[CASL-L] pre-school library

[Williams, Linda]

I would also recommend getting familiar with ALA's Every Child Ready to Read, and especially "Supercharged Storytimes" (We have the new book on this at Service Center, Supercharged Storytimes: An Early Literacy Planning and Assessment Guide<http://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=11542>. If you would like to borrow a copy, please let me know at Linda.Williams at ct.gov) Supercharged Storytimes is based on the University of Washington's VIEWS2 which recommends developing storytimes with "eight early literacy concepts" - Alphabetic Knowledge, Communication, Comprehension, Language Use, Phonological Awareness, Print Concepts, Vocabulary and Writing Concepts:

   http://views2.ischool.uw.edu/welcome-librarians-educators/



There is a free online self-paced Supercharged Storytimes course on Webjunction:

   http://www.webjunction.org/explore-topics/supercharged-storytimes.html



And here's their first video, giving you an idea of what this program is all about:

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3uR9cSwF34



Agreed, don't stress! But with just a little bit of intentional planning, you can make this more than just fun. You can enhance the early literacy skills of your preschool kids so that they are more ready to learn to read when they come to kindergarten!



Linda Williams



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From: CASL-L [mailto:casl-l-bounces at mylist.net] On Behalf Of CAITLIN CARBONELL
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2016 8:20 AM
To: Farrales, Christine; casl-l at mylist.net
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] pre-school library



Hello!

I am in a PK-5th grade school, and I have 3 pre-k sections three times a week for 30 minutes. I do attendance so I learn their names (this comes in handy later), some basic fingerplays, read a book that deals with their theme, some more fingerplays (that deal with the theme), and another book. We do dancing and singing fingerplays, because sitting for 30 minutes straight isn't feasible. As they get more independent through the year, I let them practice raising their hand and choosing a fingerplay for us to sing. We end and begin each class the same for some routine. A new fingerplay I found out they loved was 5 Little Cookies in the Bakery Shop because it uses their name, and they love being picked as they sing along.

Don't stress about it! It really is about having fun.



Caitlin Carbonell

School Librarian

Sprague Elementary School

203-574-8189

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From: Farrales, Christine [cfarrales at east-haven.k12.ct.us]

Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 10:04 PM

To: casl-l at mylist.net<mailto:casl-l at mylist.net>

Subject: [CASL-L] pre-school library



Dear Colleagues,



Next year I will have a fixed schedule and will be servicing preschoolers, ages 3 to 5 years.



I would appreciate information from anyone who serves preschool age children regarding the format of a library special/type of activities done with this age group.



Thank you,





Christine Farrales

K-2 Library Media Specialist







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