Cooking up a storytime : mix-and-match menus for easy programming

Tired of leftovers? Ready to cook up some new storytimes, ones that integrate books and games with math, science, and early literacy activities? These mix-and-match menus featuring kids' favorite topics, like animals, families, farms, and food, will engage young ones while easing their transition to school. Whether you're hungry for a full-course feast or prefer to order à la carte, this flexible resource dishes up

Practical, up-to-date early literacy information that helps storytime organizers understand how children grow and learn Detailed program menus to enable storytime planners to establish uniformity in content, important for early literacy Original flannelboard activities, poems, games, and fingerplays incorporating science, math, and poetry A varied selection of mix-and-match books to help create appealing, perfectly seasoned menus

With the guidance provided by this resource, the storytimes you cook up will be delicious and nutritious!

• Preface p. ix
• Acknowledgments p. xi
• Part 1 Cooking Lessons
• 1 Understanding How Children Grow and Learn p. 3
• 2 Building Nutritional Programs p. 11
• Part 2 Stocking the Pantry
• 3 Books p. 19
• 4 Language Play p. 39
• 5 Flannelboards p. 67
• 6 Games p. 83
• Part 3 Adding the Seasonings
• 7 Math p. 93
• 8 Science p. 103
• 9 Poetry p. 111
• Part 4 Planning the Dinner Party
• 10 Menus p. 117
• Selected References p. 169
• Index p. 171