Mexico – revised Many of our communities have residents whose families originally came from Mexico. For a craft project, make these bean bracelets: www.dltk-kids.com/world/mexico/mexican_bean_bracelets.htm or tissue flowers: www.dltk-kids.com/world/mexico/tissueflowers.htm . Aardema, Verna. Borreguita and the Coyote. [continue reading]
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India Storytime
India Over the next several months, we will be updating our Storytime themes on various countries around the world. The 2020 CSLP Reads summer reading theme “Imagine Your Story” will focus on fairy tales and [continue reading]
Great Britain Storytime
Great Britain Many of our communities have residents whose families originally came from Great Britain. For a craft project, make crackers used to celebrate New Years, or crowns to honor the Royal Family: www.educatall.com/page/1549/New-Year-s-Eve-Party-Crackers.html . [continue reading]
Central America Storytime
Over the next several months, we will be updating our Storytime themes on various countries around the world. The 2020 CSLP Reads summer reading theme “Imagine Your Story” will focus on fairy tales and myths [continue reading]
Math Storytime, Part 4
Mathematical Storytime Ann Hotta concludes her blog posts on incorporating math into storytime: Why do we do storytime? We’ve long thought of storytime as a way to introduce young children to good books and demonstrate [continue reading]
Math Storytime, Part 3
Mathematical Storytime, Part 3 Playing games in storytime isn’t just fun and engaging; it isn’t just something that even gets adults to put down their phones. It’s actually a powerful way to teach math. Think [continue reading]
Math Storytime, Part 2
For the next several Mondays, we offer a series of Math storytimes from Ann Hotta, children’s librarian at Berkeley Public Library ACL Blog: Mathematical Storytime. Part 2 Mathematical Storytime, Part 2 Shape recognition is an [continue reading]
Math Storytime, Part 1
For the next several Mondays, we offer a series of Math storytimes from Ann Hotta, children’s librarian at Berkeley Public Library ACL Blog: Mathematical Storytime. Part 1 Recently I watched a free webinar from Zero [continue reading]