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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 23:03:19 -0500 (EST)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:36:51 -0600
From: Lisa Payton <ufj000@mail.connect.more.net>
Subject: Re: RE Parents in toddler time
anna,
I am director and program coordiinator of a small library in Southeast
Missouri. This is a fancy way to say I am the only employee of the library
so I run the whole show. I have only been there 15 months as librarian,
but I also participated in story hours with my children since 1991.
Our story hours are planned by the librarian and the mothers, grandmothers,
baby-sitters, and neighbors who bring the children. We have a planning
meeting, no children, the first week of Sept. for the fall, and the first
week of Jan. for the winter/spring sessions.
I bring to the table with many ideas that I have already put together. The
mothers add their ideas, expertise, and connections to people who might
offer special presentations or field-trips.
The parents sit behind the children during story hour, the parents
participate in storytelling, singing, fingerplays, crafts, and treats. I
wouldn't have it any other way. Most of these children are in day care
most of the week, the mothers take this special time to be with their
children and to share the library with them. We have many pre-verbal
children, and many children who start very shy -- but it only takes one or
two story hours before they are very comfortable in the library setting,
and become more independant of their parents.
I don't see the library as a place to separate child from care-giver, but
to bring them together in a mutually beneficial experience. Many
care-givers have said they have benefitted from story hours by learning how
to read to their child through copying how I tell stories and read books.
We are therefore involved in educating the next generation of story-tellers
and readers -- why would we pass up this opportunity by separating them.
This is a -- it works for me -- answer, hope you find what works for you
and your patrons.
Good luck,
Lisa Payton, Director
Puxico Public Library
PO Box 65
Puxico MO 63960
573-222-3855
ufj000@mail.connect.more.net
"and I am unanimous in that"
Mrs. Slocomb
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 9:11:14 -0700
From: TECHSERVCLER@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org
Subject: RE: toddler storytimes
I find it much easier to have the parents included, as a matter of fact I
encourage them to attend with their children, not only do they get
to be involved and be interactive with their child, but it allows the
child to feel more comfortable in the setting if they are not use to
being away from their parent for such a long time. It is very important
that a child not be left a lone, as it is necessary to have a parent around
so if a child get scared they can comfort them, or if they get disrupptive
then the parent can take disiplinary actions they feel is necessary.
I am always affraid that a child will be left alone, it hasen't happened
yet, but who knows.
If you don't feel comfortable doing a presentation around the parents and
children, then you need to work on it. I began to be affraid of the
parents, but if you focus on the children, the parents become part of
the background and they are very easy to tune out.
Best of luck,
Lisa Wilkes
Youth Services Assistant
Great Falls Public Library
(406)453-0349
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 00:29:44 -0600
From: Lisa Payton <ufj000@mail.connect.more.net>
Subject: Re: Cookie decorating
Maya,
I had my first cookie decorating projects last year and am planning to
again this December.
My Mother-in-law and I make extra-large cookies shaped like gingerbread
men, my husband made the cookie cutter out of industrial tin. The cookie
recipe is just like the one on the back of Nestle's chocolate chips, only
we do not add chips. We take this dough and knead in a little extra flour,
enough so the dough can be rolled out. *This dough holds together better
and bakes more evenly than a sugar cookie dough, and I have found that
children do not like the flavor of real gingerbread. *
Then we make up a batch of buttercream icing that the children use as glue
to hold their decorations on. The trick with the icing is that I pipe it
through a decorator's bag into syringes, that is
3 or 5 cc medical syringes without the needles. This is much easier for
the children to handle than a decorator's bag; I just fill about 2 or 3 per
kid and keep them in a cooler till time to use. (At least one syringe per
kid ends up squirted straight into their mouth)
I set out bowls of M&Ms, mini M&Ms, red hots, red licorice whips, gum
drops, Christmas mix nonpareils, gold and silver dragees, and whatever else
I can think up.
Make sure to have extra, more pop into mouths than get on cookies.
It is a messy project, but our mother's all are active participants in
story hours, and I just go around helping wherever I can. The mothers also
donate the candies I ask them to bring.
I have used this with toddlers all the way up to 5th graders in groups of 6
to 15 children. It has always been successful and the kids love it, they
ask when we can do it again. I have recipes printed up for the parents to
take home.
