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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 22:25:44 -0400 (EDT)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 12:01:21 -0500
From: Laurel Sharp <lsharp@mailbox.lpl.org>
Subject: Re: t-shirts & srp
>Hello all!
>My director would like to give t-shirts as an srp prize next year. He
>suggested that they be given at the mid-point of the program after a
>certain # of minutes or hours are read. I have reservations about this,
>but said I would post this on pubyac to hopefully get some feedback from
>those who have done this. If you've given out t-shirts as a summer
>reading prize, please respond directly to me. I'd like to know how you
>awarded them (requirements), how you projected the # of shirts to be
>ordered, the approximate cost per shirt, the success of this program.
>Tia.
>Kathy
>
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>Kathy Graham 2226 S. 16th Ave.
>Youth Services Broadview, Il 60153
>Broadview Public Library 1-708-345-1325
>grahamka@sls.lib.il.us FAX 1-708-345-0302
Some years ago I had a silk screen made of the SRC logo and had kids come
in, bringing shirts, to make their own. I think I used blue latex paint
and a squeegee. The design was "cured" at home in the oven at a low
temp.
I sent the shirts home uncured, with directions and caveats (parental
involvement necessary!) I think they were dry to the touch fairly quickly.
I can't remember how much it cost to have the silk screen made, but I think
it was less than $40.
Sorry I don't remember more about this! I think I helped kids do 70 shirts
or so. Other people may have done this; any comments?
Laurel Sharp
Liverpool (NY) PL
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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 09:41:18 -0400 (EDT)
From: Susan Barancik <sbaranci@rvcc.raritanval.edu>
Subject: Save these books from going out of print!
I am posting this for Judy Freeman, a school librarian extraordinaire from
Bridgewater, NJ, and the author of several books librarians love. If you
enjoy her books, you'll want to read her message:
Hi Folks--
I was hoping some of you might be able to help me with a sad situation
with my publisher. Last week, after talking with a representative from
Bowker, I was told that both of my books with Bowker--MORE BOOKS KIDS WILL
SIT STILL FOR (1995) and its companion title, BOOKS KIDS WILL SIT STILL
FOR (1990)--both read-aloud guide for librarians and teachers, are out of
stock and that Brodart has no plans to reprint them.
I was distressed by this news as I certainly do not think these books have
outlived their usefulness, but I didn't know what to do about it. Before
I retreat to my corner, I thought I owed it both to the books and the two
years I spent writing each one to see if Bowker might be convinced to
change its mind.
If you have read/used/liked these books, or if you wanted to get copies
and now find them unavailable, I would be most grateful if you would email
me with any advice/feedback/comments which I would then pass on to Megan
Jackson at Bowker, who graciously said yes, she would be interested in
reading what people had to say. She's on vacation for the next several
weeks and so asked me to compile any responses and pass them on to her
instead of emailing her directly. (You can send mail to her directly
starting 9/14/98 if you're so inclined--she's at megan.jackson@bowker.com)
Last week I posted a note similar to this on LM_Librarian's listserv and
received close to 50 responses which was very gratifying. Now I would
love to see if the public children's librarians have any pithy arguments
that might send Bowker back to the printers again. I hope all the letters
will demonstrate to the powers-to-be that my books are more than standard
reference books that sit on the shelves, but instead are books that
librarians keep close at hand and use on a daily basis.
I'll let you know if anything changes. For those of you who have
expressed support for my writing over the years, thank you for taking the
time to let me know. I'm not ready to give up on my books yet.
Judy Freeman, Librarian
Van Holten School
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
my email is BKWSSF@aol.com
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Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 11:30:56 -0500
From: "Ezra W. Libowsky" <libowsky@mail.state.tn.us>
Subject: Arts & Crafts title suggestions
Greetings All,
I am in a library situation with a VERY limited collection of
professional materials. Can anyone send to me a very short list (3-6
titles) of arts and crafts collections suitable for using during short
programs (essentially for the craft-challenged). I have used such titles
in the past in other professional settings but unfortunately do not have
the publication information. I am interested in ordering several of
them, so any information you have in terms of availablity would be
greatly appreciated. You can reply directly to me. Thanks in advance.
