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This one-stop source for children's programs offers thematic rhymes, fingerplays, and songs about seasons, weather, and holidays.There are many books designed to help librarians and teachers come up with programming ideas, but here is one that compiles, organizes, and indexes texts and tunes thoroughly. This unparalleled collection, a follow up to the author's popular
Big Book of Animal Rhymes, Fingerplays, and Songs, is organized around the four seasons, focusing on children's rhymes, fingerplays, songs, and poems relating to weather, time, and holidays.
Designed as a one-stop resource to help librarians and educators find material for their programs quickly and easily, the book features approximately 300 songs, rhymes, and fingerplays, including some Spanish-language versions. Material is topically arranged and presented in a format that can easily be reproduced. There is a thematic index and generous cross-referencing, as well as age/grade levels that will help readers determine which material is best suited to a particular audience. Music for accompaniments is included, as are directions for performing the fingerplays.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Four Seasons
The Four Seasons: Weather
Spring
Spring: Gardens and Flowers
Spring Holidays: April Fool's Day
Spring Holidays: Easter
Spring Holidays: May Day (First of May)
Spring Weather: Rain/Dew
Spring Weather: Rainbows
Spring Weather: Wind
Summer
Summer Weather: Sunshine
Autumn
Autumn: Foliage
Autumn: Harvest
Autumn Holidays: Halloween
Autumn Holidays: Thanksgiving
Autumn: Moon
Autumn Weather: Clouds/Fog
Winter
Winter Holidays: Christmas
Winter Holidays: Hanukkah
Winter Holidays: New Year's Day
Winter Holidays: Valentine's Day
Winter Weather: Snow/Ice
Winter: Stars
Days of the Week
Hours of the Day
Bibliography
Websites
Books
Supplemental Works
Author Index
Title Index
First Line Index
Specific Kinds of Rhymes
About the author
Elizabeth Cothen Low, a freelance writer, worked as children's librarian at Rantoul Public Library in Illinois, where her responsibilities entailed programming, collection development, readers' advisory, and promotion.
Summary
This one-stop source for children's programs offers thematic rhymes, fingerplays, and songs about seasons, weather, and holidays. There are many books designed to help librarians and teachers come up with programming ideas, but here is one that compiles, organizes, and indexes texts and tunes thoroughly.
