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Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 13:22:22 -0500 (EST)
To: pubyac-digest@nysernet.org
Subject: pubyac V1 #576
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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 16:42:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Walter Minkel <walterm@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us>
Subject: Re: newbery awards
Folks-- Don't forget! I'll be up all night on Sunday the 31st to code
the 1999 winners & honors for the ALA/ALSC/SRRT Newbery, Caldecott, &
Coretta Scott King Award Web sites. (I plan to be asleep during the press
conference, as I was last year.) 8-{)> The sites with winners, honors, &
scanned covers should be available to your browsers about 10 AM EST, Mon.,
1 Feb, right after the press conference at which they'll be announced.
http://www.ala.org/alsc/newbery.html
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html
http://www.ala.org/srrt/csking/
(Plus they'll all be linked to one another.)
While I'm on the topic, I'm looking for a librarian or library school
student who'd be interested in writing short bios of the 1998 & 1999
winners for the Newbery & Caldecott sites. If you're interested, plus want
to do something that looks really good on your resume, let me know. 10-Q.
- --W
Walter Minkel, School Corps Technology Trainer
Multnomah County Library, 205 NE Russell St., Portland, OR 97212
Voice (503)736-6002; fax (503)248-5441; walterm@nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us
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MCL KidsPage: http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/kids/
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 05:25:59 -0500
From: "kscalley" <kscalley@capecod.net>
Subject: Re: Compiled List of prop Stories/Stories To Act Out(long)
Here is a compiled list of prop stories &
stories to act out with preschoolers.
Please excuse the cut and paste job. Thank
you to everyone who sent me their
great ideas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just did Follow Me by Mordecai Gerstein
with two groups of preschoolers
(ages 3-5). We had figures cut out of felt as
you would for a flannel
story. I selected kids from the audience to
paste the figure on their
tummy and "act out" the story as I
prompted. There's enough repetition
that they very quickly figure out what's
expected of them. We had so much
fun! My theme was Follow The Leader and
some stories were simple follow
the leader type and some were mimicking.
We came away with thinking
before blindly following as an unspoken
message.
One of my favorites to act out is "The Cow
That Went
Oink" by Bernard Most because I had a great
cow puppet that
I used.
I have a giant mitten made out of 2 sheets
that I use for "The Mitten" by
Brett and all the kids climb in it. I also have
made a long green snake
that I use with "Crictor" the boa constrictor.
After the story we "jump
rope" with him ( with the preschool bunch it
is more like we just jump over
him). He is about 8 ft long so all the kids can
hold part of him during the
story.
I love acting out stories with preschoolers
either with, or without
props. I have used masks made out of paper
plates for such stories as
Chicken Little, Goldilocks and the Three
Bears, and Three Billy Goats
Gruff. There's a story called the Cat and the
Parrot, about a cat that
eats everything in sight. This works well with
a cat mask and a large
sheet. One child wears the mask and is
draped in the sheet. As the cat
in the story eats up things, various children
go under the sheet until
at the end, everyone is there. (This works
well.)
The Great Big Enourmous Turnip works
well as a dramatic activity if you
just have children play the characters and
pull on each other, you don't
even need to have a turnip.
Don't forget stone soup. A pot, a rock and
plastic vegetables make this
one a lot of fun too.
There are a few good resource books for
this. Some of the titles are:
Willson, Robina Beckles "Creative Drama
and Musical Activities for
Children", Brown, Jerome C. "Folk Tale
Papercrafts" and Fablkes and
Tales Papercrafts" (good for patterns),
Champlin, Connie "Puppetry and
Creative Dramatics in Storytelling". There
are others, but these books
would lead you in the right direction.
Have you got a copy of B. Carlson's _Listen
and Help Tell the Story_?
I use the story about a space man landing in
a space ship that looks "like
rock, a rock from the garden or maybe a
rock from the mountains on the
moon."
Some of my favorites are "The Bremen
Town Musicians"; I have masks for each
animal in the story and choose a child to play
each animal as the story is told. The
remaining children can still join in by
slapping their thighs as we say "up and down
and up and down and up and down until...".
