Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Minnesota Storytime...
Have you heard about Minnesota Storytime? Minnesota Storytime is a collection of reading guides of Minnesota children's picture books (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, etc.) The guides are available for free online. This program is a collaboration of the Minnesota Humanities Commission and the Minnesota Library Association (Children & Young People's Section).
The reading guides have been developed for use by librarians, teachers, child care providers, parents, and anyone else interested in reading and related literacy activities for children and families. The guides contain many suggestions for sharing stories in a consistent easy-to-read format. Any book that is part of Minnesota Storytime that is available in other languages will also have reading guides in those languages. Additional reading guides will be added to the program. Interested individuals are encouraged to submit reading guides for books to be included in Minnesota Storytime.
Many individuals and organizations have been involved in the development and implementation of Minnesota Storytime. All books selected for Minnesota Storytime were created by Minnesota authors and illustrators. Learn more about these talented individuals along with other Minnesota authors and illustrators by visiting the Children's Literature Network and/or Metronet websites.
You may be more familiar with The Minnesota Humanities Commission by the work they have done in supporting Motheread/Fatheread, Storysharing, and B.A.B.Y. family literacy curricula in Minnesota since 1991.
These curricula are designed to strengthen literacy, family communication, and parenting skills through the reading and discussion of excellent children's literature. Each curriculum is designed for a specific audience and includes literature representing diverse cultural traditions.
The Motheread/Fatheread curriculum serves educators who work with parents. Educators who use the Motheread/Fatheread curriculum help parents and adults caregivers learn techniques for reading aloud to children and improve their reading and writing skills. Parents in Motheread/Fatheread classes also learn how to discuss important themes, such as honesty and integrity, that are found in children's literature. I have taken the full day training for Motheread/Fatheread and found it to be a great program to learn how to improve your storytime skills. The Minnesota Storytime program follow the same format in presenting a story to the children.
Storysharing serves childcare providers, school teachers, and other caregivers. Professionals who use Storysharing read aloud to children, ages 3-11, and help them connect to the stories through discussion, creative games, artwork, and dramatization.
B.A.B.Y. serves those professionals who work with pregnant teens and new moms. This unique curriculum of children's books provides information on maintaining safe pregnancies and ensuring healthy infant development.
The Minnesota Humanities Commission works in partnership with elementary schools, child-care providers, Early Childhood Family Education, Head Start, Even Start, and other community-based sites to offer training and support of these three curricula.
Check out the Minnesota Storytime website... This program is a great way to learn to better utilize storytime for the children in your care as well as promote some great Minnesota children's books, authors, and illustrators.
Have you heard about Minnesota Storytime? Minnesota Storytime is a collection of reading guides of Minnesota children's picture books (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, etc.) The guides are available for free online. This program is a collaboration of the Minnesota Humanities Commission and the Minnesota Library Association (Children & Young People's Section).
The reading guides have been developed for use by librarians, teachers, child care providers, parents, and anyone else interested in reading and related literacy activities for children and families. The guides contain many suggestions for sharing stories in a consistent easy-to-read format. Any book that is part of Minnesota Storytime that is available in other languages will also have reading guides in those languages. Additional reading guides will be added to the program. Interested individuals are encouraged to submit reading guides for books to be included in Minnesota Storytime.
Many individuals and organizations have been involved in the development and implementation of Minnesota Storytime. All books selected for Minnesota Storytime were created by Minnesota authors and illustrators. Learn more about these talented individuals along with other Minnesota authors and illustrators by visiting the Children's Literature Network and/or Metronet websites.
You may be more familiar with The Minnesota Humanities Commission by the work they have done in supporting Motheread/Fatheread, Storysharing, and B.A.B.Y. family literacy curricula in Minnesota since 1991.
These curricula are designed to strengthen literacy, family communication, and parenting skills through the reading and discussion of excellent children's literature. Each curriculum is designed for a specific audience and includes literature representing diverse cultural traditions.
The Motheread/Fatheread curriculum serves educators who work with parents. Educators who use the Motheread/Fatheread curriculum help parents and adults caregivers learn techniques for reading aloud to children and improve their reading and writing skills. Parents in Motheread/Fatheread classes also learn how to discuss important themes, such as honesty and integrity, that are found in children's literature. I have taken the full day training for Motheread/Fatheread and found it to be a great program to learn how to improve your storytime skills. The Minnesota Storytime program follow the same format in presenting a story to the children.
Storysharing serves childcare providers, school teachers, and other caregivers. Professionals who use Storysharing read aloud to children, ages 3-11, and help them connect to the stories through discussion, creative games, artwork, and dramatization.
B.A.B.Y. serves those professionals who work with pregnant teens and new moms. This unique curriculum of children's books provides information on maintaining safe pregnancies and ensuring healthy infant development.
The Minnesota Humanities Commission works in partnership with elementary schools, child-care providers, Early Childhood Family Education, Head Start, Even Start, and other community-based sites to offer training and support of these three curricula.
Check out the Minnesota Storytime website... This program is a great way to learn to better utilize storytime for the children in your care as well as promote some great Minnesota children's books, authors, and illustrators.
// posted by Tammy Wachter @ 5:12 PM 
