Storytimes For Two-Year-Olds » (3RD)

Toddlers-one of the librarian's toughest crowds-can be a wriggling, noisy, and demanding audience. Their fierce loyalty also means they can become the library's biggest champions. More than any other audience, two-year-olds require structures and routines. Storytimes for Two-Year-Olds outlines techniques and programs proven to engage young audiences-ultimately making them lifelong readers. This classic bestseller, first published in 1987 and expanded in 1998, returns in a refreshed third edition.

As they address toddlers' uniquely challenging needs using this updated volume, a new generation of children's and school librarians can give young customers what they want-with 50 vibrant, toddler-friendly, ready-made programs focusing on colors, seasons, animals, and more. You'll learn how to create winning events and keep audiences enthralled with rhymes, songs, fingerplays, and easy-to-do crafts.

Packed with information, ideas, and motivation, the book offers tips for librarians and educators on using materials, along with advice for parents and caregivers. Any library serving young families will win a loyal following using the exciting storytime models in this new edition.

School Library Journal

This new edition is based on recent research involving the developing brains of infants and toddlers indicating that they learn early and need to be given the opportunities to experience language through rhymes, songs, stories, movement, and visual stimulation. The author incorporates the concepts of emergent literacy and the practices of dialogic reading by involving children in the process of literacy development through sharing pictures, answering open-ended questions, predicting outcomes, and retelling the story. Nichols provides information based on her model of storytimes by covering planning considerations that include audience participation, physical location, themes, handouts, record-keeping, materials storage, and tips for troubleshooting. Extensive coverage of 50 programs is provided, including sample books, rhythms, rhymes and finger plays, parents' follow-up ideas, crafts, a sign-language activity, and additional program notes. This offering of a wide selection of ideas is a useful addition for any librarian, educator, or parent who engages in toddler storytimes.-Rebecca Sheridan, Easttown Library & Information Center, Berwyn, PA

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Preface     vii
Acknowledgments     xi
Planning Considerations     1
Program Elements     11
Program Themes     23
Autumn (Halloween)     24
Babies     27
Bath Time     30
Bears     35
Bedtime     38
Birds     42
Birthdays     46
Boats     50
Bugs and Caterpillars     53
Cats     57
Circus     60
Colors     65
Counting     68
Dancing     72
December     76
Dogs     80
Family     84
Farms     88
Feelings     91
Firefighters     94
Friends     98
Frogs and Turtles     102
Gardens     106
Getting Dressed     110
Growing Up Safe     114
Hats     118
Helping     122
Homes     126
Love (Valentine's Day)     130
Mealtimes (Thanksgiving)     133
Monkeys     137
Morning     140
MyBody     144
Parades     147
Peek, Peek...Hide and Seek     151
Picnics     155
Playing     159
Rabbits     162
Rain     165
Read to Me!     168
Sizes and Shapes     173
Sounds     177
Spring (Spring Holidays)     180
Summer     184
Trains and Planes     188
Trucks, Cars, and Buses     192
Walking     196
Wind     200
Winter     203
Zoos     206
Appendixes
Construction of Storytime Materials     211
Clip Art     218
Professional Bibliography     219
Bibliography of Titles Used in the Programs     225
Discography     243
Index     245