Ezra W. Libowsky
Obion County Public Library
Union City, Tennessee
libowsky@mail.state.tn.us
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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 11:27:12 -0500
From: schachtc@lcm.macomb.lib.mi.us
Subject: poetry help!
PU>Greeting from Minnesota! Hope you can help on this one.... a patron =
PU>came in today and wanted to find a children's poem (or poem that would =
PU>enjoyed/understood by children) that had the concept or word, "willow
=
PU>tree" or "willow trees" in it. . Thanks in advance!
Kathleen
Kathleen - our resident Tomten just slipped by on his quiet Tometen feet
softly singing"There's no place I would rather be than underneath a/our
willow tree, with an exciting book to read and something nice to eat; my
dog is fun, and so's my bike, and how I love a nice long hike, but
willow reading is for me my most delightful treat. " I'm not sure, but
I think the tune he used sounded quite a bit like Yankee Doodle...
Chuck Schacht
Romeo District Library
Romeo, MI.
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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 11:14:33 -0500 (CDT)
From: Rich McDonald <rmcdonal@prairienet.org>
Subject: stumper: Sci Fict clone
This patron remembers having to read a science fiction book in elementary
school (1986) for a book report. She was pleasantly surprised by this
book since she did not read or choose to read sci fict.
Here's what she recalls: girl cloned by (witch) powers. The Clone goes to
school while the original girl stays home and eats French eclairs.
Does any SF reader know this book? Thanks
<rmcdonal@prairienet.org> Rich McDonald, Champaign Public Library
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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 20:31:13 PDT
From: "annie leon" <annie_leon@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Bake Off
What is a bake-off? (can you tell I'm a Bronx kid?)Is it a sale or a
"judged" contest? If so you could make sure you have signup forms,
registration, rules, even a "contract" of sorts--this accountability
level should reduce any mishaps. When we do baking for large programs,
staff pitches in with the labor, but we accept donations of packaged
cake mixes, etc. We also did a chili contest for a Wild West
program--but again, mostly members of the staff did the cooking. --One
important extra: we usually have either recipe cards or an ingredients
list--a nice touch for recipe lovers and a courtesy for people with food
sensitivities. I really think if you have some tight registration
procedures, and someone is watching the food tables, you should be OK.
Isn't it a shame we always have to worry about this kind of thing!
______________________________________________________
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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 16:34:36 -0400
From: "Lorie J. O'Donnell" <odonnell@borg.com>
Subject: Re: Bake Off
Karen, Every year we have a Cookie Contest as part of the summer
programming. We have never had a problem (this was our sixth year), and
I print all of the recipes into a cookbook for all of the
particvipants. It is a big hit, and the contest always fills up
quickly. I have put the "rules" at the end of this post. I do have a
few other pointers: Have enough categories so everyone wins something
(also at the bottom) have enough tasters/judges so no one has to eat
too many cookies. I usually have 5 or six satff members, and they
always love to do it.
- ------------------
Ultimate Cookie Contest 1998
Official Ballot
Please assign each cookie to a category, and only one category to each
cookie.
There may be left over categories, and there may be ties. If there is
an appropriate category that is not on the ballot, feel free to create a
category.
_____ Most unusual
_____ Most original
_____ Most traditional
_____ Chewiest
_____ Crunchiest
_____ Crispiest
_____ Nuttiest
_____ Most chocolatey
_____ Prettiest
_____ Most fruity
_____ Best texture
_____ Best tasting
_____ Sweetest
_____ Biggest
_____ Smallest
_____ Most moist
_____ Most colorful
_____ Most tangy
***_____ Over-all best cookie***
- ----------
The Annual
Ultimate Cookie Contest
WHO: Anyone, ages 9 - 15
WHAT: Ultimate Cookie Contest Taste-Off
WHEN: Friday, July 24, at 2:30 pm
WHERE: Jervis Public Library Auditorium
WHY: To Celebrate Summer
HOW: 1. Call 336-4570 or come in to the Children's Room and register
for the contest. Registration is required.
2. Bake ... Bake ... Bake. Make your favorite cookies,
or try a new recipe - be creative, be original.
