Library Storytelling Morning activity for December

Come to the “tellebration” with us! Monthly Saturday morning meetings where kids can enjoy selected stories in English with Brian George (Oliver) as storyteller. Recommended for children between the ages of 4 – 8. Two adults per child maximum. Approx. 40 minutes.

Participation is free. Seating is limited, entrance is open until full capacity.

December storytelling around the book:

“White Snow, Bright Snow” by Alvin Tresselt & Roger Duvoisin

Saturday, December 19th 2009 at 12 p.m. (Noon)

“When the first flakes fell from the grey sky, the postman and the farmer and the policeman and his wife scurried about doing all the practical things grownups do when a snowstorm comes. But the children laughed and danced, and caught the lacy snowflakes on their tongues. All the wonder and delight a child feels in a snowfall is caught in the pages of this book — the frost ferns on the window sill, the snow man in the yard and the mystery and magic of a new white world. Roger Duvoisin’s pictures in soft blue half-tones with briliant splashes of yellow and red emphasize the gaiety and humor as well as the poetic quality of the text.”

From Harper Collins.

Recommended links for parents and teachers:

http://www.childrensliteraturenetwork.org/birthbios/brthpage/09sep/9-30tresselt.html

http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/353.html

http://familytlc.net/issues/january2007/books_4_1288.html

http://mrscjacksonsclass.com/wintersnow.htm

Inicio del ciclo de cuentacuentos infantiles en inglés 2009-2010 “Library Storytelling Mornings”

Dale cuerda

El próximo sábado24 de octubre la biblioteca iniciará el ciclo Library Storytelling Mornings 2009 – 2010, actividad de cuentacuentos en inglés para niños de 4 a 8 años. Agradecemos el interés que ha suscitado hasta el momento y esperamos poder contar con todos los que participaron del ciclo anterior, además de nuevos participantes que se quieran unir a la “Tellebration”.

La actividad se realizará mensualmente (habitualmente los últimos sábados de mes a las 12 de la mañana) en la Biblioteca del Instituto Internacional y es de acceso gratuito previa inscripción enviando los nombres de los niños a través de biblioteca@iie.es.

Podéis encontar algunas imágenes de sesiones anteriores en Flickr.

Los cuentacuentos que realizaremos en éste curso tendrán los siguientes títulos infantiles como protagonistas:

Octubre: Gershon’s Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year by Eric A. Kimmel (Author), Jon J. Muth (Illustrator)

 Noviembre: Buffalo Woman by Paul Goble (Author, Illustrator)

 Diciembre: White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt (Author), Roger Duvoisin (Illustrator)

 Enero: Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter (Author)

 February: Stone Soup by Jon J. Muth

 March: The Monkey and the Crocodile: A Jataka Tale from India by Paul Galdone

April: Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermot

May: The Great Ball Game: A Muskogee Story by Joseph Bruchac (Author), Susan L. Roth (Illustrator)

June: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema