This document provides tips and suggestions for simplifying and improving storytimes at libraries. It discusses finding the right audience type, setup, style, strengths and weaknesses for storytimes. Specific techniques are recommended, such as using songs, scarves, parachutes. Resources for continuing education and networking with other librarians are also listed to help prevent burnout. The goal is to make storytime fun and find what works best.
This document discusses early literacy skills and practices for storytime beyond just reading books aloud. It notes that early literacy involves both constrained skills like decoding and unconstrained skills like comprehension. It advocates engaging children in practices like singing, playing, talking, and writing to develop both types of skills rather than just focusing on skills development. The document provides many specific suggestions for activities involving singing, movement, props, drawing, acting out stories, science experiments, and fine motor activities to incorporate into storytime sessions. It also lists several resources for finding ideas for activities in these different areas.
Liberty Public Library presents Storytime: Hats Off To You. Children's craft includes fine motor skills, creativity, inference, prediction, drawing and writing skills. Draw a hat on these characters--what would you draw?
The document provides information about an upcoming story time and art activity at the Liberty Public Library. It encourages parents to do process art activities at home that allow children to use their imagination and develop fine motor skills. Such activities include having children turn scribbles or doodles into unique artwork by coming up with stories about what they drew. The document also recommends books about process art and cites a study finding that participating in arts programs increases children's ability to observe carefully, problem-solve, and improve despite challenges.
The document provides details about a story time event at the Liberty Public Library focused on owls. It includes an opening welcome song, information about a craft activity to make owl bags at home, an owl-themed action rhyme, book recommendations about owls, and tips for parents on developing early literacy skills in children related to phonological awareness and sounding out words.
This document provides information about a story time event at the Liberty Public Library focused on South America. It includes a welcome song, details about making and enjoying Brazo de Reina (a traditional South American dessert), rainforest animal dances, book recommendations related to South America and the rainforest, as well as facts about the Amazon Rainforest. The event aims to help children learn about other communities around the world to promote literacy and critical thinking skills.
This document provides tips and suggestions for simplifying and improving storytimes at libraries. It discusses finding the right audience type, setup, style, strengths and weaknesses for storytimes. Specific techniques are recommended, such as using songs, scarves, parachutes. Resources for continuing education and networking with other librarians are also listed to help prevent burnout. The goal is to make storytime fun and find what works best.
This document discusses early literacy skills and practices for storytime beyond just reading books aloud. It notes that early literacy involves both constrained skills like decoding and unconstrained skills like comprehension. It advocates engaging children in practices like singing, playing, talking, and writing to develop both types of skills rather than just focusing on skills development. The document provides many specific suggestions for activities involving singing, movement, props, drawing, acting out stories, science experiments, and fine motor activities to incorporate into storytime sessions. It also lists several resources for finding ideas for activities in these different areas.
Liberty Public Library presents Storytime: Hats Off To You. Children's craft includes fine motor skills, creativity, inference, prediction, drawing and writing skills. Draw a hat on these characters--what would you draw?
The document provides information about an upcoming story time and art activity at the Liberty Public Library. It encourages parents to do process art activities at home that allow children to use their imagination and develop fine motor skills. Such activities include having children turn scribbles or doodles into unique artwork by coming up with stories about what they drew. The document also recommends books about process art and cites a study finding that participating in arts programs increases children's ability to observe carefully, problem-solve, and improve despite challenges.
The document provides details about a story time event at the Liberty Public Library focused on owls. It includes an opening welcome song, information about a craft activity to make owl bags at home, an owl-themed action rhyme, book recommendations about owls, and tips for parents on developing early literacy skills in children related to phonological awareness and sounding out words.
This document provides information about a story time event at the Liberty Public Library focused on South America. It includes a welcome song, details about making and enjoying Brazo de Reina (a traditional South American dessert), rainforest animal dances, book recommendations related to South America and the rainforest, as well as facts about the Amazon Rainforest. The event aims to help children learn about other communities around the world to promote literacy and critical thinking skills.
This document provides information about a story time event at the Liberty Public Library focused on Europe. It includes a welcome song, details about making rugelach (an European pastry), singing the nursery rhyme "London Bridge is Falling Down" and book recommendations that celebrate different parts of Europe like Spain, Venice and France. The event aims to help children learn about other parts of the world and support their literacy development.