Another story is "Stone Soup"; make the
vegetables out of paper or whatever, even
plastic vegetables would be cool and tell the
story while the kids add the veggies to a big
pot. I've seen "The Enormous Turnip" told
with a child acting as each person or animal
in the story. As the story is told, the next
character comes forward and grabs onto the
character in front as they all pull and pull to
get the turnip out of the ground. Of course
you can always tell "We're Going On a Bear
Hunt" using hand motions and slapping legs
to signify walking. If I think of any others
that I really love, I'll let you know.
I love to use the Rain hat story, which is a
paper folding story found in
Just Enough to tell a Story.
My all time favorite storytime tale to tell is
The Enormous Turnip. I have a flannel board
of the story and then we act
it out as well, with a little sing-song chant to
go along
"Turnip, turnip come on up", which repeats
twice.
All the audience can help pull from their
seats, while the individual
characters act out pulling on each other to
bring up the turnip (who squats).
Here is ;my suggestion for a book to try. I've
also used it with 2 year
olds with a caregiver there to help. "Clap
Your Hands" by Cauley has
great illustrations, a catchy rhythm, and the
kids can do the activities
in the text as you read.
Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott
Make each of the characters on paper that
will fit on styrafoam meat
trays. String a neck band on the top of each
meat tray. Paste characters
on meat trays. Tell or read the story of
Anansi first, then pass out the
characters and retell the story. With 3-5 year
olds, you have to line them up in the order
uses his gifts, and then gently guide them in
the direction in which they
are to go with your hands as you tell the
story.
As the narrator, you get to be Nyami also,
and hold the moon up in the
sky.This is one of my favorite ones. I have
been doing this for about 20
years, lost my first set of meat trays, and had
one of my summer aides
make another set for me.
Thank you,
Ann
kscalley@capecod.net
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 07:51:08 -0600
From: Carol Erkens <erkens@home.com>
Subject: Re: chat rooms (long)
Hi All,
Okay, guess I'll open my own can of worms here about chat rooms. Our
library board "prohibits" chatrooms at our 10 locations. They also
have a
policy whereby the library does not offer email accounts to the public, but
the public is free to use webemail for their 20 minute time limit (while
others are waiting)
Chat rooms....I don't have nearly as much trouble with them as other
people do because I met my husband in one over 3 years ago. Chat rooms DO
require a rapid typing ability, at least phonetic spelling ability and
orginization of thought. It also forces you to think on many different
levels. Try keeping up with about 4 conversations at once, a private chat
window or 2 and watching for someone saying something to you who doesn't
normally say anything. Makes your brain grow, I promise! Yes it is easy to
be very honest (or very dishonest) in a chat room, because you don't
"see"
the person you're talking to. I have also been in teen chat rooms (with my
kids when I was teaching them safe surfing) and found the conversation
insipid, vulgar and rude, but no different from being at parties myself
(remember "Those" jokes spoken in hushed tones and giggled about?)
As far as wanting them in my library, I'll say I've enjoyed not having our
20+computers crashing left and right. I don't know what it is about java
webchat programs, but they make the computers sluggish and even freeze and
crash computers. (Rebooting computers 4 times in 20 minutes is annoying at
best and not good on the motherboard and other hardware components)
Perhaps proposing setting up a city-wide chat using such programs as mIRC
or some other IRC program, which are more stable and don't crash, would be
a solution. It would limit range (no one outside of the city) and kids
could still practice their skills. They are going to chat, forbidden or
not, so perhaps some sort of confined enviornment would be better. Then
"safe chat practices" classes could be offered before permission is
given
to the priviledge of using the chat server. (Password access?) It would
make it more like a club.
Just an idea and my 2 cents,
Carol Erkens, YA Librarian
Abrahams Branch, Omaha Public Library
(The views expressed are my own and not those of my place of employment)
At 09:58 PM 1/21/99 -0500, you wrote:
>While people are wise to be leary of chat, there is a positive side. It
gives
>kids practice typing, putting their thoughts into written words, spelling
etc.
>These are the same skills they need for producing reports for school.
>
>Just my opinion,
>Peggy Thrasher
>Durham Public Library
>Durham, NH
>
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 07:33:54 PST
From: "pam standhart" <pumbaacat@hotmail.com>
Subject: Valentine's Day games
Here are the responses I received concerning Valentine's Day games.
Thanks for the help..
