Kathy MacMillan and Christine Kirker, with illustrations by Melanie Fitz

ISBN-13: 9780838913680

200 pages
8 x 11
2015

MacMillian and Kirker’s knack for creating storytimes that engage and delight young ones have made their previous books bestsellers. Now they’re back with a completely new assortment of original fingerplays, transitional rhymes, movement songs, flannelboards, sign language rhymes and other activities to spice up storytimes for ages two and up. This ready-to-go sourcebook for children’s librarians, early literacy specialists, and other adults who work with young children offers everything needed to plan and host quality storytimes, including

• more than a dozen thematic groupings of activities, featuring such fun topics such as "All About Me,""Bugs and Insects,""Fairy Tales and Castles," and "People in my Neighborhood";
• recommended storytime books for each theme, along with material lists, patterns for flannelboards and stick puppets, and illustrations of American Sign Language signs; and
• coding for each entry indicating which Common Core State Standards for Kindergarten skills it supports.