This story time at the Liberty Public Library is focused on Australia. It includes an Australian welcome song, a recipe for traditional Anzac biscuits, and the song "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree". Recommended books with Australian themes are also mentioned, including Wombat Walkabout, Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too?, and Marsupial Sue. Facts about Australia are provided, such as it being the smallest inhabited continent and that koalas eat eucalyptus leaves.
This document provides information for a story time session at the Liberty Public Library focused on Asia. It includes a welcome song, instructions for making fortune cookies from China, trivia questions about major Asian cities, book recommendations that teach about Asian cultures, and facts about the large and diverse continent of Asia. The story time aims to help children learn about other parts of the world through literature, activities, and discussion.
This document provides information for a story time event at the Liberty Public Library focused on Africa. It includes an African-themed welcome song, instructions for making the African side dish pounded yam, and an African safari song. Recommended children's books with African themes are also listed, along with tips and facts about Africa for parents including the location of Africa on a map, details about the Nile River, and information about lions and pyramids in Egypt.
This document provides instructions and activities for a story time project from the Liberty Public Library called "Fire Breather". It includes a welcome song, directions to make a paper dragon that blows fire when blown into, and a dragon sway song. It also recommends three children's books about dragons and encourages children to imagine having a pet dragon and what it would be like.
This document provides information and activities for a story time project from the Liberty Public Library on developing early literacy and manners. It includes songs to sing about saying "thank you" and "excuse me", as well as craft instructions to make a paper plate face mask as a reminder to blow one's nose into a tissue. It also lists book recommendations that teach sharing, burping etiquette, and saying "no" to teach good behaviors and develop life skills through dramatic play.
This document provides instructions and activities for a story time project from the Liberty Public Library that parents can do at home with their children. It involves using dice or blocks with written prompts to act out imaginary scenarios and pretend play. Tips are included for developing early literacy and motor skills through interactive activities. A welcome song and story involving acting out the lyrics to "Baby Bumble Bee" are also included. The document concludes with recommendations for children's books involving imagination and pretend play.
The document provides information about an upcoming story time at the Liberty Public Library. It includes the welcome song, a locomotion song, and the wheels on the bus song. An at-home project is described where children can make tracks using toy cars and paint. Instructions are given to roll the toy cars in paint and then the wheels on construction paper to make prints. The document also provides book recommendations related to vehicles and transportation and tips for developing early literacy skills in children.
This document provides information about an upcoming story time at the Liberty Public Library. It includes a welcome song, details about a counting sticks activity for children to do at home with parents. The activity involves stringing beads onto pipe cleaners in different numbers to practice counting, adding, and subtracting. A counting rhyme is also included. The document recommends several books related to counting and numbers, provides tips for developing early literacy skills, and challenges readers to find the number of polka dots hidden in the pamphlet.
This document provides information about upcoming events and resources at the Liberty Public Library. It announces a Dia de los Ninos celebration and recommends activities families can do at home, including playing UNO to practice foreign language and numbers. It also lists tips for parents on developing early literacy skills in children ages 0-5 and recommends three bilingual picture books for story time: Amelia's Show and Tell Fiesta, Tren de carga, and Drum, Chavi, Drum!.
This document provides information about a story time event at the Liberty Public Library. It includes the welcome song, an at-home craft project instructions involving a paper plate and spoon, several nursery rhymes and tongue twisters, goose riddles for children to solve, tips for developing early literacy skills, and recommendations for books related to nursery rhymes. The story time focused on the nursery rhyme "Mother Goose on the Loose" and incorporated props and participation to bring the rhyme to life for young attendees.
The document provides information from a story time at the Liberty Public Library about money and coins. It includes songs and activities about coins like making a piggy bank from a coffee can. It also recommends books about money like Bunny Money by Rosemary Wells and provides tips for activities parents can do with children to help with early literacy skills like playing money bingo with coins from around the house.
This document summarizes a story time event at the Liberty Public Library. It includes songs sung, including a welcome song and a song about Sleeping Beauty. Details are provided about enacting the Sleeping Beauty story. An at-home craft project is described for making a beanstalk out of a paper plate. Book recommendations are provided related to fairy tales, including details about Quest, Emma Peror's New Clothes, and Rapunzel. Background information is also given on the oral tradition of early fairy tales.