3. Bring 30 of the cookies you baked to the Jervis
Public Library Children's Room for the taste-off on Friday, July 21, at
2:30 pm.
4. Bring the recipe with your cookies also. Each participant will
receive a copy of a cookbook containing each recipe.
4. Enjoy a variety of cookies baked by other kids your
age.
5. Cookies will be tasted and judged by a panel of
library staff members. There are lots of different categories with
prizes for all.
6. Bring home a plate of assorted cookies to enjoy.
So join us for the taste-off, and GET BAKING!!
- --------
Hope this helps!!
- --
***************
Lorie J. O'Donnell
odonnell@borg.com
"All that is comes from the mind; it is based on the mind,
it is fashioned by the mind. " from The Pali Canon
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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 18:47:02 -0400
From: "Tim and Scot Capehart" <capehart@ziplink.net>
Subject: Emergency Programming Compilation (long) 2nd attempt
(I sent this to the list six days ago and have yet to see it appear in my in
box...I apologize if you all get it twice :) )
Thank you to all of you who answered my request for emergency programming
ideas. We are hard at work coming up with some Plan-B Programming Kits.
Some had asked that I compile the answers I received & forward to the
list...(I apologize for misspelled names...I did not alter the text of the
messages except to edit out sympathetic murmurings of support) There are
quite a few & all are good! Here goes:
Karen Wendt wrote:
There are alot of Readers Theater books with fun and easy skits layed out
with directions and easy to read scripts. You could include a few of those
and ask for volunteers to read the parts. I have almost always had positive
experiences with Readers Theater but there are others who will tell you that
even RT needs to be practiced. One library I visited had the good fortune of
having two librarians working the program and they took turns taking a few
audience members out for a few minutes to organize their scripts and parts
while the other person entertained the remaining audience.
Sussana Holstein wrote:
I have a couple of suggestions. One, develop a program kit for at least one
program that can be pulled out and used when there is no time to prepare.
Out things in the kit like a couple flannelboard stories, a puppet or two,
and a big book or two.
Then flesh this out with some stories learned in advance on the theme of the
kit. If you pick a theme like bears, or favorite fairy tales, your work is
simplified.Use stories you and your audience already know, and you can do
these as participation tales. It gets really funny if you include adults in
a telling of three little pigs, for example (let grownups be the pigs, kids
be the mama pig and the wolf).
If you're brave, or can sing, do some singalongs along with the program. No
one really cares how you sound-it lets them be free to participate too if
you don't sound that great! If your library owns any rhythm instruments,
break them out, and have audience members become an instant rhythm backup to
the songs.
(The size of your group will, of course, impact your selections. For small
groups, the flannelboard stories will work, but might be invisible to a
large crowd. Big books ditto. String stories or string games can work with
smaller groups, but are not effective with crowds who are straining to see
that thin string in your fingers.)
I highly recommend Margaret Read McDonald's books for quick-to-learn
participation tales. One that has become a stock in trade for me is Turtle
of Koka from Storytellers Startup book. The fun of this story is that the
audience actually creates parts of the tale with their ideas on how to kill
the turtle so they can make turtle soup (don't worry, it has a good ending,
and is FUN!). And the story can be stretched out for as long as you need it
to be. Same is true of Gecko, and Teeny tiny Bop, among others, in MRM's
books.
These are just some quick ideas-there are many other things you can do. The
best by far, however, is to develop your own-and your staff's-personal
story-bags so that you can reach into your brain 9or better yet, your
database of stories you know how to tell) and pull out few to fit the
occasion. Talk about a feeling of security-and no one can take your stories
away from you!
Marian Drabkin wrote:
I had a similar experience when a performer was 45 minutes late for a
program. Fortunately, she was a storyteller, so the audience expected
stories, and they got them, plus some other stuff. (I don't know what would
have happened had they expected a clown, or a magic show!) Usually, it's
easier to involve a large group in participation stories, i.e. the audience
has a part to learn and say, or yell, or sing. There are many excellent
(and very quickly learned) stories of this kind in Margaret Read MacDonald's
books. "Twenty Tellable Tales" has some real crowd-pleasers. Kids of
all
ages get very involved in the little rooster's attempt to get his diamond
button away from the Sultan; I have them "flap their wings" and shout,
louder at each repetition, the "Cock-a-doodle-doo, Give Me Back My
Button!"
