Storytime and Beyond

Storytime and Beyond
Author: Kathy Barco
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2018-10-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Join the world of balloons, pancakes, and musical instruments—just a few items to help improve early literacy in the library, the classroom, and at home. Literacy-builders covered range from music and instruments to magnetic letters, alphabet beads, and food. Literacy is a popular topic of discussion among librarians. Especially important is "early literacy," what children know about reading and writing before they can actually read and write. In this book, experienced librarians Kathy Barco and Melanie Borski-Howard share hands-on techniques that they have used to successfully promote early literacy and encourage family involvement. Storytime and Beyond teaches readers how to use "literacy doodads"—inexpensive props that add excitement to storytimes and can be used outside the library or classroom—to enhance the basic components of any early literacy program: talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing. Many of the doodads can be created as family do-it-yourself projects, and some can be adapted to work with non-readers of any age. Instruments can also be a great way to get children's attention and teach literacy skills, whether it's a drum to beat while reading a story or a maraca for children to shake during a song, and lesson plans for musical storytimes address how to use rhythm, singing, and dancing to make early literacy fun.

Something Musical Happened at the Library

Something Musical Happened at the Library
Author: Rob Reid
Publisher: American Library Association
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2007-07-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780838909423

Offers children's librarians practical tips and strategies for integrating music into library storytimes, providing eight ready-to-use lesson plans that utilize different types of music for story hours.

All Is Well

All Is Well
Author: Kevin P. Martin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2023-06-20
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1510777652

A memoir of a parent’s sudden passing from ALS, recalling life lessons learned and regaining faith in the process. Kevin P. Martin, Sr. was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s Disease, better known as ALS, in August 2019. He died only a month later. Over a thousand people would attend the wake and funeral in South Boston—after all, Kevin Sr. was a leader in the Southie community and in the Catholic Church, both as a business owner and family man. But Kevin Jr. struggled with a bottomless grief; neither his father’s example nor his own faith as a permanent deacon in the Archdiocese of Boston fully equipped him to cope with the loss. All Is Well is the story of the good life well-lived and life lessons Kevin Sr. taught his son. It’s a story of how Kevin Jr. moved from darkness to light after his father’s death. It is a memoir that gives a roadmap out of grief, taking a path whose landmarks are the Beatitudes, family, miracles, baseball, rites of passage, bucket lists, and love; it offers insights into leadership, marriage, parenting, resilience, practicality, suffering, giving, forgiveness, joy, and savoring the little things. It paints a portrait of a servant leader, a consummate professional and family man, and sheds light on the up-close realities of ALS. It offers one exceptional father’s example for how we can better live a life without regrets, how we can make the best of the time we have, and how we can do the most good with the journey we’re given. Part Tuesday's With Morrie and part Townie, this memoir offers solace and a path for those who are experiencing or have experienced grief from losing a parent, especially to terminal illness. Those that believe in a higher power (especially but not limited to the Catholic community), those from Boston and elsewhere in New England, and those looking to find lessons in the good life well-lived will readily find themselves in All is Well. 100% of this book’s profits will go to ALS research, care charities, and support organizations.

My Ghost Stories

My Ghost Stories
Author: Richard Pires
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2023-08-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1977270972

Henry Claremont is a typical child of 1986 who receives a head injury while playing with his friends. As a result he develops the ability to communicate with the dead changing his world and life forever. Follow him on his journey from scared child to hero to reality television star to grabbling with lost love. His journey is unlike any other, allowing him the access to forbidden knowledge learning about life through the ghosts he comes into contact with. A story about family, love and loss filled with humor, horror and humility, just like life itself.

Using Poetry Across the Curriculum

Using Poetry Across the Curriculum
Author: Barbara Chatton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2010-01-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0313391270

This comprehensive listing and discussion of poetic works supports the standards of all areas of the curriculum, helping librarians and teachers working with kindergarten through middle school students. This second edition of Using Poetry Across the Curriculum: Learning to Love Language offers a comprehensive list of poetry anthologies, poetic picture books, and poetic prose works in a wide variety of subject areas. While it maintains the original edition's focus on ideas and resource lists for integration of poetry into all areas of the curriculum, it is thoroughly revised to cover current issues in education and the wealth of new poetry books available. The book is organized by subject areas commonly taught in elementary and middle schools, and, within these, by the national standards in each area. Numerous examples of poetry and poetic prose that can be used to help students understand and appreciate aspects of the standard are listed. A sampling of units that arise from groups of works, writing and performance ideas, and links across the curriculum is also included. While many teaching ideas and topics provide references to the standards they meet, this title is unique in starting with those standards and making links across them.

The Stories Behind the Stories

The Stories Behind the Stories
Author: Danielle Blenken
Publisher: BUSHEL PECK
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781638190417

Did you know that J.K. Rowling came up with Harry Potter while waiting for a delayed train? Or that Winnie the Pooh was inspired by a real bear who lived in the London Zoo? Or that Dav Pilkey's teacher once ripped up his drawings as a kid and told him he'd never make a living making silly comics? (Maybe we should introduce her to Captain Underpants.) In The Stories Behind the Stories, you'll hear all these incredible stories about your favorite kid's books and authors and much more! Includes full-color illustrations plus other fascinating facts and tidbits to satisfy even the most curious reader.

Intentional Walk - Part Ii (Conclusion)

Intentional Walk - Part Ii (Conclusion)
Author: Allen Goodrich
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 697
Release: 2014-10-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1491749326

Part 1 ended with many issues unresolved. Will Dixon make it to the big leagues? Will Dixons beaning of Johnny Powers derail his path to the majors! Will Todd recover from his current health issues? What caused him to pass out during Dixons game and what will his prognosis be? How would Dixon react if something bad ever happened to Todd? What does the future hold in store for Dixon and Pattys relationship? What possible devious designs does Ron Spillman have in store for Dixon? Will Sky Allen ever realize that he had been duped and doped by Ron Spillman when he deviously arranged his accidental encounter with Veronica (aka Ronnie) Gacy? What would Skys reaction be if he suddenly discovered that Ronnie wasnt just some girl in the club that night, but was there in her capacity as one of the most elite call-girls in Oakland? Will Ray Gormans Cant Miss Kid moniker end up being prophetic or just a sad commentary on a failed dream? So keep on reading and youll find out the answers to all of those questions, and to a few more too!