This document provides information about an upcoming story time at the Liberty Public Library. It includes the lyrics to two songs that will be sung, "Welcome Song" and "Get Together". It also describes an at-home project idea for parents and children called "Feelings Faces" that involves stickers and drawing emotion faces. Finally, it recommends three books related to themes in the story time, including feelings, friendship, and rhyming words.
The document provides details for a story time event at the Liberty Public Library with an under the sea theme. It includes a welcome song, instructions for a foil fish craft activity parents can do at home with their children, two traditional sea shanties to sing, tips for developing early literacy skills, and recommendations for three picture books about underwater adventures. Background facts are also given on oceans covering 70% of the Earth's surface and the importance of singing to babies.
Submission forms for sharing Civil War stories from each of North Carolina's 100 counties can be obtained in the Randolph Room of the Asheboro Public Library or online. Volunteers will be on hand January 25th from 6:30-9pm to collect stories verbally or in writing from all contributors who will become members of the North Carolina Civil War History Center through December 2016 as it seeks to promote understanding of the era through 100 stories from each county.
This document provides instructions and activities for a story time event with a circus theme at the Liberty Public Library. It includes a welcome song, instructions for an activity where children tear tickets and drop them into a decorated coffee can, directions for a movement song, book recommendations related to the circus theme, and information on the educational benefits of block play for developing early math and problem-solving skills.
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Rethinking Kållered │ From Big Box to a Reuse Hub: A Transformation Journey ...SirmaDuztepeliler
"Rethinking Kållered │ From Big Box to a Reuse Hub: A Transformation Journey Toward Sustainability"
The booklet of my master’s thesis at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology. (Gothenburg, Sweden)
This thesis explores the transformation of the vacated (2023) IKEA store in Kållered, Sweden, into a "Reuse Hub" addressing various user types. The project aims to create a model for circular and sustainable economic practices that promote resource efficiency, waste reduction, and a shift in societal overconsumption patterns.
Reuse, though crucial in the circular economy, is one of the least studied areas. Most materials with reuse potential, especially in the construction sector, are recycled (downcycled), causing a greater loss of resources and energy. My project addresses barriers to reuse, such as difficult access to materials, storage, and logistics issues.
Aims:
• Enhancing Access to Reclaimed Materials: Creating a hub for reclaimed construction materials for both institutional and individual needs.
• Promoting Circular Economy: Showcasing the potential and variety of reusable materials and how they can drive a circular economy.
• Fostering Community Engagement: Developing spaces for social interaction around reuse-focused stores and workshops.
• Raising Awareness: Transforming a former consumerist symbol into a center for circular practices.
Highlights:
• The project emphasizes cross-sector collaboration with producers and wholesalers to repurpose surplus materials before they enter the recycling phase.
• This project can serve as a prototype for reusing many idle commercial buildings in different scales and sizes.
• The findings indicate that transforming large vacant properties can support sustainable practices and present an economically attractive business model with high social returns at the same time.
• It highlights the potential of how sustainable practices in the construction sector can drive societal change.
This document provides information about a story time event at the Liberty Public Library focused on Europe. It includes a welcome song, details about making rugelach (an European pastry), singing the nursery rhyme "London Bridge is Falling Down" and book recommendations that celebrate different parts of Europe like Spain, Venice and France. The event aims to help children learn about other parts of the world and support their literacy development.
This story time at the Liberty Public Library is focused on Australia. It includes an Australian welcome song, a recipe for traditional Anzac biscuits, and the song "Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree". Recommended books with Australian themes are also mentioned, including Wombat Walkabout, Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too?, and Marsupial Sue. Facts about Australia are provided, such as it being the smallest inhabited continent and that koalas eat eucalyptus leaves.
This document provides information for a story time session at the Liberty Public Library focused on Asia. It includes a welcome song, instructions for making fortune cookies from China, trivia questions about major Asian cities, book recommendations that teach about Asian cultures, and facts about the large and diverse continent of Asia. The story time aims to help children learn about other parts of the world through literature, activities, and discussion.
This document provides information for a story time event at the Liberty Public Library focused on Africa. It includes an African-themed welcome song, instructions for making the African side dish pounded yam, and an African safari song. Recommended children's books with African themes are also listed, along with tips and facts about Africa for parents including the location of Africa on a map, details about the Nile River, and information about lions and pyramids in Egypt.