Lisa
"and I am unanimous in that"
Mrs. Slocomb
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 12:27:58 EST
From: Kalirae99@aol.com
Subject: good places to get an MLS
hi everyone
I'm an undergrad children's writing major at Emerson College. I'd like to get
an MLS as my graduate degree. Can anyone recommend some good schools,
preferably in the New England and east coast area, that offer a good MLS
program with opportunities to concentrate in children's services?
Thanks in advance for any ideas you might have!
Kelley Brown
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Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 23:02:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Barb Osborn <bosborn@triton.net>
Subject: Re: book buddies
>We have a similar program that we call Reading Buddies. : )
In Allegan, MI, the program is called "Interact". The teens are
sponsored
by Rotary Club and wear shirts purchased by Rotary that say "Rotary"
on the
front and "INTERACT" on the back. The teens read in the elementary
schools
during the week days and on Saturdays at the public library.
Barbara Osborn, Children's Librarian
Allegan Public Library
331 Hubbard St.
Allegan, MI 49010
Ph: 616-673-4625
E-mail: bosborn@triton.net
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 13:48:24 -0500
From: andria <amarala@ccl.charleston.lib.sc.us>
Subject: Battle of the Bands
(Please excuse the cross-posting)
Hi all,
I've been approached by the coordinator of our local "First Night"
celebration about doing a teen event for this year's program. My Teen
advisory board came up with the idea of a battle of the bands, and I think
it's a great idea -- but I'm a little overwhelmed by the thought of
organizing it. I know other libraries have done Battles of the Bands as YA
programs, and I'm hoping some of you will share your experiences with me.
One question I have is did you audition the bands first? Did you do this
in person, or did they submit tapes?
Any advice or encouragement is greatly appreciated!
TIA!
Andria
Andria L. Amaral
YA Librarian
Charleston County Public Library
68 Calhoun St.
Charleston, SC 29401
amarala@ccpl.org
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 14:06:36 -0500
From: steffens@lcm.macomb.lib.mi.us
Subject: toddler storytimes
Anna,
I do storyhours for all ages. In the 3-5 group, I encourage parents to
enjoy the 1/2 hour of free time. But there are those kids not yet ready
to leave their caregiver, so they stay. I occasionally have moms who
stay just because they enjoy it! I have had to (once) take aside an
adult to let her know that her constant comments during stories were
disruptive. (She was a daycare provider who apparently would heve liked
to do th story hour herself!)
Our library does not have a separate room for storytimes, so that
influences parental attendance, too.
Susan
steffens@lcm.macomb.lib.mi.us
PU>Hey all:
PU>I am a student at Louisianna State University. I am doing a research
PU>project on storytime for 3-5 year olds. The main issues I am interested
are
PU>the pros and cons of allowing parents into the room or not allowing them
in.
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 12:42:16 -0500
From: Loftin <LLOFTIN@mail.mpl.lib.oh.us>
Subject: Re: Summer Reading and Pages
Jennifer -
Two years ago, we switched from the number of books to the amount to time spent
reading, being read to, listening to books on tape, or reading out-loud to
others. On the positive side, it encourages the older children to read books on
their level. On the
negative, young children don't accumulate as many hours. Each child that
completed 15 hours during the 8 week program got a paperback book. 30 hours -
their name on a bookplate put in a new library book. 45 hours - a bookbag. 60
hours - a pewter medallion
(donated by a metalworker in the area). In addition, for each hour read the
child received a ticket to put in our prize drawing at the end of the program.
Prizes there were t-shirts, gift certificates, etc. The children here read a
total of over 20,000 h
ours last summer. Boy did we need a big box for all the tickets!
Lisa Loftin, Union Township Library
West Chester, OH
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 08:53:00 -0800
From: Maya_SPECTOR@CITY.PALO-ALTO.CA.US (Maya SPECTOR)
Subject: Cookie decorating
I got a bunch of responses on my request for experience with cookie
decorating programs. Most people agreed that it's messy but fun. Some
of the ideas I culled: give everyone a ziploc baggie to take the
cookies home; buy (or get donations for) cookies and prepared icing
(which you can color yourself), sprinkles, chocolate chips, etc.; give
each child a separate selection of decorations to work with; cover the
workspace for easy clean-up. The most interesting ideas were: get
syringes (without the needles) to squirt the frosting; heat the
frosting in the microwave so that it's soupy, and use paintbrushes to apply it.
I've already gotten commitments from several supermarkets to donate
cookies and frosting, and I look forward to the program! Thanks for
the advice.