(They love shouting, needless to say.) There are many participation
stories of this kind, and especially if you sing the recurring refrains of
the ones that include songs, and teach the children to sing along, they are
a good way to cope with a large group.
You might also consider making sets of props for other participation
stories, the kind where kids from the audience are asked to come up and be
characters., If you don't have time to do this, a creative volunteer might
be happy to do something so much more interesting than the usual volunteer
jobs. In Jack Kent's story of "The Fat Cat", for example, you could
have
props like: a crepe-paper skirt and pink parasol for "the lady with the
pink
parasol", funny hats for Skohottentot and Skolinkenlot, a turned-around
collar and a cane for the Parson with the Crooked Staff, etc. Sets of props
kept in boxes are a good kind of worst-case insurance, and you might even
use them occasionally for summer programming. (Don't forget, as I once did,
to include a paperback copy of the book, or a photocopy of the story, in the
box. It's embarrassing to have props for a forgotten story.) Take a look in
Caroline Feller Bauer's books for many, many more ideas.
Tia Jah C. Wynne wrote:
I love using the song "Waddalieatcha" (or however you spell it). I
learned
it at camp oh-so-many-years ago, complete with motions. I think Sharon,
Lois, and Bram might have a version of it on one of their tapes, but I've
never referred to it.
I've used this with groups as small as 5 and as large as 200, from first
grade to middle school. It can take as much or as little time as you (and
your audience) want. Basically, I sing the song through once with motions,
then I teach both song and motions to the group, then we go through it
slowly a couple of times, and then we sing it faster and faster as they get
better and better at grabbing ears and noses. I usually end it by doing it
as fast as I can (which is pretty fast, seeing as how I've had 30 years of
practice). When doing it in classrooms, I encourage the teacher or other
adults to show off their skills (or lack thereof), much to the delight of
the students.
I don't think words can convey the fun of the song and motions, but here
they are. And if you ever get a chance to look me up, I'll gladly teach it
to you (I get as much fun out of watching people try to do the motions as
others get out of learning them-maybe more!).
(words-strong 4/4 beat)
Waddalieatcha, Waddalieatcha,
Doodlie-Do, Doodlie-Do.
Waddalieatcha, Waddalieatcha,
Doodlie-Do, Doodlie-Do.
Simplest thing, there's nothing much to it, All 'ya gotta do is Doodlie-Do
it, I like the rest, but the part I like best Is Doodlie-doodlie-do.
(motions)
Pat lap twice, clap hands twice [first Waddalieatcha] With palms flat pass
one hand over the other twice, switch hands [second Waddalieatcha]
Grab (or touch) nose with right hand and right ear with left hand [first
Doodlie-]
Switch (grab nose with left hand, left ear with right hand [first Do] Grab
(or touch) nose with right hand and right ear with left hand [second
Doodlie-]
Switch (grab nose with left hand, left ear with right hand [second Do]
Pat lap twice, clap hands twice [first Waddalieatcha] With palms flat pass
one hand over the other twice, switch hands [second Waddalieatcha]
Grab (or touch) nose with right hand and right ear with left hand [first
Doodlie-]
Switch (grab nose with left hand, left ear with right hand [first Do] Grab
(or touch) nose with right hand and right ear with left hand [second
Doodlie-]
Switch (grab nose with left hand, left ear with right hand [second Do]
Continue with same motions and rhythm through the rest of the song.
Chuck Schacht wrote:
CBS responds - yet another good reason to have at least one person on hour
staff be comfortable song leading/playing something; once you have a
reasonable repertoire of singalongs for various ages MUCH of the anxiety
goes out of such situations, and unexpected time to fill in front of folks
becomes more an opportunity for fun than a precursor to a major coronary
event. How do you know that your FRIENDS group won't buy you an autoharp if
you don't ask them?
Angelina Benedetti wrote:
That night I took a cue from Rosie O'Donnell and asked if there were any
future comedians in the house. I had the kids come up to the front, tell me
a joke, and if they were too shy, I relayed it to the audience. The best
part were the kids who weren't too shy and hammed it up in the presence of a
mike. That and a story kept the crowd happy while we waited for 45 minutes
for pigs that never came.
