Kindergarten Magic : Theme-Based Lessons for Building Literacy and Library Skills

MacMillan, Kathy; Kirker, Christine

ISBN 10: 0838910696 / ISBN 13: 9780838910696

Published by ALA Editions, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Kindergarten Magic : Theme-Based Lessons for Building Literacy and Library Skills
• Publisher: ALA Editions
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0838910696
• ISBN 13: 9780838910696
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

This time-saving program planner for librarians and classroom teachers alike includes everything you need to get started- reading lists, flannelboard patterns, poems, songs, easy crafts, even take-home activities to extend the learning process. The many creative ideas packed inside include - Activities keyed to popular classroom themes, with one chapter for each week of the school year - Lessons that reinforce skills in key learning areas such as reading, writing, and math - American Sign Language and Spanish language activities that make diversity awareness a part of children's learning - Teachable concepts that can be mixed and rearranged for maximum flexibility, complementing classroom schedules Both veterans and novices will find plenty to help make kindergarten days richer, more rewarding, and more fun.

About the Author

Kathy MacMillan is a freelance writer, American Sign Language interpreter, librarian, and storyteller. She has contributed articles to Public Libraries, American Libraries, and many other professional journals and is the author of Try Your Hand at This (Scarecrow Press, 2006) and A Box Full of Tales (American Library Association, 2008). She was the library/media specialist at the Maryland School for the Deaf from 2001 to 2005 and prior to that was a children's librarian at Carroll County Public Library and Howard County Library. Kathy holds a Master of Library Science from the University of Maryland, College Park, and through Stories by Hand presents storytelling programs that introduce sign language to thousands of children and families each year.



Christine Kirker has been a children's library associate with the Carroll County Public Library in Maryland since 2005. She has developed and presented many programs for children of all ages and offered many educational outreach programs. She also launched a monthly Art Explorers program at the library where children discuss the lives of featured artists and explore their techniques. In Christine s latest project, Uniquely Hand Made, young people design and decorate clay hands to represent their own unique spirit. After graduating from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Christine spent ten years as a research analyst for the university's Office of Institutional Research.