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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 15:28:21 -0500 (EST)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #496
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 21:49:19 -0500 (EST)
From: sandy smith <smithsa@oplin.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Re: Cookie decorating
Maya,
I just did cookie decorating two weeks ago for our theme "Pizza and
Pumpkins". I used refrigerated cookie dough and spread it on a pizza pan
and baked it in the oven just like regular cookies. I divided up
chocolate morsels, peanut butter morsels, raisins, sprinkles, and candy
corn between the children. After I put canned icing on the big pizza, the
children got to sprinkle on the toppings. It was sweet but yummy. I have
about 15 children in my preschool storytime, and they loved it. Enjoy!
Sandy Smith
Asst. Children's Librarian
Muskingum County Library System
Zanesville, Ohio 43701
smithsa@oplin.lib.oh.us
On Tue, 3 Nov 1998, Maya SPECTOR wrote:
> Hi, all -
>
> Has anyone done cookie decorating as part of a program? If you have
> any advice, recommendations, recipes,etc. I'd love to hear from you,
> and I'd be happy to summarize for the group.
>
> Maya Spector
> Palo Alto Children's Library
> maya_spector@city.palo-alto.ca.us
>
>
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 18:02:08 -0500
From: Christine Hill <chill@willingboro.org>
Subject: Re: Clifford program
Is Scholastic supplying you with giveaways? (They are very good about
this.) If so, you can decorate goody bags. We did this at our Clifford
25th birthday party last year. Using the photocopier, make many sets of
Clifford's eyes. (They are very distictive.) Then make many sets of
Clifford ears out of red construction paper. Have the kids glue them on
plain brown paper bags. They can use magic marker to draw his nose and
mouth. Have a large sample picture ready.
Have fun. We did.
Christine M. Hill
Willingboro Public Library
One Salem Road
Willingboro, NJ 08046
chill@willingboro.org
author of Langston Hughes: Poet of the Harlem Renaissance, Enslow, 1997
CV Childrens wrote:
>
> We are planning a Clifford (the big red dog) program/visit for next week,
> and have been working on what activities to include. We have some ideas,
> but your vast wisdom and creativity would be greatly appreciated. Any
> activity ideas? (We expect a large crowd, so we'll be doing the program
> twice on the same night.)
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Marsha Rakestraw, YA Specialist
> Washington-Centerville Public Library
> 111 W. Spring Valley Road
> Centerville, OH 45458
> cvjuve@oplin.lib.oh.us
> or
> rakestma@oplin.lib.oh.us
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 19:47:29 -0500 (EST)
From: Vicki M Partridge <vmp@acsu.buffalo.edu>
Subject: Cat activity
Hi
Sorry it took me so long to thank everyone who gave suggestions for cat
activities. I have been so busy creating my center.
Here are some of the great ideas that I got:
1)Take a cheap cat calander and cut it apart. have kids vote for the
cutest cat.
2)Create cat masks and act out the 3 little kittens
3)Read Have you seen my cat, give each child a picture of a cat and have
them try to find it somewhere in the library, by asking everyone, Have you
seen my cat?
4)Make Oragmi Cats
5)Paint cat faces on the children
6)Make cat ear head pieces
Thanx again for all the advice. My interest center is coming along
nicely:-)
Vicki M. Partridge
School of Information and Library Studies
University of Buffalo
"Don't Dream It, Be It.
vmp@acsu.buffalo.edu
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 21:49:48 EST
From: MGallo1369@aol.com
Subject: Re: Library Pages
Hi,
I'm a young adult librarian. I supervise 9 pages. I do the firing, hiring,
and
training. I don't have trouble with the dress code. They are not allowed to
answer reference questions. They can answer directional questions.
Mina Gallo
Beachwood/CCPL
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 07:18:20 PST
From: "Karen Breen" <karenbreen@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Textbook for children's lit class
Puhleeze, somebody read the reviews of the Shulman book in the
professional literature. In an attempt to squeeze everything into its
pages, it has bastardized the great picture books of all time. It has
removed the connection between the text and the turn of the page as well
as lumping texts together with pictures that were not originally put
with those particular words. I don't think this serves students of
children's literature at all. I have already sent my suggestion to the
original requester, the all-time classic Children and Books, but, I felt
I had to respond to this suggestion for the whole list. KB
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 08:13:58 -0600
From: Sally Goodroe <sgoodroe@stic.lib.tx.us>
Subject: RE Parents in toddler time
Dear Anna,
I feel very strongly that one of the library's most important jobs is to
educate parents about sharing literature with kids, not to mention just
how to play with them. When I did my toddler time, I always included
parents and made sure they stayed with their child (not at the back,
talking with the other parents; although that sort of sharing is
important too, it can happen after the program). We did a lot of
jiggling of kids on knees, and hugging (teddy bear, teddy bear, I love
you), and parent/child interaction. And the parents see how you read a
book with a child - not straight through, reading every word as though
it's a race to the end - but rather interactively, looking at the
pictures, asking for responses, talking about the book. With the new
brain research on the importance of "conversation" between parent and
child, all this interaction, talking, and sharing becomes even more
important. Finally, I think it is crucial to include the parents
because then they can follow up at home. They can sing the songs,
repeat the rhymes, take home copies of the books you read and read them
over and over. The repetition is so important, plus it validates the
entire storytime experience for the child. I can't tell you how many
times parents said to me, "Lucy is so quiet in toddler time, but then in
the car on the way home she sings all the songs over and over." Or,
"Marcy came home and pretended to do a story time for all her stuffed
animals." Little sponges - and the parents need to know what they're
spouting!
My many cents...
- --Sally
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Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 19:31:49 -0500
From: aparadise@juno.com (Andrew Paradise)
Subject: Re: toddler storytimes
We are in an urban environment and find the vast majority of parents work
outside the home, so we work primarily with day cares. I have always
found the teachers helpful in maintaining decorum and feel that their
knowledge of what was done in the program will help them to build on the
experience for the children.
Anne
"Librarian (like Stewardess, Certified Public Accountant, Used Car
Salesman) is
one of those occupations that people assume attract a certain deformed
personality."
Elizabeth McCracken *The
Giant's House*
Anne and Andy Paradise, Librarians-- andrew or anne@gary.lib.in.us
aparadise@juno.com
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 11:18:43 -0600
From: DLHIETT <dlh@greennet.net>
Subject: RE: toddler storytimes
Dear Anna,
The library that I currently work in does not allow the parents of =
children in the room for 3-5 YO storyhour programs due to room capacity =
regulations, but I do make an exception for the child who is new to the =
storyhour and needs the comfort of having mom or dad close by. I find =
that the child can let go of mom or dad after 2-3 storyhour visits. I =
have had the experience of conducting storyhour programs where parents =
were in attendance at all storyhours and found that they could be very =
disruptive. (some of the parents used this time to chat amongst =
themselves and could get a bit loud ) Hope this helps.=20
deb
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 11:24:11 -0600 (CST)
From: Bromann <bromannj@sls.lib.il.us>
Subject: Summer Reading and Pages
I know it is early, but we have to order prizes for next year already. I
may switch from books to pages and was wondering, for those of you who
count pages, how many do you require and how do you reward prizes?
Jennifer Bromann
Prairie Trails Public Library
Burbank, IL
bromannj@sls.lib.il.us
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:15:35 -0500
From: "James E. Cook" <ya_james@DAYTON.LIB.OH.US>
Subject: Kinship
This is being cross-posted to Yalsa-bk and to Pubyac.
A profession of children's literature at a local university is getting a
lot of negative feedback from her education students about the book
KINSHIP by Trudy Krisher. The students basically feel that it cannot be
used in the classroom setting. We would like to hear from any teachers
who have used the book in a classroom and how the book was received.
You can reply to me directly at: ya_james@dayton.lib.oh.us
James.
James E. Cook, Young Adult Specialist
Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library (Dayton, Ohio)
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 09:27:23 -0800
From: Eastside Branch <sbeast@rain.org>
Subject: Clifford program ideas
When Spot the dog visited our library we gave out autographs which was a
paw print on a piece of paper. These were easy to duplicate and worked
well with our large crowd -each child went away with something. Also our
staff also made a giant library card with our library's name on it and his
"signature" was a paw print. They used the library card in the skit
when
they talked about reading & libraries.
Marge Fauver, Librarian/Supervisor
Eastside Branch
Santa Barbara Public Library System
1102 E. Montecito Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
805-963-3727
email: mfauver@ci.santa-barbara.ca.us
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 20:52:46 -0500
From: "Robin Benoit" <rbenoit@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us>
Subject: RE: Request for help
I just started ding baby storytimes here at Fairport Public Library and I
love it! I have two groups - walkers and pre-walkers and it is entirely up
to the parent which group they want their child to attend. There are 10
children with caregivers in each group (So far I've had moms, grandmas,
aunts, and dads bring children.)
We do LOTS of rhymes - mostly interactive. We do at least one board book at
each session, and I read one very simple picture book. Then I also do quick
book talks for the parents, and we leave time to "play" because the
babies
are so interested in each other.
My goals for the program are to model reading to the parents, rage them to
bring even their very youngest children to the library, and to provide a
social outlet for the parents.
If you would like more information, feel free to email me at
rbenoit@mcls.rochester.lib.ny.us
Robin Benoit
Fairport Public Library
1 Village Landing
Fairport, New York 14450
716-223-3112
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