Big Book of Seasons, Holidays, and Weather: Rhymes, Fingerplays, and Songs for Children
There are many books designed to help librarians and teachers come up with programming ideas, but here is one that compiles, organizes, and indexes texts and tunes thoroughly. This unparalleled collection, a follow up to the author's popular Big Book of Animal Rhymes, Fingerplays, and Songs, is organized around the four seasons, focusing on children's rhymes, fingerplays, songs, and poems relating to weather, time, and holidays.Designed as a one-stop resource to help librarians and educators find material for their programs quickly and easily, the book features approximately 300 songs, rhymes, and fingerplays, including some Spanish-language versions.
Research on early childhood brain development clearly shows the importance of storytime for toddlers. Toddler programs set the stage for the development of increased attention spans, superior language development, and a love of literature and libraries. The repetition of fingerplays, songs, and stories further enhance a child's cognitive development.
Fractured Fairy Tales - Puppet Plays & Patterns
While books are the substance of a storyhour, fingerplays and rhymes make it a program. Here are 24 original fingerplays to delight children. Just a very few seem a bit forced. Seventeen are presented to use as glove puppets and seven as finger puppets. They are separated into these two categories in the table of contents, and the rhymes are listed alphabetically. The patterns can also be used for creating flannel board figures. Directions for making the attractive puppets are clear and simple.