If I had to do it all over again, I'd fill a great big box with emergency
back up ideas. You can nevr have enough of them.
Linda Peterson wrote:
Learn a few "Draw and Tell" stories Start out with one that the kids
can see
the end coming and then do one that you have to turn upside down to reveal
the picture to stump the older kids. If you need to lengthen the program
hand out pencils and papers and teach the kids how to tell one of them
themselves. Draw and Tell by Richard Thompson is a great book.
Linda Fowler wrote:
You might try some of the Readers Theater books by Caroline Feller Bauer-I
would suggest you attend one of her workshops if possible. She always has
great ideas. I've also seen a great rendition of "Clementine" with
various
people crying, whistling, tossing feathers, etc. If you are interested, I
can probably find a copy somewhere. Just let me know. In the meantime,
check around your area and see if there are clowns, etc. who would perhaps
be available for programs in an emergency-just to have something a little
special to add to your efforts. Build up a rolodex of community people who
could help.
Then get a budget for programming that would allow you to create a base of
materials that would STAY at the library.
Corey Bennett wrote:
My youth services coordinator once suggested to me that with programs like
outside speakers, it was a good idea to have Program B ready in case of
disaster. One low-maintenance solution I have used in the past is when I
know I'm having a guest come to do a program, I rent a couple of films from
the state library on that same subject. The 16mm films are so quaintly
archaic that the kids find them interesting, and there are still some good
ones out there.
Karen Breen wrote:
I had the kids play charades. We used storybook characters and titles of
popular books. It was madness, maybe two hundred children, but, it worked.
We divided the kids by age and took the younger ones up to the children's
room, leaving the older ones in the auditorium that had a stage. Another
similar time killer is using readers theatre. Choose a story with lots of
characters, like The Great Big Enormous Turnip and have the kids act it out
for the other kids while you read the story.
Then you don't have to have the story memorized. Trivia Olympics is another
one, but, you need to start collecting trivia questions now for the day when
you need them. Just focus on characters and names of books again, but, with
a trivial question attached. Then let teams try to work on the answers
together. I'm no longer in public service, but, I do remember the nightmare
of standing in front of several hundred children and thinking "Now
what?"
Carol Exner wrote:
The first is to go to the Jan Brett home page (www.janbrett.com) and
download her masks for various stories. I believe that she has five or six
of her picture books made into masks for teachers to use in school plays.
Print out in color and mount the masks on black paper. Then mount the whole
on paint stirrers or tongue depressors. All the stories she uses are well
known and should be performable even by one person with several voices ---
though I must admit that I haven't tried it.
The second is to use discards to create story-telling kits for yourself.
You can throw in some songs, a craft, a recommended reading book list and
there you have a pre-made program you can haul out and dust off in an
emergency. Add a video and you could have quite a program for an emergency.
An alternative to usable discards is to get a grant (perhaps from your
Friends group) to create such kits for your library. Both Durham (NC)
County Library and Orange (NC) County Library has these funded by grants.
Durham calls them "Story Telling Kits;" Orange calls them
"Treasure Boxes."
Whatever, they are life savers. In addition, take a look at the story songs
in this PUBYAC by the librarian from the Romeo, MI public library. They are
a good list of songs. And if you or one of your staff can use an autoharp
and sing on key, you have another tool in your story telling arsenal.
I hope that this helps. Yours is the most horrific library story since the
opening of _Ghostbusters_!
Janet Marnatti wrote:
I made a bunch of masks to go with the story Who's in Rabbit's House by
Verna Aardema and have used them successfully which preschoolers through
fifth graders. I got the idea for the masks from a book called _Paper Masks
and Puppets_ by Ron and Marsha Feller. I'm a terrible artist (can't draw a
straight line with a ruler) and found the masks easy, fun, and really nice
looking. They are big also which means you can use them with a big crowd.
I have to admit that I chickened out and changed some of the animals in the
story so I could copy the mask examples that they had in the book, but if
you're adventurous (or have lots of time) there's no reason why you can't go
beyond their instructions.
