Mother Goose on the Loose―Here, There, and Everywhere - Softcover

Diamant-Cohen, Betsy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0838916473 ISBN 13: 9780838916476

Publisher: ALA Editions, 2019

Synopsis

Not only is Mother Goose on the Loose (MGOL) a fun-filled approach that nurtures early literacy and school readiness skills in young children, it s also extremely flexible. Demonstrating how librarians, educators, and caregivers have adapted MGOL for a variety of settings, this book provides the inspiration and groundwork to enable others to do the same. Presented in easily readable modules, among the contexts explored are

• specific settings such as museums, outdoor venues, Early Head Starts, homes and home daycares, schools, prisons, and laundromats;
• MGOL for children with special needs, children in hospitals, parents of premature infants, teen moms, and other special audiences;
• multicultural MGOL, including programs in other languages and programs that focus on cultural heritage and religious traditions;
• ways to use MGOL with adults, including mentoring educators, involving senior citizens, and training parents as facilitators; and
• MGOL in libraries, including ways to adapt it for different age groups, parent-education programs, and as themed sessions for summer reading clubs.

Diamant-Cohen also offers social media tips for pop-up programs, suggestions for using digital media, guidance on enlisting volunteers, and more. This resource will enable presenters to offer these fun-filled programs to children and caregivers wherever early literacy is needed which is everywhere!

About this title

About the Author

Betsy Diamant-Cohen believes that the best way to learn is through play. She created and developed the nationally-replicated "Mother Goose on the Loose" (named a "National Early Literacy Best Practice" in 2015) program, for which she was awarded the 2018 Alexandre Vattermare Award for Creativity in Libraries. Betsy enjoys presenting training workshops, webinars, and online courses for librarians. She is a member of the ALSC Early Childhood Services and Programs Committee.

From School Library Journal

In the award-winning Mother Goose on the Loose (MGOL) library program, inspired by Barbara Cass-Beggss work, Diamant-Cohen uses books, songs, instruments, rhymes, and props to promote early literacy, school-readiness, and other skills in children up to age two. This binder-and-CD kit provides overviews of early development and MGOLs benefits, program instructions and scripts in print and audio formats, evaluation tools, songs, rhymes, tips to share with parents, flannel-board patterns, templates, and promotional resources. Clear instructions for the structured program are given, making this an essential resource for MGOL implementation. The well-produced CD, with clear recitations of rhymes and songs by Diamant-Cohen and musician Rahel, will be particularly appreciated by childrens specialists new to programming for young children, whether they use this model or not. While others looking for content to incorporate into their established lapsits will not find this kit as flexible as Jane Marinos Babies in the Library! (Scarecrow, 2003), or as comprehensive as Linda Ernsts lapsit guides (Neal-Schuman), Diamant-Cohens developmentally appropriate ideas for incorporating musical instruments and music concepts, and promoting social and motor skills, can be useful additions to any program for the preschool-and-under set.–Rachel G. Payne, Brooklyn Public Library, NY
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About this edition

• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0838916473
• ISBN 13: 9780838916476
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160