This document provides instructions and activities for a story time project from the Liberty Public Library called "Fire Breather". It includes a welcome song, directions to make a paper dragon that blows fire when blown into, and a dragon sway song. It also recommends three children's books about dragons and encourages children to imagine having a pet dragon and what it would be like.
This document provides information and activities for a story time project from the Liberty Public Library on developing early literacy and manners. It includes songs to sing about saying "thank you" and "excuse me", as well as craft instructions to make a paper plate face mask as a reminder to blow one's nose into a tissue. It also lists book recommendations that teach sharing, burping etiquette, and saying "no" to teach good behaviors and develop life skills through dramatic play.
This document provides instructions and activities for a story time project from the Liberty Public Library that parents can do at home with their children. It involves using dice or blocks with written prompts to act out imaginary scenarios and pretend play. Tips are included for developing early literacy and motor skills through interactive activities. A welcome song and story involving acting out the lyrics to "Baby Bumble Bee" are also included. The document concludes with recommendations for children's books involving imagination and pretend play.
The document provides information about an upcoming story time at the Liberty Public Library. It includes the welcome song, a locomotion song, and the wheels on the bus song. An at-home project is described where children can make tracks using toy cars and paint. Instructions are given to roll the toy cars in paint and then the wheels on construction paper to make prints. The document also provides book recommendations related to vehicles and transportation and tips for developing early literacy skills in children.
This document provides information about an upcoming story time at the Liberty Public Library. It includes a welcome song, details about a counting sticks activity for children to do at home with parents. The activity involves stringing beads onto pipe cleaners in different numbers to practice counting, adding, and subtracting. A counting rhyme is also included. The document recommends several books related to counting and numbers, provides tips for developing early literacy skills, and challenges readers to find the number of polka dots hidden in the pamphlet.
This document provides information about upcoming events and resources at the Liberty Public Library. It announces a Dia de los Ninos celebration and recommends activities families can do at home, including playing UNO to practice foreign language and numbers. It also lists tips for parents on developing early literacy skills in children ages 0-5 and recommends three bilingual picture books for story time: Amelia's Show and Tell Fiesta, Tren de carga, and Drum, Chavi, Drum!.
This document provides information about a story time event at the Liberty Public Library. It includes the welcome song, an at-home craft project instructions involving a paper plate and spoon, several nursery rhymes and tongue twisters, goose riddles for children to solve, tips for developing early literacy skills, and recommendations for books related to nursery rhymes. The story time focused on the nursery rhyme "Mother Goose on the Loose" and incorporated props and participation to bring the rhyme to life for young attendees.
The document provides information from a story time at the Liberty Public Library about money and coins. It includes songs and activities about coins like making a piggy bank from a coffee can. It also recommends books about money like Bunny Money by Rosemary Wells and provides tips for activities parents can do with children to help with early literacy skills like playing money bingo with coins from around the house.
This document summarizes a story time event at the Liberty Public Library. It includes songs sung, including a welcome song and a song about Sleeping Beauty. Details are provided about enacting the Sleeping Beauty story. An at-home craft project is described for making a beanstalk out of a paper plate. Book recommendations are provided related to fairy tales, including details about Quest, Emma Peror's New Clothes, and Rapunzel. Background information is also given on the oral tradition of early fairy tales.
This document provides information about an upcoming story time at the Liberty Public Library. It includes the lyrics to two songs that will be sung, "Welcome Song" and "Get Together". It also describes an at-home project idea for parents and children called "Feelings Faces" that involves stickers and drawing emotion faces. Finally, it recommends three books related to themes in the story time, including feelings, friendship, and rhyming words.
The document provides details for a story time event at the Liberty Public Library with an under the sea theme. It includes a welcome song, instructions for a foil fish craft activity parents can do at home with their children, two traditional sea shanties to sing, tips for developing early literacy skills, and recommendations for three picture books about underwater adventures. Background facts are also given on oceans covering 70% of the Earth's surface and the importance of singing to babies.
Submission forms for sharing Civil War stories from each of North Carolina's 100 counties can be obtained in the Randolph Room of the Asheboro Public Library or online. Volunteers will be on hand January 25th from 6:30-9pm to collect stories verbally or in writing from all contributors who will become members of the North Carolina Civil War History Center through December 2016 as it seeks to promote understanding of the era through 100 stories from each county.