You can present the story in a couple of ways. I usually act as narrator.
I have one child hold up a piece of orange/brown posterboard on one side of
the stage as the "house". I have another child hold up a piece of blue
posterboard on the other side as the "river". Other children are
selected
to hold up the masks for each animal after they show me that they can laugh
like the frog, roar like the lion, etc. I tell the story, they act out the
parts as we go. There isn't any prep time so part of the fun for the
audience is watching what happens when the kids have to laugh, or roar or
whatever.
You can also do the puppets yourself because there are only really two at a
time required.
Timothy Capehart
Head Children's Services
Leominster Public Library
Leominster, MA
tcapehar@cwmarsmail.cwmars.org
"When I'm reading in bed, I want something that won't break my glasses if
it
falls on my face when I fall asleep!" -elderly patron's main reason for
reading young adult books
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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 20:06:27 -0700
From: Marian & Paul Drabkin <arcanis@sirius.com>
Subject: Re: Bake Off
You might check with a local public health person -- the folks who inspect
the restaurants in your area could probably come up with some good safety
tips for food handling. But most probably, if you have strict guidelines
as to what kinds of foods are permissible, and rule out those most subject
to spoilage or contamination (meats, fish, custard-type desserts, egg and
milk dishes, certain types of starch dishes such as potato and rice
preparations), you should be OK. Stick to cakes, breads, and cookies --
they don't spoil, and providing everyone washes his/her hands first and
doesn't drop the ingredients on the floor before using, it should go just
fine.
Marian Drabkin
Richmond Public Library
Richmond, CA
arcanis@sirius.com
At 9:29 AM -0400 8/31/98, KARENC@pasco.lib.fl.us wrote:
>Our Teen Advisory Board would like to have a Bake Off program. The problem
>is fear some food might be tainted. Has this type of program been offered
>at your library? If so, what was the outcome? Can anyone provide
>suggestions? Is there something else that we may not be considering as
>well?
>
>Thank you in adavance.
>
>Karen Correa
>Hudson Regional Library
>karenc@pasco.lib.fl.us
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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 20:11:59 -0500 (CDT)
From: Ann Minner <minner@gslis.utexas.edu>
Subject: seeing eye dog stumper answer
the overwhelming response is
the Trouble with Tuck by
Theodore Taylor, and it has a sequel: Tuck Triumphant.
Thanks to all who made sense of my ramblings!
ann
********previous******
a patron is looking for a ya book about a blind dog that is trained by a
seeing eye dog. Strong points are motivation and compassion. It was
recommended by a teacher, the patron saw it in a catalog
once and then promptly lost the citation. She couldn't remember if it was
fiction or nonfiction. we looked in a to zoo and searched our system under
seeing eye, training, dogs, etc.
spark any memories?
Ann Minner
Youth Librarian
Austin Public Library
minner@gslis.utexas.edu
http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~minner
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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 17:51:15 -0500
From: The Driscoll Family <thefam2000@sprintmail.com>
Subject: Re: Shoe tieing books?
Betsy Hansen wrote:
>
> Can anyone suggest a book that would be useful in teaching a kindergartener
> how to tie their shoes?
> -Thanks :)
>
> Betsy Hansen, Youth Services Librarian
> Jackson County Public Library
> bhansen@japl.lib.in.us
> voice (812) 522-3412 ext. 231
> fax (812) 522-5456
> http://www.seymour.org/jcpl.htm
> 303 W. Second St.
> Seymour IN 47274-2147
Hi Betsy,
Have you tried making 2 loops and just tieing them into a knot. My
husband who was trained to be a Montessori preschool teacher taught our
3 children this trick when they were first learning. I hope this helps
you.
Nancy
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Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 09:26:22 -0400
From: Soo_Kim@notes.ymp.gov
Subject: Hi/Low Interest Books
Hello.
I am new to the listserve, so please bear with me. I have a request for
catalogs of HI/LO books. Any suggestions are most welcome.
Thanks.