Maya Spector
maya_spector@city.palo-alto.ca.us
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 13:10:49 -0700
From: Cindy Christin <christin@mtlib.org>
Subject: thanks for middle-school ideas
Thanks to Julie Ann Rines and Torrie Hodgson for their ideas concerning
booths set up at a middle-school book fair. Ideas included a voting booth
(thumbs up, thumbs down), food activities, friendship rings, babysitting
kits, caricature, local authors, and more. I will pass these along to our
America Reads volunteer.
One more query: We have so many toddlers and preschoolers who want to
"type" just like the older kids, and I feel badly everytime I tell
them the
computers are only for looking for books. We have two game computers, but
they don't involve any typing. Does anyone have any suggestions for very
easy software programs that would allow these little ones to tap away at a
keyboard?? I thought I remembered someone telling me about a program that
had a screen that changed to lots of wild patterns everytime a child hit a
key. Cool! Thanks for your help!
Cindy Christin
Children's Librarian
Bozeman Public Library
220 E. Lamme
Bozeman, MT 59715
406-582-2400
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 15:36:47 -0500
From: Claudia Livolsi <clivolsi@www.biblio.org>
Subject: Re: children and OPACS
>1. Do any of you have any interesting experiences or observations of
>children using the OPAC that might show what children find most
>frustrating or useful about the OPAC interface?
In general, kids, like adults, have trouble with subject searches insofar
as they have trouble selecting an appropriate subject word. KidsCat is a
CARL product which has many shortcomings but it does have preselected,
heirarchical subjected searches which seem to greatly help kids.
>2. If any of you have worked with children and card catalogs as
>well as OPACs how would you rate the effectiveness of the two catalog
>formats?
NA
>3. Do any of you have OPACs with special kid friendly modifications
>such as a spell checker or browse subject categories option and if so, do
>you find them helpful?
KidsCat has a spellchecker
Claudia Livolsi
Children's Librarian
Monroe Public Library
Monroe, CT
clivolsi@biblio.org
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 20:30:03 -0500
From: Carole Fiore <cfiore@discover.earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: Summer Reading and Pages
Jennifer -- What about counting time rather than number of pages. There is
no perfect solution, but counting time levels the playing field. Reluctant
readers or those who have difficulty with reading receive rewards at the same
rate as those children and young adults who breeze through pages and pages --
when you base the reward system on time spent reading. Or how about
rewarding those children who read on a regular basis -- such as reading at
least 10 minutes a day five times each week. You might want to give small
prizes each week to those who do that, and then allow them to enter a contest
with a random drawing at the end of the summer for something more
substantial. An appropriate reward would be a gift certificate to a local
bookstore. You might want to read about what I say about prizes and
incentives in my book, Summer Library Reading Programs: A How-To-Do-It
Manual.
Happy Summer!
***************************************************
Carole D. Fiore
Library Program Specialist/Youth Services Consultant
State Library of Florida
R. A. Gray Building
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250
and
Independent Consultant
2005 Pepperidge Way
Tallahassee, FL 32308
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 20:41:04 -0500 (EST)
From: Katja Ermann <kermann@rvcc.raritanval.edu>
Subject: Getting teachers involved
My department has decided to have a "teacher's tea" in January, as
part of
our continuing efforts to get the school librarians, teachers, and
principals to help us help them. We are trying to encourage communication
with the schools (especially in the area of warning us about
assignments!). Has anyone done anything like this, and how did it go? Any
warnings or suggestions?
TIA.
Kat
*******************************************
Katja Ermann, Children's Librarian
Somerset County Library, Hillsborough Branch (NJ)
kermann@rvcc.raritanval.edu
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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1998 16:53:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Elaine Morgan <elainem@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us>
Subject: Adopt a Whale
In the past several of you have mentioned that you encouraged the children
in your community to read in the summer by having all their reading time
go toward the adoption of a whale. I tried finding this info in the
archieves with no success. If you have done this program in the past (or
somthing similar), could you please email me at the address listed below.
I am interested in what organizations to contact, how much, and how
sucessful a program this was for you. Over the past few years we have
offered a variety of incentives and we think our kids might really like
this one. TIA! elm
Elaine Lesh Morgan, Youth Librarian Rockwood Branch Library
Multnomah County Library 17917 S.E. Stark St.
(503) 248-5396 fax (503)248-5178 Portland, OR 97233
elainem@nethost.multnomah.or.lib.us
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