Rolando Ramirez' Preschool Storytime Program Page

Title of Program: Houses and Homes

ALSC Competencies:

I. Knowledge of Client Group

     1. Understands theories of infant, child, and adolescent learning and development and their implications for library service.

III. Communication Skills

     4. Communicates effectively when addressing or presenting to large or small groups of children and/or adults.

VI. Programming Skills

     1. Designs, promotes, presents, and evaluates a variety of programs for children of all ages, based on their developmental needs and interests and the goals of the library.

Age Group of Audience: Preschool ages 3 - 6

Books:

Badger's New House by Robin Muller

Building a House by Byron Barton

Kindle Me a Riddle: A Pioneer Story

     by Roberta Karim and Bethanne Andersen

Winter Days in the Big Woods

     by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Renee Graef

Activities Including Fingerplays, Songs, and Readings:

1. Introduction of Storytime Theme: Houses and Homes
2. Parent Aside: Vocabulary, Background knowledge, Phonological Awareness
3. Opening Song: If You’re Ready? by Storytime Katie - http://storytimekatie.com/songs-rhymes/openingclosing-songs
4. Finger Play: Knock, Knock, Who's There? by Susan M. Daily - http://www.susanmdailey.com/fingerplays.html
5. Book 1: Badger’s New House by Robin Muller
6. YouTube: The House Song by Busy Beavers - http://youtu.be/DR5qPNPGCmY 
7. Book 2: Building a House by Byron Barton
8. YouTube: Pioneer Children Sang as they Walked by Lindamattkids - http://youtu.be/bjKPNebodDw
9. Book 3: Kindle Me a Riddle: A Pioneer Story by Roberta Karim and Bethanne Andersen

     10.  YouTube (including finger play): In a Cottage in a Wood by Nursery Day TV - http://youtu.be/eu_yU1a9jBQ 

     11.  Book 4: Winter Days in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Renee Graef

     12.  Enrichment Activity: Old man’s cabin craft

     13.  Closing Song: These Are My Glasses by Verona Story Time - http://veronastorytime.com/opening-and-closing-songs

     14.  Closing comments to parents about sharing books, words, songs, rhymes, and play with their children and how the program highlighted vocabulary, phonological awareness, and built on children’s background knowledge.

     15.  Parent handout showing craft instructions and vocabulary words from the program.

Book Reading Video:

YouTube video: Building A House by Bryon Barton and read by Rolando Ramirez. http://youtu.be/TaNWXHSvUDM 

Hands-on Learning Component:

Old man’s cabin construction materials:

1. Thirteen Popsicle sticks

2. One sheet of orange, green and yellow.

3. One penny

4. Glue

5. Scissors

Caregiver Involvement and/or ECRR2 Family Education:

Vocabulary – The stories reveal common and rare words about houses and homes including bedroom, bathroom, living room, dining room, kitchen, windows, doors, walls, roof, fireplace, and rare words like cabin, cottage, pioneer, springhouse, icehouse, chimney, fireplace, shingles, shutters, staircase, hinges, foundation, cement, bricklayers, carpenters, plumber, electrician, and painters.

Background knowledge – The stories, songs, finger plays, and activities will enhance the children’s knowledge of their own homes and the words they use to describe its features. They will learn how a house is built and the compare house from today from the log cabins built during the pioneer days.

Phonological awareness – The songs and rhymes used in the storytime will reduce the word sounds into smaller sounds that the children will be able to identify and hear. 

References

Barton, B. Building a house. New York: Mulberry Books, 1981. Print.

Busy Beavers (n. d.). The house song – music for kindergarten daycare ESL kids. Web. September 15, 2014. http://youtu.be/DR5qPNPGCmY

"Competencies for librarians serving children in public libraries." (2009). Association for Library Service to Children. November 9, 2014. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/edcareeers/alsccorecomps/competenciessept09bw.pdf

Dailey, S. (n. d.). Knock, knock, who’s there? Web. September 15, 2014. http://www.susanmdailey.com/fingerplays.html

Enchanted Learning (1996). Lincoln log cabin. Web. September 15, 2014. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/lincolnlogcabin

Karim, R., and Bethanne Andersen. Kindle me a riddle: A pioneer story. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1999. Print

Lindamattkids (n. d.). Pioneer children sang as they walked. Web. September 15, 2014. http://youtu.be/bjKPNebodDw

Muller, R. Badger’s new house. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2002. Print.

Nursery Day TV (n. d.). In a cottage in a wood – English nursery rhymes children songs – animated rhymes for kids. Web. September 15, 2014. http://youtu.be/eu_yU1a9jBQ

Storytime Katie (n. d.). If you’re ready (tune: If you’re happy and you know it). Web. September 15, 2014. http://storytimekatie.com/songs-rhymes/openingclosing-songs

Verona Story Time (n. d.). These are my glasses. Web. September 15, 2014. http://veronastorytime.com/opening-and-closing-songs

Wilder, L. I., and Renee Graef. Winter days in the big woods: Adapted from the Little House Books by Laura Ingalls Wilder. New York: HarperCollins, 1994. Print

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