200+ Original and Adapted Story Program Activities

by Rob Reid

From master storyteller and storytimes creator Reid comes this delightful assortment of activities ready for use by children's librarians, elementary-level media specialists, and early childhood instructors. Reid’s bountiful compendium of his "greatest hits" includes original and adapted fingerplays, poems, activities involving movement and music, participation stories, felt stories, imagination exercises, spoonerism stories, and library raps. With ideas that are perfect for mixing and matching according to audience, setting, and program length, this book Drawn from thousands of hours of programming, these time-tested activities will engage young ones as well as their parents and caregivers.

Genres: Nonfiction

282 pages, Paperback

Published July 13, 2018

About the author

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Rob Reid is the very popular author of numerous books on children’s programming for ALA Editions. He has also written resource books for Upstart Books, as well as two picture books. In addition, he writes regular columns on programming and children’s literature for LibrarySparks and Book Links magazines. He teaches courses on children’s and adolescent literature and a variety of library topics at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. He conducts workshops throughout North America on ways to make literature come alive for children.

Source: ALA Store.

Reviews

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked Rob's book "Something Funny Happened in the Library" a bit more than this one. Some of the songs are the same. However, what I did like and appreciate a lot was the updated list of books to read and how to tie into a song/game. I have a lot of things to memorize to make these ideas successful. These are mainly geared toward very young children. Maybe up to age 6 max I would say before you lose majority interest or the kids just think you might be funny but also too weird and silly to take seriously. As a school librarian I feel that balance is important.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Published in 2018, Rob Reid, who has brought MANY Storytime Programs, Adapted and Original Songs, Finger Play, and more, does it again!
He's updated his books (all of them being published between 2012-2017).
He's very good at theming his programs, from the 3-5 books used, the songs he comes up with and the fingerplays for them.
Good resource to have!

[Nancy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Contains songs, fingerplays, movement activities, felt stories, etc. Lots of ideas, some more interesting than others.

[Denise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book to get storytime themes from and fingerplays/songs. It also offers up some book pairings.