Z718.3 .M2525 2012
Status
Available

Summary

Storytime audiences grow ever more diverse, and it's important that the materials used in programs reflect that richness of experience. Multiculturalism need not be an occasional initiative attached to particular holidays. In this book best-selling authors MacMillan and Kirker offer a new paradigm for multicultural programs, one in which diversity is woven into any and every storytime, no matter what the topic. Arranged thematically around dozens of popular storytime themes, the authors

Present original and traditional resources from all over the world that will enrich storytimes for ages 2 through 5 Offer concrete book recommendations, fingerplays, and other activities that can be integrated into existing storytimes Include download links for flannelboard and stick puppet patterns, and illustrations of American Sign Language signs

With numerous activities and programming suggestions, this book will seamlessly integrate and enhance cultural awareness for children all year round.

Contents

ABC time -- Bathtime -- Bedtime -- Big and little -- Birds -- Books and libraries -- Brothers and sisters -- Bugs and insects -- Cats and dogs -- Clothes -- Community helpers -- Counting -- Fairy tales -- Fall -- Family -- Farm fun -- Fast and slow -- Feelings -- Food -- Forest animals -- Friends -- Frogs -- Gardens and growing -- Hair -- Hands -- Hats -- Holidays and celebrations -- Houses and homes -- Jungle animals -- Music and dance -- My body -- My neighborhood -- Nature -- Parents -- Playtime -- School days -- Shoes -- Shopping -- Spring -- Summer -- Transportation -- Under the sea -- Weather -- Winter -- Appendix A. Culture notes and index of entries by culture -- Appendix B. Storytime materials celebrating diversity -- Appendix C. Further resources for storytime planning.

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