Pam
Pam Standhart
Children's Information Specialist
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
1.) Look in the Jan/Feb 1999 issue of American Girls--there are crafts,
a really cute conversation heart bingo game, and more.
2.) Valentine's Day Bingo--using pictures instead of words, create
Bingo cards with Valentine's Day related words. Ideas include Cupid,
Heart, Valentine, Candy, Mailbox, etc. If you're looking for a time
filler, create one card, make copies for the number expected, cut up the
squares, and put them in an envelope. Give each participant a blank
Bingo card and an envelope and let them glue on the squares. If you
want the game prepared ahead of time, make 5 master cards and then make
multiple copies of each. You'll have multiple winners each game.
3.) Pin the Face (Cupid, etc.) on the Heart or Pin the Heart on Cupid.
Draw a large heart. In the middle draw a box where the face should be.
Create "faces" on a sheet of paper (or just eyes, a nose, and a mouth)
for each person. Tell them the face should go in the square.
Blindfold, turn and follow regular directions for Pin the tail. Could
also be done with Cupid.
4.) Pin the arrow on the heart--using double-stick tape. Hand out
stickers, book marks, etc.
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 09:51:17 -0600
From: Cathy Ormsby <COrmsby@ci.sat.tx.us>
Subject: RE: Job sharing
I was half of a job sharing situation at my previous library in Colorado.
We shared 20 hours and 20 hours of a Librarian II in Youth Services. I'd
say it worked well. It was certainly ideal for both of us at the time
because of the demands of young children and family, yet I believe it
benefited the library as well, because our schedules were flexible enough to
provide coverage at critical times, plus we both tended to take work home,
come in early, or stay late, so that the library got more than 40 hours of
work for 40 hours of pay. This could be a big disadvantage if library
administrators were to try to exploit it, but I felt ok because it was
always my choice, so I did not feel put upon.
One crucial suggestion is to make sure each employee has his/her own set of
goals/standards/ etc. Each employee must have ownership of his/her part of
the job, and not just be considered some kind of "2-headed monster".
Duties/goals, etc. need not bee a mirror image. For example, in our
situation my coworker had sole responsibility for the vertical file, while I
had sole responsibility for maintaining and updating our bibliographies. We
both had programming duties, but mine goals were set somewhat higher because
I carried more daytime hours (times when contacts were most easily made) and
she carried more evening hours. So, we had a balance of duties, but not
necessarily an equal portion of every aspect of the position.
Hope this helps
Cathy Ormsby
Librarian II
Central Children's
San Antonio Public Library
cormsby@ci.sat.tx.us
(210) 207-2621 voice
(210) 207-2555 fax
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 12:21:33 EST
From: Evighet@aol.com
Subject: Seuss crafts/activities
We're having a bit of a problem with the Dr. Seuss program we are
planning for early March for 3-6 year olds. We have picked out books
to read, but are stuck on crafts,activities, and fingerplays/flannelboard
stories. Does anyone have any Seussian ideas they would be willing
to share? We would be ever so grateful.
Thank You!
Chris Jahnke
evighet@aol.com
Great River Regional Library
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 10:05:29 PST
From: "annie leon" <annie_leon@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: YA Summer Reading Program Ideas Needed
Last year, we ran a YA Summer Reading contest. A local book/music store
donated a gift certificate per week. Kids wrote a "book review" (we
created a brief form) and dropped it in a box. We selected a winner each
week. Also, each week we had one evening social. We tried to have a
special guest each week since it was summertime (eg local comics store
owner came and spoke about collecting, local Star Trekkers came in
costume and we talked scifi, etc)
Anne Leon
NR/BCC Library
Coconut Creek,FL
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 10:21:47 PST
From: "annie leon" <annie_leon@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Volunteers
We recruit our teen volunteers thru in-house signage, making special
recruitment visits to our local High School (ususally 3-4 times a year),
and promoting the program whenever we at out at middle- and high-school
visits. All teens must attend an orientation (2 hrs) which we do here at
the library. We give a tour (what's where) and review our expectations,
rules of conduct, sign-in procedures, types of jobs to be done,etc. We
treat it like a "first job" experience and tell the kids that we will
provide letters of recommendation to future employers and
college/scholarship applications for a "job well done". Our YA
librarian
usually handles all the paperwork and training, but in her absence, I
handle it (having been the original YA person at this location). The
"adult" volunteers go through a similar process, and report to their
vol
coordinator in the Circ Dept.