This document provides instructions and activities for a story time event with a circus theme at the Liberty Public Library. It includes a welcome song, instructions for an activity where children tear tickets and drop them into a decorated coffee can, directions for a movement song, book recommendations related to the circus theme, and information on the educational benefits of block play for developing early math and problem-solving skills.
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Rethinking Kållered │ From Big Box to a Reuse Hub: A Transformation Journey ...SirmaDuztepeliler
"Rethinking Kållered │ From Big Box to a Reuse Hub: A Transformation Journey Toward Sustainability"
The booklet of my master’s thesis at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology. (Gothenburg, Sweden)
This thesis explores the transformation of the vacated (2023) IKEA store in Kållered, Sweden, into a "Reuse Hub" addressing various user types. The project aims to create a model for circular and sustainable economic practices that promote resource efficiency, waste reduction, and a shift in societal overconsumption patterns.
Reuse, though crucial in the circular economy, is one of the least studied areas. Most materials with reuse potential, especially in the construction sector, are recycled (downcycled), causing a greater loss of resources and energy. My project addresses barriers to reuse, such as difficult access to materials, storage, and logistics issues.
Aims:
• Enhancing Access to Reclaimed Materials: Creating a hub for reclaimed construction materials for both institutional and individual needs.
• Promoting Circular Economy: Showcasing the potential and variety of reusable materials and how they can drive a circular economy.
• Fostering Community Engagement: Developing spaces for social interaction around reuse-focused stores and workshops.
• Raising Awareness: Transforming a former consumerist symbol into a center for circular practices.
Highlights:
• The project emphasizes cross-sector collaboration with producers and wholesalers to repurpose surplus materials before they enter the recycling phase.
• This project can serve as a prototype for reusing many idle commercial buildings in different scales and sizes.
• The findings indicate that transforming large vacant properties can support sustainable practices and present an economically attractive business model with high social returns at the same time.
• It highlights the potential of how sustainable practices in the construction sector can drive societal change.
1. Liberty Public
Library
Story Time
Welcome Song:
Are you listening?
Are you listening?
Yes I am! Yes I am!
Now it’s time for Story Time,
Now it’s time for Story Time!
Yes it is! Yes it is!
Unique as a
Snowflake!
At Home Activity:
Snowflake Snacks
Snowflake Serenades
Tip to Parents: Any activity which requires
finger strength refines your child’s fine motor
skills. These fine motor skills are essential to
early literacy and writing.
What you will need:
1. Pretzel sticks
2. Marshmallows
Step 1: Use one large marshmallow as
the center of the snowflake.
Step 2: Stick six pretzel sticks into the
center marshmallow.
Step 3: Add smaller marshmallows as
points to the end of the pretzel sticks.
Step 4: Enjoy your healthy snack!
Whirling Snowflakes
Snowflakes falling everywhere.
Floating, floating in the air.
Whirling, twirling round and
round.
Falling softly to the ground!
Itsy-Bitsy Snowflake
(to the tune of: “The Itsy-Bitsy Spider”)
The itsy-bitsy snowflake
Fell down from the sky.
It landed on my nose
And bounced upon my eye.
It slid down to my chin
And it landed on my tongue.
Then it melted all away.
My snowflake song is done!
2. Tips for Parents Book RecommendationsThe Unique You
The Snowy Day
By Ezra Jack Keats
“Waking up to a world of snowy
white—what could be better? Young
Peter can’t wait to jump in his
snowsuit and run out to explore.”
When It Starts To Snow
By Phillis Gershator
“What if it starts to snow? What do
you do? Where do you go? Ask these
barn animals!”
Here Comes Jack Frost
By Kazuno Kohara
“One cold morning, strange patterns
appeared on the window. The boy ran
outside and saw a white figure
covering his house with frost and
snow!”
Created by Samantha Colwell, Liberty Public
Library
December 9, 2015.
A very vital part of
literacy is allowing your
children the
independence to talk for
themselves.
Talk with them about
who they are, how they
feel, and what they
want to be. Talking
engages in new vocabu-
lary, while also building
self-esteem and
confidence!
The Unique You Checklist:
What makes you unique?
What is different about
you?
What do you like or do
that’s different from your
friends and family?
What do you have in
common with your
friends or family?