Soo Kim
Librarian
TRW Environmental Safety Systems
From: Soo_Kim@notes.ymp.gov
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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 09:27:40 -0700 (MST)
From: Marijo Kist <mkist@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us>
Subject: egypt readalouds (fwd)
Thanks to all who answered the questions about read alouds set in ancient
Egypt. The most popular answer was Tut, Tut, I am the Mummy Heb-Nefert
second. I am sure the teacher will make excellent choices and you all
helped me look good! Below is the list I got!
Stories From Old Egypt
Alexander, Lloyd Time Cat (first few chapters)
Bradshaw, Gillian Land of Gold
Bradshaw, Gillian Dragon and the Thief
Bunting, Eve I am the Mummy Heb-Nefert
de Paola, Tomi Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile
Dolch Reader Series Ancient Egypt
Elborn, Andrew Temple cat
Osborne, Mary Pope Mummies in the Morning
Rubalcaba, Jill Place in the Sun
Scieszka, Jon Tut Tut
Stolz, Mary Zekmet: the Stone Carver
Turnbull, Ann Queen Cat
Walsh, Jill Pepi and the Secret Names
Marijo Kist mkist@lib.ci.phoenix.az.us
Acacia Branch Library
(602) 262-6224
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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 9:37:02 -0500 (CDT)
From: ANNE@GARY.LIB.IN.US
Subject: Aspiring YA author seeks correspondents
A fellow librarian brought me the name and email address of a patron who is
working on a book. She feels much of recent YA material is depressing and was
looking for alternatives. bebalog@netnitco.net is her "handle". (My Da
is a HAM"TIA, Anne
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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 10:01:31 +0000
From: "marietta cole, children's librarian"
<marietta@millinocket.lib.me.us>
Subject: Shoe Tying Stumper
I lost the e-mail address, so please excuse my posting this directly
to the list.
Book ideas to accompany a shoe tying theme.
Two stories we use for preschoolers (although they don't go through
the motions of tying shoe laces) are 'Benjamin Bigfoot' by: Mary
Serfozo and 'Jonathan and his Mommy' by: Irene Smalls-Hector.
We copy off big shoes on construction paper and punch reinforced
holes to actually thread real laces. This works very effectively. Good luck.
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Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1998 10:11:21 -0400
From: "Jerry Kuntz" <jkuntz@ansernet.rcls.org>
Subject: KidsClick! update
KidsClick!, http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ , a web guide and search
engine for kids developed by librarians, has undergone a huge increase in
its database over the summer. When first announced in late June, 1998, the
database contained records for less than 1700 web sites. Today, the database
stands at over 4700 records, thanks mainly to the efforts of Tim Domick, a
MLS student at Syracuse who interned on the KidsClick! project.
In addition, roughly 25 new subject headings were added.
Based on our experience with Tim (who worked via the web from 250 miles
away), we're pulling together training materials for any librarians anywhere
who are interested in helping to grow and maintain the KidsClick! database.
Please send email below if you are a librarian interested in contributing to
this tool (which has been linked to by hundreds of libraries and schools).
Jerry Kuntz
Ramapo Catskill Library System
jkuntz@rcls.org
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Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 14:59:04 +0000
From: "Kimberly Norris" <Knorris@acpl.lib.in.us>
Subject: poster for beginning readers
Short introduction: I am a long-time (4 years) lurker, beginning as a student
at Indiana University and continuing as a children's professional at the
Georgetown Branch of the exciting Allen County Public Library system
in Indiana.
(You've seen the advertised openings--Give Fort Wayne a try, you
won't be sorry!!!)
I would like to display a poster I remember seeing many times--I
believe the Monroe County Library in Bloomington, IN had it in their
"old/pre-new building" children's department. It suggests a method for
children to determine if a book is too hard for them. They are
instructed to read one page of the book starting with one hand opened
wide. Every time they come to a word they don't know, they turn down
one finger. If they finish the page with a fist, the book is too
hard for them. I would like to know if I can buy this poster (I've
checked DEMCO and other poster suppliers with no luck) and what the
exact wording is on the poster you may have. I will post relevant
answers. TIA
Kimberly Norris, Children's Librarian
Allen County Public Library : Georgetown Branch
Fort Wayne, Indiana
knorris@everest.acpl.lib.in.us
*Opinions Expressed Are Mine &
May Not Reflect Those of ACPL*
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