Anne Leon
NR/BCC Library
Coconut Creek, FL
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 14:33:46 PST
From: "steve webber" <mstomper@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Job sharing
My wife and I have requested that we be allowed to share my job. We
plan to start around March. I don't know how our personnel department
plans to handle it, but I'll post the results when I know. Hopefully it
will work out OK.
Steve Webber, Children's Librarian
Mt. Pleasant Branch
DC Public Library
"...go to a library and educate yourself."
- ---Frank Zappa
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 11:44:35 -0800 (PST)
From: Carol Edwards <carole@sonoma.lib.ca.us>
Subject: Caldecott Newbery Mock Discussion Group
On Thursday, January 21, Sonoma County Library in Santa Rosa CA held a
mock Newbery Caldecott discussion. About 20 interested librarians,
students of children's literature, authors and library staff attended.
The results are:
Caldecott Winner: 10 Mintues til Bedtime
Honor Books:
Beautiful Warrior
Hurry, Hurry, Mary Dear
Newbery Winner: Holes
Honor Books:
Bat 6
Soldier's Heart
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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 14:26:16 -0600
From: DLHIETT <dlh@greennet.net>
Subject: RE: best sellers list
HELP!!!! I need a copy of the books that made the best sellers list 50 =
yrs ago or longer. I am having difficulty locating this list. Any help =
would be welcome. I have already visited several large libraries =
without any success.
I need to find a book that made the best sellers list 50 yrs ago, state =
why it made the list, and track the book over the last 50 yrs. Oh yeah, =
I have to read the book and be able to give a report on it also. This =
is for a collection development class. TIA
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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 15:23:27 -0500
From: Helen Cowan <hcowan@vineland.lib.nj.us>
Subject: Creative writing programs
Hello Everyone:
This posting is directed toward librarians who conduct creative
writing programs for children and teenagers.
I am a graduate student in the library program at Rowan
University in New Jersey, and I am currently working on my thesis. My
thesis topic concerns the motivating factors behind conducting or not
conducting creative writing programs for ages 8 – 17 in public
libraries.
I would like to know if anyone out there who does conduct
creative writing programs for this age group (such as poetry/writing
contests, in-house literary magazines, script writing, newsletters,
posting stories on the Internet, etc.) would be willing to fill out a
survey on this topic. Please email your library's mailing address
directly to me at hcowan@vineland.lib.nj.us if you are interested.
My research so far (Library Literature, ERIC, and various ALA
publications) does not indicate creative writing programs are very
popular in public libraries, yet searches on Pubyac's archives show
librarians (at least on this listserv) have an avid interest in this
type of program.
Thank you for your help.
Helen Cowan
Children's Librarian Intern
Vineland Public Library
1058 E. Landis Ave.
Vineland, NJ 08360
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Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1999 18:32:05 -0500
From: Connie Rockman <connie.rock@snet.net>
Subject: Children's Audio Materials
For anyone who is interested in the latest audiobooks and music
recordings for children and is attending ALA Midwinter - the meetings of
the Notable Children's Recordings committee are open for observation.
We will be listening to bits of each of the recordings - audiobooks,
music, and book/cassette kits - that have been nominated by committee
members throughout the year. All are 1998 releases.
Meetings will be at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza, Salon 2:
Fri, 8-10 pm; Sat, 2-4 and 8-10 pm; Sun, 9-12, 1-5:30, and 8-10;
So if you have time to spare while waiting for the Newbery/Caldecott
announcements on Monday morning, c'mon down and give a listen. The
final list of Notable Recordings will be available on the ALA website
after the conference.
Connie Rockman, Chair 1999 Notable Children's Recordings Committee
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Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 15:31:18 -0500 (EST)
From: "Joyce E. Gray" <jgray@capaccess.org>
Subject: Re: printer problems
Our library system has a VendaCard machine. The patron must buy a card
which has a minimum of 60 cents on it. The patron can add up to
$5.00
on the card. The printer does not work unless the VendaCard has the
required amount of funds needed for the printing job.
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