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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.
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Big Book of Seasons, Holidays, and Weather
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Big Book of Seasons, Holidays, and Weather
Rhymes, Fingerplays, and Songs for Children
Elizabeth Cothen Low
Copyright 2011 by Elizabeth Cothen Low All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review or reproducibles, which may be copied for classroom and educational programs only, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Big book of seasons, holidays, and weather : rhymes, fingerplays, and songs for children / [compiled by] Elizabeth C. Low. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-59884-623-2 (pbk.) -- ISBN 978-1-59884-624-9 (ebook) 1. Seasons--Juvenile poetry. 2. Holidays--Juvenile poetry. 3. Weather--Juvenile poetry. 4. Time--Juvenile poetry. 5. Children’s poetry, English. 6. Children’s poetry, American. 7. Nursery rhymes. 8. Finger play. 9. Children’s songs, English. 10. Children’s libraries--Activity programs. I. Low, Elizabeth Cothen, 1977PR1195.S42B54 2011 577.2’3--dc23 2011028619 ISBN: 978-1-59884-623-2 EISBN: 978-1-59884-624-9 15 14 13 12 11
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Contents Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Part 1: The Four Seasons The Four Seasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Four Seasons: Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Spring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Spring: Gardens and Flowers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Spring Holidays: April Fool’s Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .