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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
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To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 733
PUBYAC Digest 733
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Re: Bilingual Storytime
by "Pamela Martin-Diaz" <pmartin@acpl.lib.in.us>
2) wild children in storytime
by "Kathleen Gasi" <kzalargasi2@hotmail.com>
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From: "Pamela Martin-Diaz" <pmartin@acpl.lib.in.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Bilingual Storytime
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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:03:10 CDT
Like any new initiative, bilingual story times can take some time to get =
off the ground. You might want to consider inviting an ESL class or a =
family literacy group to your story times. They could provide you with an
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audience and you will have the perfect way to introduce them to your =
library. Lectorum (www.lectorum.com) has
an excellent catalog of both =
bilingual and monolingual Spanish books for all ages and abilities and =
would be an excellent place to start to build your collection. REFORMA's =
(The National Association to promote library and Information services to =
Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking) web site: http://clnet.ucr.edu/library/re=
forma/resources/ninos/activities.html=20
has some links to favorite stories and activities which might be of =
help.=20
Good luck!
Pamela Martin-Diaz
Pamela A. Martin-Diaz
Manager
Shawnee Branch Library
Allen County Public Library
Fort Wayne, IN 46806
pmartin@acpl.lib.in.us
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From: "Kathleen Gasi" <kzalargasi2@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: wild children in storytime
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Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 16:03:16 CDT
Since I sometimes unintentionally lack tact, I need your help on how to
approach a storytime mom. First, allow me vent!! Today was the
Tuesday
storytime's first session for the spring, and the group would have been fine
with the exception of two little boys, ages 2 & 2 1/2 one of whom was
especially wild (interestingly the two families knew each other). Behavior
by the two included touching my props even though I politely indicated that
wasn't appropriate to the extent that my freckled frogs were without their
speckled log when it came time to do the flannel board, coloring other kids'
crafts and constant running around with mom chasing after (in all the
storytimes I've done, I've never seen a child make his mother look so
foolish!). The bottom line is, the one child is definitely not ready for
storytime. He paid no attention to any of the activities, stories or
otherwise, and distracted everyone else. For "PR" purposes I feel the
Mom
should be given another chance before being told for certain that her son
isn't ready to attend but I also want to nip this in the bud a.s.a.p
especially since I don't want the other families to get fed up and stop
coming (it was that bad). As the Mom of a 2 1/2 year-old, I know what
expectations are realistic and which aren't and this kid is way out of line.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO OR SAY (I'd like to talk to the mom BEFORE storytime next
week to make it clear that if he misbehaves again, there won't be a third
week. Thanks!
Kathy Gasi
Madison Public Library
Children's Department
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End of PUBYAC Digest 733
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