tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53948125041398232702024-03-17T23:03:57.890-04:00Adaptive UmbrellaAccessible and inclusive library programming, collections, & servicesJen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-87663690003344828982022-12-04T14:36:00.005-05:002022-12-04T14:37:35.735-05:00Outreach Sensory Story Time: Fall Open House<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TObPOayxeEJ-nwzEY9qWyI-4fEMqMU6LtUb8FUd-qnApyJIppS1n74RIrD0tn8wRDEsAr6j4on8DLGKjHOP2VjVGNJluhf27i2iY_OTbKJ5i1CgA-PTDtB3M4b-vDKjF0acfMgAawEj4oFUva3klxf6lscLIGunUJq5QA3JvtjTW-2D1HsrUV71K/s1600/Scarecrow%20scarecrow%20jacket.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Large laminated story cover of Scarecrow, Scarecrow, What Do You See? with central image of scarecrow, pumpkin, leaf, apple, corn, acorn" border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TObPOayxeEJ-nwzEY9qWyI-4fEMqMU6LtUb8FUd-qnApyJIppS1n74RIrD0tn8wRDEsAr6j4on8DLGKjHOP2VjVGNJluhf27i2iY_OTbKJ5i1CgA-PTDtB3M4b-vDKjF0acfMgAawEj4oFUva3klxf6lscLIGunUJq5QA3JvtjTW-2D1HsrUV71K/w150-h200/Scarecrow%20scarecrow%20jacket.JPG" width="150" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJE1IwJd8XST_Lit-V0ijkhojmA_5H_KiQcU7XxHiFeqY1MEVrREaBFzociK_MNydTHZttuxNIzqV7eK0pwqpK79gsFJO69lE1wQfZM5qbK4gp5IGCeggH8R7ufC8IXI7hKHBf61aguPnDn-cYfpnDGP-STqQiENo-puVBmDVn-xwhbyN7rKJqAIS/s486/Full%20of%20Fall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Cover of the picture book Full of Fall with closeup photo of orange, yellow, and brown leaves in the background" border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEJE1IwJd8XST_Lit-V0ijkhojmA_5H_KiQcU7XxHiFeqY1MEVrREaBFzociK_MNydTHZttuxNIzqV7eK0pwqpK79gsFJO69lE1wQfZM5qbK4gp5IGCeggH8R7ufC8IXI7hKHBf61aguPnDn-cYfpnDGP-STqQiENo-puVBmDVn-xwhbyN7rKJqAIS/w164-h200/Full%20of%20Fall.jpg" width="164" /></a></div></div><br /><p></p><p>We were so excited to visit the <a href="https://adaptiveumbrella.blogspot.com/search?q=Wing+Lake" target="_blank">Wing Lake Developmental Center</a> for our first visit since the "before times!" Our new Assistant DH, Lauren, and I updated a previous story time plan from 3 years ago and presented this sensory story time for Wing Lake's Fall Open House in late October, and we are thrilled to have monthly visits scheduled there in the coming months. </p><p>Here's the plan:</p><p>1. Hello (Talk about the visual schedule)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLewQCTkkXeCESxSU5ihKEIN5xFO-SFz86I8Y7gSgYoHfbM4AdGroM0XcpX0LzXmmeqYy9eU4H0BPndQwMsmpoFir1tq_2jhjqZs27I05iGHRtElCGbcAHG4n5qJd-IJhcUJ-NvAKZYfDH25QO-TabNZUwYYhyLsP7hZFBeNKl6CbtOzOmd1by7Dn/s4032/IMG_2458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Closeup of visual schedule with pictures on magnetic white board of story time activities" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLLewQCTkkXeCESxSU5ihKEIN5xFO-SFz86I8Y7gSgYoHfbM4AdGroM0XcpX0LzXmmeqYy9eU4H0BPndQwMsmpoFir1tq_2jhjqZs27I05iGHRtElCGbcAHG4n5qJd-IJhcUJ-NvAKZYfDH25QO-TabNZUwYYhyLsP7hZFBeNKl6CbtOzOmd1by7Dn/w240-h320/IMG_2458.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Talk about theme: "Today we are having fun with things that we experience in the fall! What do you like about fall? (Colorful leaves, apples and cider mills, Halloween) For their Fall Open House, students and their families were invited to wear costumes for some Halloween activities throughout the evening. So we also talked about our costumes and what we find around Halloween time (scarecrows, pumpkins, trick or treaters).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Story: <b>Scarecrow, Scarecrow, What Do You See?</b> by Lisa Erwin, SLP</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is an adapted book with interactive images. I enlarged this book and interactive image pieces to poster-size, looped ring clips through the top and attached it to our portable easel to flip through.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(<i>source: <a href="https://myspeechtools.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Speech Tools</a></i>)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>4. Flannel rhyme: Apples Juicy, Apples Round (tune: <i>Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star</i>)<div>In addition to putting flannel apples in red, green, and yellow on our board, Lauren and I also brought in red, green, and yellow apples to pass around for students and their families to see, feel, and smell.</div><div><br /></div><div>Apples juicy, apples round,</div><div>On the tree or on the ground.</div><div>Apples yellow, green, and red,</div><div>Give us pie and juice and bread.</div><div>Apples juicy, apples sweet, </div><div>Apples are so good to eat!</div><div>(<i>source: unknown</i>)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOahI436HoFtx5M-z2DQN-H9BC6H3qxQd1wBjk-cHELTf49H6BW5NIFjaWLcFJF9FNh3pz36ql3Hx3qs1CRsaxOzxPOlXMYygqZMVOG4sQpJxYSkGh-_cSy_7REaaTQjHEzXWWW5UNSl0XAy_OqQWRE_OdWAbZNULN2_YemRWjbsjNgU_bxbhD8D3R/s4032/IMG_2457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Story time materials on top of table, including fall stories, twigs, leaves, and apples" border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOahI436HoFtx5M-z2DQN-H9BC6H3qxQd1wBjk-cHELTf49H6BW5NIFjaWLcFJF9FNh3pz36ql3Hx3qs1CRsaxOzxPOlXMYygqZMVOG4sQpJxYSkGh-_cSy_7REaaTQjHEzXWWW5UNSl0XAy_OqQWRE_OdWAbZNULN2_YemRWjbsjNgU_bxbhD8D3R/w320-h240/IMG_2457.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. Sensory Story: <b>Full of Fall</b> by April Pulley Sayre</div>Another fantastic picture book from Sayre with beautiful photograph illustrations of outdoor fall scenes and simple narrative. We projected the eBook version on a large screen for better visual accessibility and also passed around different colorful leaves, twigs, and bark to better experience the story and illustrations with our senses of sight, touch (the different textures of the leaves and bark), smell, and hearing (the crinkle of the leaves).<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMp2wAv9O9-C7Ih6bO8RZiLOvT4zeeevptug50gcIWZtJTn3V1kq7m8jYbqv7-Jyk7wpCHF9y73ZmkOxyP3LH8aRNPNNUc8KjXWl9T9xFmDSDJ5D4laRiaf5-In1xBIg_RGyRbUKFdQovwByEMsCPuN9xhPgFeDklH5J1TjhUmUBkwLf1yRH3MBa2y/s4032/68730780500__15A0F9AA-F539-4D66-BE94-BC6FD409089E.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Closeup of leaves of different sizes, shapes, and colors inside of ziploc bag" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMp2wAv9O9-C7Ih6bO8RZiLOvT4zeeevptug50gcIWZtJTn3V1kq7m8jYbqv7-Jyk7wpCHF9y73ZmkOxyP3LH8aRNPNNUc8KjXWl9T9xFmDSDJ5D4laRiaf5-In1xBIg_RGyRbUKFdQovwByEMsCPuN9xhPgFeDklH5J1TjhUmUBkwLf1yRH3MBa2y/w240-h320/68730780500__15A0F9AA-F539-4D66-BE94-BC6FD409089E.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. Goodbye Song: "If You're a Monster and You Know It" (tune: <i>If You're Happy and You Know It</i>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">If you're a monster and you know it,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">wave your arms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">If you're a monster and you know it,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">wave your arms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">If you're a monster and you know it,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">then your arms will surely show it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">If you're a monster and you know it,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">wave your arms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Additional verses: show your teeth, roar out loud</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(<i>source: <a href="http://preschooleducation.com" target="_blank">preschooleducation.com</a></i>)</div></div><div><br /></div><div>7. Craft activity: Apple Trees (blue construction paper, green circle, strip of brown construction paper, glue sticks, and bingo dauber markers)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhff5oMaD0SIaE917ktCfEGK7pwE_0OqemhJa-Bmfmot1KGpZbBBnqUq0Ucr8ZLnsiAcPB37pDE1DSg1JYI10MXHiT0baphjrdlZ_HV8XQqW2j2Mt9v7oXwPXRZysBtGYn2fc52LHpEh0ZrePy7-gNbyHOpZHOGv6_i3OFZywc5wDVIZxrZxKpvt4VK/s3020/IMG_2459.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="caregivers hand over child's hand on dauber marker, adding apples on paper tree craft" border="0" data-original-height="2073" data-original-width="3020" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhff5oMaD0SIaE917ktCfEGK7pwE_0OqemhJa-Bmfmot1KGpZbBBnqUq0Ucr8ZLnsiAcPB37pDE1DSg1JYI10MXHiT0baphjrdlZ_HV8XQqW2j2Mt9v7oXwPXRZysBtGYn2fc52LHpEh0ZrePy7-gNbyHOpZHOGv6_i3OFZywc5wDVIZxrZxKpvt4VK/w320-h220/IMG_2459.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5h3sFFyfdnqtLL4k5yoYE_JRnp53GTUcoBfEGpUgqKOUuaQTau0WNafmi0NgRU704JkXA9x_boP0bxKOPm9KQoT4t9hBl_SVcWzySS3CPTmCw4pX_PjiGpNFyPjQHeqAEq5oeZnZmzIozBY7k7_aqiTY2JVexIokU0B_uaKvJEhy1dZ-uh6BkDpY/s4032/IMG_2462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Paper tree craft with one brown strip of paper for trunk and large green circle for tree leaves and marker dots for apples" border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5h3sFFyfdnqtLL4k5yoYE_JRnp53GTUcoBfEGpUgqKOUuaQTau0WNafmi0NgRU704JkXA9x_boP0bxKOPm9KQoT4t9hBl_SVcWzySS3CPTmCw4pX_PjiGpNFyPjQHeqAEq5oeZnZmzIozBY7k7_aqiTY2JVexIokU0B_uaKvJEhy1dZ-uh6BkDpY/w240-h320/IMG_2462.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-78651449909974726722021-01-27T21:50:00.001-05:002021-01-28T12:13:38.363-05:00Virtual Sensory Story Time: Bath Time!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--E6jBQ_dll8/YBIhWx0d3fI/AAAAAAAACHU/jex__Ium-jMBI-yDwr5XcLd42F4yMJ1ggCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/How%2BDo%2BAnimals%2BTake%2BBaths%2Bcover.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Book cover for How Do You Take a Bath by Kate McMullan with image of a mama and baby hippo" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--E6jBQ_dll8/YBIhWx0d3fI/AAAAAAAACHU/jex__Ium-jMBI-yDwr5XcLd42F4yMJ1ggCLcBGAsYHQ/w200-h200/How%2BDo%2BAnimals%2BTake%2BBaths%2Bcover.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vwIlYwwc8Qw/YBIhWuAQ0qI/AAAAAAAACHQ/wibrFBWdE6A05FMdGwkjXr9hlD5OvEvowCLcBGAsYHQ/s498/Dogs%2BColorful%2BDay.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Book cover for Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd with image of white dog with one black spot on his ear lunging forward toward colorful bone" border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="400" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vwIlYwwc8Qw/YBIhWuAQ0qI/AAAAAAAACHQ/wibrFBWdE6A05FMdGwkjXr9hlD5OvEvowCLcBGAsYHQ/w161-h200/Dogs%2BColorful%2BDay.jpg" width="161" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>It feels good to blog on a cold, snowy evening in January....2021. I have been recording monthly sensory story time videos since August of last year, including a few on Zoom with Ed, which were more geared to all ages in an effort to reach Wing Lake Developmental Center students (ages 3 - 26 with multiple disabilities). We also assembled sensory story time supply bags to go along with these videos, which our patrons could pick up via curbside. <div><p></p><p>This past fall was also a time for reflection and some much needed evaluation of personal time. As a result, I may not be blogging here as often, but will certainly still be sharing new accessibility service highlights and some adaptive program favorites here and on Twitter. </p><p>Bath time has always been one of my favorite themes for story time. There are so many wonderful opportunities for sensory engagement, including the use of my favorite sensory tool, bubbles! And don't forget to check the read-aloud permissions on publisher sites for recorded story times. Both of the stories I read were published by imprints of Penguin Random House. Here's their permissions page: <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/penguin-random-house-temporary-open-license/" target="_blank">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/penguin-random-house-temporary-open-license/ </a></p><p>Story time plan:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kujrUUQRjkE/YBIS7MiqsrI/AAAAAAAACGg/sxTNnUMFGPcQhV1aSTB9GgLftm09295BwCLcBGAsYHQ/s498/Dogs%2BColorful%2BDay.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4taz9vRsgZ0/YBISV3gADvI/AAAAAAAACGY/24p2TvqkuywDylwkGGuiqHLNbpTo_Kp3ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_3578.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="Looking at a chair next to a white board with visual activity schedule images and flannel board attachment. A cushion with small laptop is facing the chair and two smaller cushions with story time supplies are on either side of chair" border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4taz9vRsgZ0/YBISV3gADvI/AAAAAAAACGY/24p2TvqkuywDylwkGGuiqHLNbpTo_Kp3ACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h240/IMG_3578.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1. Hello and talk about bath time. What do you like about bath time? Do you put bubbles in your bath? Rubber duckies? Toy boats? Show materials in sensory story time supply kit.</div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u3X37QRJJvE/YBIT_udBVXI/AAAAAAAACG0/vGiDQVBbhoMv74gkTJOTIHYdCUL_wI1zgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/IMG_3581.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Closeup of small brown paper bag with Bath Time Sensory Story Time Supply Kit label attached. A list of supplies and images of a bathtub and laptop are on the label." border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u3X37QRJJvE/YBIT_udBVXI/AAAAAAAACG0/vGiDQVBbhoMv74gkTJOTIHYdCUL_wI1zgCLcBGAsYHQ/w240-h320/IMG_3581.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BLeRnVwuq6s/YBIT202yrUI/AAAAAAAACGw/nTP5d54wk5YJ6CoUw5M9vOBnW-SOXOjewCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/bath%2Btime%2Bkit.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Closeup of various story time supplies in front of small paper bag with label, including bubbles, a scarf, hot cocoa mix, and bags of cornmeal and pipe cleaners" border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BLeRnVwuq6s/YBIT202yrUI/AAAAAAAACGw/nTP5d54wk5YJ6CoUw5M9vOBnW-SOXOjewCLcBGAsYHQ/w240-h320/bath%2Btime%2Bkit.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rhyme/song supplies: bubbles and scarf</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Supplies for story with sensory experiences: small piece of fine sand paper, pipette/eye dropper, bags of cornmeal and small black pipe cleaners, hot cocoa mix</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Supplies needed from home: small ball and bowl of snow or artificial snow</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. Story Time Ball Song </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(Using small ball, roll back and forth on floor or on table with caregiver or family members - I rolled mine back and forth with our large plush Big Bird again!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>tune: "Wheels on the Bus"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(Rolling ball back and forth to each other)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The story time ball rolls back and forth,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">back and forth, back and forth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The story time ball rolls back and forth,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Let's see who it found. Hi ______!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Now roll it back to me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(Keep rolling back and forth until each person has said their name.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">3. Yoga pose: "Boat pose" (Adapted pose: For people who cannot lift their legs off the floor, they can keep feet on the floor or stay seated and gently rock back and forth -- "rocking the boat on the water.")</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">4. Sensory tool rhyme: "Bubbles" (using bubbles supplied in kit)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>tune: "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Bubbles floating all around </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Bubbles fat and bubbles round (look at all those bubbles!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Bubbles on my toes and nose</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Blow a bubble, up it goes! (blow bubbles and look up!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Bubbles floating all around</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">B..u..b..b..l..e..s f..a..l..l..i..n..g ... to....the....ground (follow bubbles as they slowly fall to the ground)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(source unknown)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">5. Flannel story and book: <b>Dog's Colorful Day</b> by Emma Dodd</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ujNMaWVjXJc/YBIX-julHaI/AAAAAAAACHE/tP3U4kqe9tgD613DsIGwieRcsEqMEQR6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Dogs%2Bcolorful%2Bday%2Bflannel.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Closeup of white flannel dog covered in colorful flannel circles on flannel board" border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ujNMaWVjXJc/YBIX-julHaI/AAAAAAAACHE/tP3U4kqe9tgD613DsIGwieRcsEqMEQR6gCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h240/Dogs%2Bcolorful%2Bday%2Bflannel.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. Sensory tool song: "Washing Song" (using scarf in kit)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>tune: "Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the way we wash our face,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">wash our face, wash our face.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is the way we wash our face,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so early in the morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Additional verses with hands, hair, shoulders (upper body parts that can be seen in the limited screen view)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7. Story with sensory experiences: <b>How Do You Take a Bath?</b> by Kate McMullan</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Kit supplies used during this story:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">fine sand paper (cat's rough pink tongue)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">pipette/ eye dropper and bowl of water (elephant's shower)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">hot cocoa mix in a bowl with a bit of water (pig's mud)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">black pipe cleaners (honeybee's hairy legs)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">bag of cornmeal (chicken dust)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">8. Goodbye stretch: "Tickle the Clouds"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Tickle the clouds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Tickle your toes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Turn around and tickle your nose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Reach down low.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Reach up high.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Story time's over.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Wave goodbye!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>9. Goodbye! and supply suggestions for animal bath follow-up activity: </div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>1 bin of dirt or mud (can also be chocolate pudding)</li><li>1 bin of clean water</li><li>scrub brush</li><li>small plastic animal toys</li></ul></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><br /></div>Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-60277191045564278742020-09-22T08:30:00.001-04:002021-01-27T21:57:16.786-05:00Virtual Sensory Story Time: Look Up!<p>Before going over what I did in my virtual story time, I thought I would share a <a href="https://vimeo.com/453724715/6fbe9823fe" target="_blank">"behind-the-scenes" video</a> of my set-up (thanks to a suggestion from my coworker, Ms. Liz!).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/453724715/6fbe9823fe" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="849" height="346" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ua216szgat8/X06BEFlm9RI/AAAAAAAAB-s/qh3uHeT0YZs2My8ke4jy-xLeiHhm0POBgCLcBGAsYHQ/w512-h346/Video%2Bcapture.JPG" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My theme for this story time is "Look Up!" This is a variation on a previous sensory story time done in person. Here's the plan:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">1. Hello and talk about things we see when we look up (birds, trees, the clouds in the sky, balloons, etc.).<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. List supplies needed for story time and show contents of Sensory Story Time supply bags, which can be requested for curbside pickup or placed on our hold shelves to pick up when visiting the Library in person. Here are the sensory items provided in this kit: scarf, feather, pipe cleaner, plastic egg, and bubbles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7eWq64YripI/X2kP_8qHIbI/AAAAAAAACAE/NMelAP33SGcLFdXlV48TUjg84FBLEMM0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/Sensory%2BST%2Bsupply%2Bbag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7eWq64YripI/X2kP_8qHIbI/AAAAAAAACAE/NMelAP33SGcLFdXlV48TUjg84FBLEMM0ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Sensory%2BST%2Bsupply%2Bbag.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Welcome Song: "Story Time Ball Song" (I recorded this separately, on the floor with our large, plush Big Bird!) Viewers can do this with any ball they have at home (which is noted on the supply bag and at the beginning of story time. They can roll the ball back and forth with their grownup(s), siblings, or stuffed friend on the floor or over a table to each other.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i>tune: "Wheels on the Bus"</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(Roll ball back and forth to each other)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The story time ball rolls back and forth,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">back and forth, back and forth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The story time ball rolls back and forth,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Let's see who it found. Hi ______!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Now roll it back to me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(Keep rolling back and forth until each child has said their name.)</div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. Mindfulness exercise: "Balloon breath" (This breathing exercise can be down while seated or lying down.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nxBXdJiUrx8/X1qH91mjQXI/AAAAAAAAB_Y/Q4ucFH4xJU0sVRw32x_SVkzcuIPBUZrewCLcBGAsYHQ/s462/hooray%2Bfor%2Bbirds%2Bcover.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="400" height="256" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nxBXdJiUrx8/X1qH91mjQXI/AAAAAAAAB_Y/Q4ucFH4xJU0sVRw32x_SVkzcuIPBUZrewCLcBGAsYHQ/w222-h256/hooray%2Bfor%2Bbirds%2Bcover.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. Story with sensory experiences: <b>Hooray for Birds! </b>by Lucy Cousins</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Before reading, I thanked Candlewick Press for allowing me to share this story with our community in an unlisted video that families could view at a time convenient for them. Please see the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/113E-0ffElTRoI7zsvk6gjxrAgepeD-JGAD55-ftSfrc/edit">SLJ Covid-19 Publisher Information Directory</a> to find out the latest on publishers' shared reading guidelines.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I read the story, I prompted viewers to join me in these sensory experiences:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page spread with rooster - say "Cock-a-doodle-doo!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next page spread with two birds flying - flap your arm "wings" like the birds are flapping their wings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page with bird hopping - stand up and hop or bounce up and down in your seat</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page with woodpecker - make pecking noise by knocking on seat or table</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page with duck (or swan?) - look up as you stretch your neck nice and tall</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page with parrot - say "hello darling."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page spread with starlings - grab your scarf from the supply bag and swoop it up, down, and around, just like the starlings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page with bird scratching its feet - use your fingers to scratch the ground or the air</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page with bird catching fly - open your mouth and try to catch the fly</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page with flamingo - stand up on one leg or lift one foot while seated</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page with hen - say "cluck, cluck" and pull out your plastic egg from the supply egg - how does the egg feel?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page with bird and snake - pull out your pipe cleaner from the supply bag (which they were instructed beforehand to bend/curve like a snake), set it down on the floor or table, catch up the snake and stretch our your wings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page spread with birds singing - repeating various bird songs and sounds</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page with penguins - let's waddle side to side in our seats</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page with ostrich running - let's pat our hands on our laps to make a running sound</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page spread with peacock - reach into supply bag and pull out your feather (how does it feel?). Hold it up as you puff out your chest like the peacock</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Page with birds cuddling - cuddle up with your grownup or reach around to your back with both arms criss-crossing and give yourself a big cuddle hug!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And of course, don't forget to whoo along with the owl at the end!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ddHclgK1hCE/X2kic9KMAoI/AAAAAAAACAc/ojaOk_NksqMpKfPE6O-UCwKhus7xnbG5QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/5%2Blittle%2Bbirds%2Bflannel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="150" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ddHclgK1hCE/X2kic9KMAoI/AAAAAAAACAc/ojaOk_NksqMpKfPE6O-UCwKhus7xnbG5QCLcBGAsYHQ/w200-h150/5%2Blittle%2Bbirds%2Bflannel.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. Flannel rhyme: "Five Little Birds"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was one little bird in the one little tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He was so alone and didn't want to be,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So he flew far away, over the sea</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And brought back a friend to live in the tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now there are two little birds in the one little tree...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now there are three little birds...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now there are four little birds...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now there are five little birds in the one little tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">They were not alone anymore, they were family!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(<i>source unknown</i>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">7. Sensory tool rhyme: "Bubbles" (using bubbles supplied in kit)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>tune: "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bubbles floating all around </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bubbles fat and bubbles round (look at all those bubbles!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bubbles on my toes and nose</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Blow a bubble, up it goes! (blow bubbles and look up!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bubbles floating all around</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">B..u..b..b..l..e..s f..a..l..l..i..n..g ... to....the....ground (follow bubbles as they slowly fall to the ground)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(<i>source unknown</i>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">8. Goodbye stretch: "Tickle the clouds"<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Tickle the clouds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Tickle your toes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Turn around and tickle your nose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Reach down low.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Reach up high.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Story time's over.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Wave goodbye!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">9. Goodbye and supply suggestions to make discovery bin at home with bird seed, sticks and leaves from the backyard, and cutting up the pipe cleaner from the kit to make "worms" to find in the bin, pulling them out with large tweezers at home (or making these <a href="https://www.theottoolbox.com/craft-stick-tweezers-to-help-with-pencil-grasp/">craft stick tweezers</a>) like a bird might with its beak.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-74030129481921853672020-07-27T18:30:00.001-04:002020-09-16T16:08:45.456-04:00Adaptive Umbrella Workshop: Virtual Edition!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's an honor to host our 6th Adaptive Umbrella accessibility workshop in the same year as the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There is still so much work to be done in the accessibility field, and we must listen and amplify the voices of the disability community to set new goals. You cannot have a workshop or conference about accessibility without including self-advocates on your stage, whether it's in the building or a virtual platform. Originally scheduled for April, our workshop was put on hold until fall. The possibility of postponing until an in-person event could safely be held in 2022 was considered, but this is not the time to remove sources of support. During the months of quarantine and working from home, many of us have found ways to adapt our programs, classrooms, and services to a virtual format, going beyond ADA to engage people of all ages and abilities. In an effort to support this ongoing learning process, we are taking the Adaptive Umbrella workshop virtual on September 23rd! The day is geared to librarians, educators, and caregivers working with the disability community and features presentations/discussions with disability self-advocates and professionals in the field developing adaptive services.</div>
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Morénike Giwa Onaiwu</div>
“Forged by Fire: The Intersection of Race, Disability, and Gender”<br />
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Morénike
Giwa Onaiwu, Ed.D(c), M.A., is an Autistic woman of color, educator, public
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nontraditional
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Morénike has
spoken at the White House, the United Nations, the AIDS Clinical Trials Group Network
plenary, and several national conferences. Her board membership includes Autistic Self-Advocacy
Network, Autism in Adulthood Journal, Ethical Autism Research Expert Group, the National
Disability Parenting Research Center and other entities. She has written for or been
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of the NIH, and Co-Director of the Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network, is (along with
Lydia X. Z. Brown and E. Ashkenazy), an editor of the first anthology of
Autistic people of
color, All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism and
co-coordinator of a
grassroots microgrant program that supports people of color on the autism
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Ashley Grady</div>
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Ashley Grady is the Senior Program Specialist at the Smithsonian Institution in the Access Smithsonian office where she manages programs for families of children with disabilities, adults with dementia, and young adults with intellectual disabilities seeking employment. Prior to working at the Smithsonian, Ashley was a special education teacher in Washington, DC and Nashville, TN. </div>
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Glenna Godinsky is a Certified Dementia Practitioner and the Life Enrichment Liaison at the Gail Borden Public Library District (IL) where she and her team of 22 volunteers have previously traveled to locations across Elgin, IL, every month to bring programming to seniors and developmentally disabled youth and adults. She has recently converted the Elgin Memory Cafe into a monthly virtual cafe and is also running programs for people with dementia through pre-recorded videos.</div>
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<div><b>Adaptive Virtual Programs: An Interactive Discussion and Tips Share</b></div>
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Ed and I will be sharing how we are taking our adaptive, multisensory story times to a virtual platform.</div>
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Caroline Braden, Accessibility Specialist at <a href="https://www.thehenryford.org/" target="_blank">The Henry Ford</a> and Chair of the <a href="https://www.miculturalaccess.org/" target="_blank">Michigan Alliance for Cultural Accessibility</a> (MACA), will be sharing how they are converting their programs geared to disability groups to a virtual format. </div>
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<b>Join us on September 23, 2020! You can register (free!) here:</b></div>
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<br />Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-18338048755691387382020-07-23T12:00:00.000-04:002020-07-23T12:26:29.436-04:00Adaptive Literacy Resources Online <br />
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<b>Updated from original post on 3/16/20</b><br />
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Looking for adaptive literacy resources online for youth and/or emerging readers with disabilities to engage with virtually? Families might not be able to attend an adaptive story time at the library right now, but here are some wonderful resources in the meantime.<br />
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American Society for Deaf Children's directory of <a href="https://deafchildren.org/knowledge-center/resources/sign-language-stories/" target="_blank">Children's Stories in ASL</a> is a very comprehensive list, organized by grade and also title.<br />
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Check out this ongoing compilation of <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rgAG1vqyU1RAlOZOXSvdyPk0Y4gPN51jOFTqLKN00hw/edit?fbclid=IwAR0QFb64TJ-vyP9r-9UAFvgS61TKjZvuoAoFq387eKv817s5caYn1_4c-8s" target="_blank">ASL stories, eBooks, and other ASL educational resources </a>for #OperationASLStorytime from the Deaf-Hearing Communication Centre.<br />
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DPAN.TV: The Sign Language Channel is offering <a href="https://dpan.tv/programs/collection-vvevex5tooe?categoryId=23395" target="_blank">Kids Stories in ASL</a>!<br />
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<a href="http://www.cats.gatech.edu/" target="_blank">The Center for Accessible Technology in Sign (CATS)</a>, a joint project between the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf and the Georgia Institute of Technology, has a video <a href="http://storage.googleapis.com/catscatalog/index.htm" target="_blank">library</a> of songs, rhymes, reference sources, poetry, stories and more in American Sign Language.<br />
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The <a href="https://tarheelreader.org/" target="_blank">Tar Heel Reader</a> is a fantastic open source digital library of accessible, easy-to-read books online. These speech enabled stories geared to emerging readers are accessible on multiple interfaces and the site is available in 9 languages.<br />
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<a href="https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/" target="_blank">Unite for Literacy</a> provides a free library of engaging digital picture books geared to emerging readers, complete with audio narration options in a variety of languages. </div>
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Check to see if your library's OverDrive collection has any of the new ASL Signed Stories on eVideo, in addition to titles on eAudio for youth who are blind or have low vision. OverDrive also offers accessibility options, such as dyslexia font.</div>
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<a href="https://www.bookshare.org/cms/" target="_blank">Bookshare</a> offers the world’s largest collection of accessible titles. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading.</div>
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If your child is eligible, check out the many downloadable books in braille and audio from <a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/login/mainpage/NLS" target="_blank">BARD</a>. Be sure to also check with your local/state Braille and Talking Book Library.<br />
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Check out some recent posts about virtual services and multisensory literacy activities for youth with multiple disabilities on the <a href="https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/blog" target="_blank">Paths to Literacy blog</a>.<br />
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While this is a good start, it is by no means a complete list. Let me know if you have any free adaptive literacy resources online to add to the list.Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-31949468120325634922020-04-06T09:24:00.003-04:002020-07-30T15:03:23.947-04:00Accessible Virtual Programming: Close-up on DIY Captioning Editors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I write this post at the start of our fourth week in a stay-at-home order during the COVID-19 pandemic, I have become even more aware of the inequity of online content. For this particular post, I am focusing on the need for more captioned video content. Please take a moment to go to the the accessibility settings on your device and enable the Closed Captioning option, when available. On an iPhone, select Accessibility from the main Settings menu, choose Subtitles & Captioning, and select Closed Captions + SDH (when available). </div>
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Now try going to social media. We'll use Facebook, as that is one of the most popular social media platforms for engagement with patrons. Go to the the video watchlist area or search your favorite organization and look at some of the videos. Before being in isolation, I admit to mostly just occasionally skimming through these videos without the sound. Unless the video had captioning, which would then pique my interest enough to stop and read... and maybe even choose to activate the sound to engage more, I kept skimming by. Upon doing a little research, it turns out I am not alone. According to research, 85 percent of Facebook video is viewed without sound. </div>
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Now imagine what happens when we are also eliminating a portion of our community who are unable to select the option of turning up the sound on a video to engage with it. If over 5% of the world's population, or roughly 466 million people, have disabling hearing loss (World Heath Organization), we are excluding many members of our community. Additionally, we also know that captioning and subtitles can also benefit people who have cognitive disabilities and have difficulties with speech comprehension. People with sensory processing difficulties may also have difficulty with background noise or sounds, necessitating viewing without sound, in addition to better engagement with non-native speakers who may need the additional language support on the screen. </div>
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As with other libraries during this time, our library also recognizes the need to create virtual programming such as story times, book discussions, and/or simple virtual connection activities to engage our families at home now and possibly into the coming months of uncertainty that covers Summer Reading and later fall programming. While we are looking to avoid public sharing sites that offer Closed Captioning support, such as YouTube, to honor the fair use guidelines by many publishers, we also want to ensure accuracy, therefore avoiding the use of Facebook automatic captioning that can certainly be amusing at best (<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2019/04/19/facebooks-terrible-automatic-video-captions-are-no-laughing-matter/#2590dcca798f" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2019/04/19/facebooks-terrible-automatic-video-captions-are-no-laughing-matter/#2590dcca798f</a>). </div>
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I began my trial of caption/subtitle editors to add captioning to our virtual programming videos to ensure we are being inclusive of all abilities at a time when our disability community members are feeling even more isolated. This is certainly not an exhaustive list, but a good start. This blog post takes a more comprehensive look at options to consider: <a href="https://tinachildress.wordpress.com/2020/03/22/how-to-caption-your-videos/" target="_blank">https://tinachildress.wordpress.com/2020/03/22/how-to-caption-your-videos/</a>. </div>
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In an effort to connect with our weekly story time kiddos who are missing their time with their beloved librarians each week during this time, I asked our weekly story time staff members (if they were feeling up to it) to send me a quick video of a "hello" or a fun "singalong" to add captioning to and share with viewers on our social media and website for families not on social media. </div>
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I used Kapwing to edit <a href="https://vimeo.com/420391800" target="_blank">Ms. Nicole's sing-along video</a>:</div>
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<li>Remember: try to keep your face visible at all times and try to be very expressive when talking/singing/reading.</li>
<li>If doing a story time, also share sites with the same story read in sign language: <a href="https://deafchildren.org/knowledge-center/resources/sign-language-stories/" target="_blank">https://deafchildren.org/knowledge-center/resources/sign-language-stories/ </a></li>
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This month's Book 'N Play explored the many feelings we feel inside our heart. Here's the plan:</div>
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Other faces: sad, mad, scared, silly</div>
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<i>(source: <a href="http://preschoolexpress.com/">preschoolexpress.com</a>)</i></div>
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5. Multisensory experience story: <b>In My Heart</b> by Jo Witek</div>
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Hold out arms for big feelings and close arms on small feelings, LOUD feelings and <i>quiet </i>feelings.</div>
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Hold up shining flashlight and smile wide while twirling around in place (or twirling arms if seated).</div>
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We are trying something new! Attendance for our monthly sensory story times exclusively targeted to children with developmental disabilities was consistently low this past fall. Many factors are involved, including a wonderful abundance of new adaptive therapies and recreational opportunities in our community on Saturdays. I am truly so very excited to see all of these new opportunities available to children with disabilities and their families. Yeah! With these new opportunities in the community, though, comes the time for us to once again reevaluate our community's needs and how we can continue to meet and enrich those needs with our programming. Even though we might not be able to offer exclusive adaptive programs, all library events and programs can be made inclusive with adaptive tools (e.g. visuals, availability of sound cancelling headphones, inexpensive sunglasses to filter bright florescent lighting, alternative handouts in large font). Libraries can also have these accessibility services listed on their website to welcome people before their visit.<br />
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So what did we decide, you ask? We have moved the original adaptive Saturday morning story time (SENSEational Story Time) to Thursday afternoons after surveying some of our local special education directors to determine the best time (12:30 pm) and are opening this up to visiting school groups. Stay tuned for an update! These will be very similar to our multisensory outreach story times for the <a href="https://adaptiveumbrella.blogspot.com/search/label/Wing%20Lake" target="_blank">Wing Lake Developmental Center</a>. We are also offering an adaptive and inclusive multisensory story exploration for children of all abilities, ages 3 - 7, once a month on a Saturday morning at 11 am. A much larger scale version of this program was welcomed by many of our young story explorers this past summer at our <a href="https://adaptiveumbrella.blogspot.com/2019/07/book-play-multisensory-exploration.html" target="_blank">Book & Play: How to Catch a Star </a>program.<br />
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Our first monthly Book 'N Play was held last month. Families explored the story We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen. Here's a peek at some of the fun:<br />
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This month's story was LMNO Peas by Keith Baker.<br />
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1.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hello (Welcome families and talk about what Book 'N Play is)</div>
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2.<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Welcome Song (“The Story Time Ball”)</div>
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<i>source: <a href="https://storytimekatie.com/2010/09/09/alphabet/" target="_blank">Storytime Katie</a></i></div>
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A: Astronauts – make arms in A-shape and “blast off”</div>
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<b>Discovery bin: </b>find the foam letters in the dried peas (using strainers, large tweezers, and scoopers)</div>
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<b>Craft:</b> make a tactile letter (first letter of name) – with large letter outline, foam shapes, pompoms, and googly eyes</div>
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And of course we had some of our alphabet puzzles, tactile braille letters, alphabet discovery skills kit, and toys from our <a href="https://btpl.org/youth/asc/" target="_blank">Accessibility Support Collection</a> available in the room to check out and continue the multisensory fun at home.</div>
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<br />Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-21776794152811853162020-01-09T20:36:00.001-05:002022-01-23T18:30:59.399-05:00The Importance of a Name: Updating a Collection's Identity What's in a name? Well...actually a name tells us quite a bit about the contents of a collection of materials, and sometimes a name needs to reevaluated. The name of the multi-media Youth Special Needs Collection at the Bloomfield Township Public Library was chosen over 10 years ago to be consistent with special education language at that time. When building this collection in 2008, I consulted with special education professionals, families, and students with disabilities. Because there were so many components in the collection, it was not feasible to use an acronym based on content type to identify this collection, as with some other library collections geared to patrons with disabilities.<br />
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Disability language has evolved in the past 11 years since the grand opening of this collection in January of 2009, and we are mindful of language that represents the voices of the disability community. The term ‘special needs’ is a euphemism that is considered offensive and ableist to many disability self-advocates, as it implies the needs of a person with a disability are special, even though everyone has needs that may be unique. After careful consideration, research, and discussion with disability self-advocates in the community and beyond over the course of a year, we are excited to announce the change to Accessibility Support Collection (ASC) to reflect the purpose of the collection: to support accessibility in daily living, learning, and recreation. The term ‘accessibility’ has consistently been used to describe the degree to which something is usable, perceivable and understandable by people of all abilities.<br />
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<u>A Process in Progress</u><br />
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The task of updating catalog item records and relabeling is almost finished thanks to a wonderfully supportive Technical Services Department. Our Systems staff has also changed the MAT type icon and assisted with the changes on our website. (A reminder of the collaborative effort this collection requires!)<br />
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The <a href="https://btpl.org/youth/asc/" target="_blank">web page</a> has been updated and we are in the process of updating our signage, brochures, and bibliographies which will be added back to the web page soon!<br />
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Check out these resources for more information on disability language:<br />
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<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5256467/" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5256467/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-21368741394907629852019-11-19T21:44:00.003-05:002019-11-19T21:53:13.541-05:00Outreach: Halloween Festival<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Halloween is full of sensory experiences. The eerie orange and purple lights, slimy pumpkin guts, tasty pumpkin seeds and candy, and of course the spooky sounds coming from the creatures in the night. Ms. Patricia and I brought a few of these sensory treats with us on our visit to the Wing Lake Developmental Center (see previous posts about <a href="https://adaptiveumbrella.blogspot.com/search/label/Wing%20Lake" target="_blank">Wing Lake</a>) for their Halloween festival on October 31.<br />
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Here's the plan:<br />
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1. Hello (Talk about <a href="https://adaptiveumbrella.blogspot.com/search/label/Visual%20schedules" target="_blank">Picture Schedule</a>)<br />
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2. Talk about theme: "Today is Halloween! What do you like about Halloween? (treats, spooky things like scarecrows and jack-o-lanterns, colorful leaves) Did you go trick-or-treating in school today?<br />
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3. Story: <b>Scarecrow, Scarecrow, What Do You See? </b>by Lisa Erwin, SLP<br />
This is an adapted book with interactive images. I enlarged this book and interactive image pieces to poster-size, looped ring clips through the top and attached it to our portable easel to flip through.<br />
(source: <a href="https://myspeechtools.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Speech Tools</a>)<br />
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4. Flannel rhyme: "Halloween, Who's at My Door?"<br />
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Halloween, Halloween -- who will come a-knocking?</div>
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Who will you see at your door?</div>
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Knock, knock, knock -- it's a ghost that's a-knocking...</div>
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Knock, knock, knock -- it's a jack-o-lantern a-knocking...</div>
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Knock, knock, knock -- it's a black cat a-knocking...</div>
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That's who you see at your door!</div>
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5. Story with sensory experiences: <b>Shivery Shades of Halloween: A Spooky Book of Colors</b> by Mary McKenna Siddals (available in eBook format for projecting!)</div>
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This book is such a fantastic example of sensory storytelling! Each 2-page spread is a different color's sensory experiences ("Halloween is green...slimy-grimy, queasy-peasy, snotty-rotty tinge of green.")</div>
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We brought these colorful sensations around to each student to see, touch, smell, and/or hear:</div>
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Green: bowls of jello slime</div>
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Purple: furry purple monster puppet with squeaker mouth</div>
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White: cobwebs (pieces of artificial spider webs found in stores around Halloween)</div>
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Gray: tombstones (Styrofoam tombstones from the Halloween store)</div>
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Blue: bubbles</div>
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Yellow: glowing eyes (cardboard tubes with eye-shaped cut outs wrapped in black duct tape to contrast with the yellow glow sticks inside)</div>
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Brown: small tree branches</div>
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Black: cauldron and black bat puppet</div>
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Red: silky scarves that looked like the vampire's cape</div>
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6. Goodbye Song: "If You're a Monster and You Know It"<br />
(tune: "If You're Happy and You Know It")<br />
If you're a monster and you know it,<br />
wave your arms.<br />
If you're a monster and you know it,<br />
wave your arms.<br />
If you're a monster and you know it,<br />
then your arms will surely show it.<br />
If you're a monster and you know it,<br />
wave your arms.<br />
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Additional verses: show your teeth, roar out loud<br />
(source: <a href="https://www.preschooleducation.com/smonster.shtml" target="_blank">preschooleducation.com</a>)<br />
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7. Craft: Squishy Jack-O-Lanterns<br />
Our clerical assistant, Diana, traced the outline of a jack-o-lantern on 100 large ziploc bags for us. Each student and aids were given one of these bags along with squirts of orange finger paint inside. Bags were sealed and then students could squish the paint around to color the jack-o-lantern orange.<br />
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<br />Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-15922882398978638282019-10-22T21:18:00.004-04:002019-10-22T21:39:20.822-04:00SENSEational Story Time: "All Around the Farm"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fall is here! That means visiting the animals at the farm, picking out our pumpkins for halloween, and taking a hayride. I had so much fun doing some outreach story times at our local school farm a couple weeks ago, so I decided to keep the farm theme going for sensory story time at the library. We had a small crowd on this day with only one child and her caregiver, but we had so much fun exploring and playing together!<br />
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<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">2. Welcome song: </span><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">"The Story Time Ball"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">tune: "Wheels on the Bus"</span><br />
<i style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">(Roll ball back and forth to each child)</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">The story time ball rolls back and forth,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">4. ASL rhyme: "I Went to the Farm" (We went over the ASL signs for pig, horse, and chicken and then signed the words in our rhyme. This was excellent practice for our attendee who is also primarily nonverbal and just learning sign language!)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">I went to the farm, and what did I see?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">A big brown <b>horse</b> neighing at me!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">I went to the farm and what did I see?</span></span><br />
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8. Parachute rhyme: "Ring Around the Pumpkin"<br />
Our attendee loves sitting underneath the parachute as we go around, so she was our pumpkin in the middle. (<i>Walk around the "pumpkin" in the middle, holding the parachute, raising high like the leaves in the tree then lowering as the leaves fall down.)</i><br />
Ring around the pumpkin,<br />
pocket full of nuts.<br />
Leaves, leaves,<br />
they all fall down!<br />
(source: <a href="http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/pumpkins/songs.htm" target="_blank">Everything Preschool</a>)<br />
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10. Play time: Block play<br />
I had some pig pictures ready to "muddy up" with some textured brown finger paint, but our attendees wanted to build some more, so we got out our large set of colorful blocks and continued to build more things on the farm like Zack's house. Flexibility is always best!<br />
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<br />Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-41999434151690590052019-07-25T21:49:00.000-04:002019-07-25T21:49:08.776-04:00Book & Play: A Multisensory Exploration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This month my colleague, Nicole, and I looked at sensory story time from a more focused perspective. For some time now, I have been wanting to take a really deep sensory dive into one picture book, incorporating movement, exploration, and play. The program, called "Book & Play," provides an immersive multisensory experience of one picture book. I love, love, love all of the sensory possibilities in the book <b>How to Catch a Star</b> by Oliver Jeffers!<br />
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The non-registered program was held in our large community room, so we could arrange sensory experience stations around the room. We started off by reading the story to everyone gathered around at the front of room and then described each of the different stations, talking about each experience from the story.<br />
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"Catch a Star"<br />
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"The boy decided he would try to catch one."<br />
Kids practiced their fine motor skills, using large tweezers to catch the colorful stars in a bin of dried black beans and then dropping them into the buckets on the table.<br />
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"The boy tried to jump up and grab it."<br />
Kids could try jumping and reaching for stars, just like the boy in the story. Activities were written on each star, so when kids touched a star, they could do that star's activity (i.e. stomp your feet, pretend to be your favorite animal, clap your hands). We found an inexpensive arch in a gardener's supply catalog, set the arch in buckets of sand to stabilize it, attached zip ties through a hole punched at the top of the laminated stars, and tied stretch bands through the zip tie and at the top of the arch.<br />
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"Lasso the Spaceship"<br />
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"He thought he might lasso the star with a life preserver..."<br />
I was so excited to find out about the <a href="https://ojstuff.com/products/oliver-jeffers-x-kohls-cares" target="_blank">Kohl's Cares plushies from Jeffers' stories</a>! We used 4 of the plush rocket ships, with oatmeal container bases decorated by our very talented clerical assistant. Diana designed the base to look like the rocket blasting off. Kids were given "life preservers" (foam wreaths wrapped in colorful duct tape) to try to lasso a spaceship or a star.<br />
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Of course we had to make some textured stars of our own to take home! Kids were given card stock stars to cut out (or they could choose one of the pre-cut stars) to wrap colorful yarn around.</div>
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It was a nice-sized crowd of just over 30 kids and their caregivers. We did also provide sound-cancelling head phones for those who needed a little break from the sounds in the room. Kids and caregivers expressed how much they enjoyed truly experiencing the story hands-on. I look forward to trying this again with another sensory experience-filled picture book in the near future.</div>
<br />Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-39522169459422968632019-06-22T11:03:00.002-04:002019-06-28T11:06:08.826-04:00My First ProgramI would like to introduce you to my co-blogger, Ed Niemchak! Ed is an adult services librarian at the Bloomfield Township Public Library. Three years ago, Ed and I worked together to develop a sensory story time for teens and adults after seeing many group home visitors in the youth room looking for things to do during their library visits. We took <a href="https://adaptiveumbrella.blogspot.com/p/adapted.html" target="_blank">elements</a> from my sensory story time for youth and added more age-respectful elements, including fiction and nonfiction picture books with age-respectful illustrations/photographs and a social element at the start, discussing the theme with the group. Ed and I also collaborate on our outreach visits to the Wing Lake Developmental Center for students, ages 3 - 26, with multiple disabilities. Take it away Ed!<br />
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Going forward, I will talk about current programming in this space, but first I want to reflect on my first program and things I learned, both positive and negative.<br />
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The first program I conducted was in January 2016 and it was rushed because my department head didn't want me to procrastinate. Unlike now, I didn't have the layout well defined and hadn't settled on all of the elements that we utilize now.<br />
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The theme I settled on, because of the time of the year was "Animals in Winter." It seemed to be a good topic with all of the snow on the ground and would give us a good chance to discuss a few different things.<br />
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We now use a variety of elements including a yoga pose, stories, rhymes, songs, music, videos and a craft activity, but due to the rushed nature of the first program we simply read two stories sang a couple of rhymes and had a simple sensory activity.<br />
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The books I chose to read were Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson and Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner.<br />
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Bear Snores On tells the story of a group of animals that gather in the cave of a hibernating bear to throw a party. The reason I selected this story is it has a nice rhythm that is easy to follow and also offered the opportunity for us to discuss what the different animals are and what they do in the winter. The illustrations are very colorful and are appropriate for this audience.<br />
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Over and Under the Snow is a non-fiction title for youth that introduces a number of animals and how they survive the harsh winter months in the woods, both above and below the snow.<br />
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The rhymes we recited were:<br />
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<b>Build A Snowman</b> (to the tune of Oh My Darling Clementine)<br />
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Build a snowman,<br />
Build a snowman,<br />
Build a snowman,<br />
Big and round.<br />
Shape three snowballs, different sizes<br />
Stack them tall, then add a face.<br />
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Dress the snowman,<br />
Dress the snowman,<br />
Dress the snowman,<br />
Big and round.<br />
Dress him in last winter's clothes,<br />
Tie his scarf and add a cap.<br />
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When the sun,<br />
When the sun,<br />
When the sun<br />
Shines so bright,<br />
Watch him melt and disappear<br />
Never to return again.<br />
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Save his clothes,<br />
Save his clothes,<br />
Save his clothes,<br />
Don't throw them out!<br />
Soon the snow will fall again.<br />
Another snowman will be born.<br />
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<b>The Frost Song </b>(to the tune of Farmer in the Dell)<br />
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The frost is in the air.<br />
The frost is in the air.<br />
It's wintertime, It's wintertime,<br />
The frost is in the air.<br />
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The frost is on the trees.<br />
The frost is on the trees.<br />
It's wintertime, It's wintertime,<br />
The frost is on the trees.<br />
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The frost is on the roof.<br />
The frost is on the roof.<br />
It's wintertime, It's wintertime,<br />
The frost is on the roof.<br />
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The frost is on the windows.<br />
The frost is on the windows.<br />
It's wintertime, It's wintertime,<br />
The frost is on the windows.<br />
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The frost is on the ground.<br />
The frost is on the ground.<br />
It's wintertime, It's wintertime,<br />
The frost is on the ground.<br />
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The frost tells me it's cold.<br />
The frost tells me it's cold.<br />
It's wintertime, It's wintertime,<br />
The frost tells me it's cold.<br />
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So inside I'll stay.<br />
So inside I'll stay.<br />
Inside it's nice, and I am warm.<br />
So inside I'll stay.<br />
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For our sensory activity, I found fake snow called "insta-snow" and a variety of Toob animals. I selected both animals that are and are not found in snow and buried them in the insta-snow. The participants dug up the animals and we discussed the feel of the snow as well as whether the animals are typically found over, or under, the snow.<br />
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I had a few challenges with my first program, partially due to the fact that I wasn't entirely sure what I was doing or if anyone would show up. As it turned out, we had seven folks with 2 caregivers. Not too bad for a first time.<br />
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One of the first challenges we faced was getting folks into our meeting room in the basement. Many of the folks have trouble with stairs, and our elevator only holds so many, so we spent a great deal of time getting everyone down. To remedy this, after our first three programs, I have been able to consistently book the library's upstairs room, making it easier on all involved since our program attendance has increased greatly.<br />
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Another challenge I faced was the ability of everyone to see the book we were reading. I would spend much time walking around the room to show the pictures, while at the same time trying to be as descriptive as possible for our low-vision guests. After discussing with Jen, we realized with the option to use the projectors in each room, I now scan in the books to a PowerPoint slideshow, or, more recently, attempt to find appropriate books on Hoopla.<br />
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The last challenge I faced that day was trying to sing out the rhymes, when no one else could follow along. It was suggested that in the future, which I still do now, that we make copies of the rhymes and handout them out to anyone else that wants one, including attendees and caregivers.<br />
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After the first few programs, I started to receive feedback from caregivers as the attendance started to grow. What they asked for are things that have become regular elements of the programs, including a yoga stretch at the beginning as well as more animated rhymes with movement to attempt to get the attendees moving around and more engaged.<br />
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In future posts, I will discuss more current program themes that I have explored but for now wanted to reflect back on where it all started.<br />
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<b><br /></b>Ed Niemchakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12726272442673402549noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-67062519351256537602019-05-22T21:57:00.002-04:002019-10-22T11:48:04.380-04:00ArtABILITY: Accessible After-Hours Discovery at the Library<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I love the month of May because that means our library is going to be filled with the wonderful artistic expressions of students in the Bloomfield Hills School District Art Show. We really wanted to make this fantastic art accessible for everyone in the community, so we held a sensory-friendly after-hours art appreciation event this past Friday. As with other sensory-friendly after-hours events we have held on Fridays, we kept the doors open upon closing at 6:30 pm exclusively for children, teens, and adults with disabilities along with their families. This gives people of all ages with disabilities the chance to explore the library and/or experience our sensory activities in a less crowded, low-stress, sensory-friendly environment, with visuals and a calming space in case of overstimulation. This is also a time when many feel more comfortable attending, as they can just be themselves. Whether it's stimming, loud tics or excited voices, this is a "no judgement (or shushing) zone." As one group of adults with intellectual disabilities was headed through the door and one of them spoke loudly in her excitement, the caregiver and others in the group looked at me with an apologetic glance. "No worries, that's what this night is for!" I said with equal excitement. </div>
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We provided a visual guide to the evening's activities in the lobby, along with a survey and handouts to help attendees explore our two pieces of touchable library art: our sculpture "Quest" (an adult sitting on a bench peering at an excited child holding a book over head in the background of the top image in this post) and the Conant Elementary School Legacy Project tile mosaic.</div>
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We also provided an ASL interpreter, a tour of selected works in the art show with verbal description for attendees with visual impairment, sensory activities, and more tactile art activities. Tactile art included this fantastic flannel book of tactile representations of four works of art from the neighboring <a href="https://cranbrookartmuseum.org/" target="_blank">Cranbrook Art Museum</a>. Our incredibly creative library intern, Lauren Aquilina, wrote to Cranbrook for permission to recreate these pieces from their collection for our ArtABILITY event and then created this tactile masterpiece using fabric, foam, glue, puffy paint, buttons, pipe cleaners and yarn.</div>
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Our activities in the Youth Services Room included light table play, a very cool sensory painting activity from librarian Patricia Ballard, spring time discovery bin and textured paint play from librarian Andy Lebeck, and a cool-down space for those seeking a little sensory break.<br />
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We turned our story room into a cool-down space for sensory breaks. </div>
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The lights are dimmed and there are some tools provided to help with self-regulation, such as fidgets and weighted lap pads for people seeking sensory input and a pop-up tent (tall enough for adults) and sound-cancelling headphones for sensory avoiders. </div>
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Our special guest Caroline Braden, Accessibility Specialist at <a href="https://www.thehenryford.org/" target="_blank">The Henry Ford</a>, brought tactile activities to learn about the art of "Things That Go." People could wander into our Magazine Room to touch/feel miniature versions of the famous modes of transportation housed at The Henry Ford Museum, put together automobile pieces in a small assembly line and then put together an automobile craft to take home.</div>
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People could wander into the Adult Services area to design marshmallow structures, provided by Adult Services librarian, Ed Niemchak, who I will be introducing as a blog partner on here very soon!! Ed will be blogging about adaptive programming for teens and adults, including his monthly sensory story times at the BTPL. Yeah, Ed!</div>
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At 7 pm, a group of 8 met me in the lobby to head to our Community Room for a tour of 10 selected works in the student art show. I provided detailed verbal description to be inclusive of those who are blind or have low vision. </div>
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Here is one of my favorites from the students at the Wing Lake Developmental Center:</div>
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Image description: "Recycled Cap Flower" Medium used: cardboard with plastic bottle and jar caps. 18 x 6 inch rectangle cardboard background presented vertically and centered over vertical black board frame. The cardboard is spray painted green and blue. Over the cardboard background is a 3 dimensional flower shape. Creating the shape of a flower at the top are 23 yellow bottle caps in various 1 - 1 1/2 inch circular shapes with a large 3 inch white jar top in the center. Moving down from the flower top, there are 17 green circular bottle caps, 1 to 2 inches in diameter, trailing down to create a stem shape.</div>
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And of course, our attendees could also check out materials with our Head of Circulation, Anna Pelepchuk, at the Circulation desk! </div>
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Thanks also goes to Head of Youth Services, Marian Rafal, for greeting our attendees at the door and Pages Heather Coffee-Borden and Jessica Doroslovac for assisting with our activities! These after-hours events may not draw in big attendance numbers, but we are so glad to see the faces we don't see on a consistent basis. This was their time to explore art, literature and more in an accessible, low-stress environment.</div>
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The Special Needs Services Roundtable (SNSR) of Michigan librarians working with children, teens, and adults with disabilities, took a field trip for a spring meeting at the incredible <a href="https://www.gvsu.edu/library/mary-idema-pew-library-21.htm" target="_blank">Mary Idema Pew Library</a> (Grand Valley State University). Thank you to Annie Belanger, Dean of University Libraries, for hosting and leading us in a discussion on Accessible Customer Service and Planning with Accessibility in Mind. </div>
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Annie's presentation key takeaways included:</div>
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<li>Implementing accessibility in your planning from the start</li>
<li>Accessing your design plans for accessibility barriers</li>
<li>Skills needed to make a project accessible, e.g., Universal Design for Learning</li>
<li>Conducting an audit of development plans, policies, practices, and procedures to identify gaps in light of the four principles of accessibility: Dignity, Independence, Integration, and Equal Opportunity</li>
<li>Determining your vision and approach</li>
<li>Developing new or revised policies/guidelines</li>
<li>Gathering feedback and approval (especially from the disability community)</li>
<li>Implementing new policies, procedures and practices (shared publicly in an accessible manner)</li>
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After the presentation, Hannah, a GVSU student and User Experience Team Member at the Mary Idema Pew Library, took us on a tour. Hannah told us that user experience staff roam the library every hour assisting students and faculty, observing use of spaces, and populating data on the interactive pedestal displays on each level. These pedestal displays assist with wayfinding and indicate computer station availability, study room availability, and library traffic levels in seating areas on each level. </div>
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Assessing crowd levels can be a wonderful tool for people who may experience overstimulation in more populated settings. Students can also check out some of the library's "Focus Tools" to help with focus and self-regulation. Feedback generated from a neurodiverse student body, including a focus group of autistic GVSU students, initiated the circulation of these Tools, which include weighted lap pads, noise-canceling headphones, reading overlays, fidgets and more.</div>
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The Library is inclusive of all learning styles, providing a variety of seating arrangements depending on whether a person prefers studying alone, alone/together, quiet enclosed study rooms, or in larger group collaboration. Not pictured are also height-adjustable tables for library users who prefer or need to be working while standing, but may also be adjusted for seated users. An abundance of natural light is found throughout the library, along with refurbished wood interspersed to help absorb sound. Though we didn't notice until it was brought to our attention, a soothing white noise being projected on one of the levels to help mask collaborative sounds certainly succeeded in its task. Here are just a few of the many different seating arrangements we found:</div>
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Quiet, natural respite found in the center courtyard of the Library</div>
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More beautiful, natural respite found on the top level terrace</div>
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There are so many other great examples, including the fantastic collaboration areas, which were all occupied by many students so I was not able to take photos. Hannah told us that the larger tables with 4 - 5 cozy chairs were the most popular seating arrangement, as students like to spread their books/materials out while working. You can check out more of these arrangements pictured on their <a href="https://www.gvsu.edu/library/mary-idema-pew-library-21.htm" target="_blank">website</a>.</div>
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The Library's linear layout, interactive digital pedestal displays, text support, and large pop-out call letters in the browsable collections assist students of all abilities with independent wayfinding.</div>
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Students are also provided with creativity-sparking (and/or stress-relieving) toys in the large collaboration space.</div>
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Students can also head to the Knowledge Market to meet with highly-trained student peer consultants to work on their writing skills, presentation style, and researching strategies.</div>
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While humanities books and high-use books in the sciences and social sciences are out on the floor, the majority of the Library's books are housed in an automated storage/retrieval system which students and faculty can request online and pick up at the service desk within minutes. This space savings allows for more space dedicated to student needs. This amazing system is where we ended our tour. </div>
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As we left to collect our things, we observed students studying, researching, collaborating, creating, and socializing in a student-focused library. In addition to the incorporation of assistive technologies throughout the Mary Idema Pew Library, staff are constantly observing and evaluating how students of all abilities are using spaces and how their experience can be improved upon. A model of inclusion for all academic, public, special, and K-12 school libraries to take a look at. </div>
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<br />Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-78590091058593728522019-03-21T19:12:00.000-04:002019-03-21T19:12:39.854-04:00SENSEational Story Time: "Nighttime"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This month we explored the sights, sounds, and feeling of nighttime. I was excited to incorporate some of the fun activities put together by Meagan K. Shedd, PhD, and the Library of Michigan's Youth Services Advisory Council for the <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/libraryofmichigan/0,9327,7-381-88855_89743_89749---,00.html" target="_blank">Ready to Read Michigan 2019</a> title Touch the Brightest Star by Christie Matheson. I love using Christie Matheson's interactive books in story time, and the experience is even better when using a set of board books for every child and caregiver to interact with.<br />
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2. Welcome song: <span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">"The Story Time Ball"</span><br />
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<i style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">(Roll ball back and forth to each child)</i><br />
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After mindful breathing in and out, feeling the stretch to all five points, let's count those five points on our body! With our arms and legs extended out, we can touch our (left) hand, head, (right) hand. Now reach down and touch your (left) foot, and (right) foot.</div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">one shot off and then there were two.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">one shot off and then there was one.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">it shot off and then there were none!</span></span></div>
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6. Stretch band rhyme: "Bend and Stretch"</div>
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Bend and stretch, reach for the stars.</div>
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There goes Jupiter, here comes Mars.</div>
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Bend and stretch, reach for the sky.</div>
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Stand on tip-e-toe, oh! So high!</div>
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7. Interactive Story: <b>Touch the Brightest Star</b> by Christie Matheson</div>
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We used our board book set to read and interact together. After reading the story, I got out some of the (enlarged and laminated) activity cards in the <a href="https://www.michigan.gov/documents/libraryofmichigan/LM_2019_RTRM_ProgrammingGuide_639076_7.pdf" target="_blank">Ready to Read Michigan guide</a> and had each child choose a card. </div>
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For the touch (the fireflies) card, I had each child touch/feel and squeeze our firefly finger puppet, watching as it lights up each time it's squeezed.</div>
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We tapped (the tree), counted (the stars), and blinked our eyes as we found the brightest star on the flannel board (next to the moon in the nighttime sky!).</div>
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Zoom, zoom, zoom</div>
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I'm going to the moon.</div>
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I'm going to the moon!</div>
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10. Play and discovery time: light panel play with some colorful animals we may see or hear at night and exploring sounds around the world at nighttime<br />
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After playing with our animal shapes on the light panels and making each animal's sound (or talking about how some animals are pretty quiet, like the fish), we gathered in front of our interactive touch screen panel and explored the different sounds heard around the world in the nighttime with this very cool <a href="http://www.naturesoundmap.com/" target="_blank">Nature Sound Map</a> site. You can touch any of the pinpoints on the map to hear an actual recording of nature in that location. This was a big hit!</div>
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This month's SENSEational Story Time began with a few unexpected happy tears. We had a cozy little group of four kids and their caregivers on a snowy Saturday, who thanked me for these story times they have been coming to on a regular basis for the past two years. One of the moms thanked me for making such an impact on her child, who is now able to say her name when the story time ball comes to her, and... I was told she not only recognizes me but asks for "Ms. Jen" whenever they visit the library. As if that wasn't enough to make my day, one of my other kids, who has been mostly nonverbal, is now saying "all done" with us when we finish an activity and engaging more each time. This is also the first time she reached for the story time ball and rolled it back to me. These are just a few of the wonderful progressive steps I love observing and why we do sensory story time!<br />
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On to the story time! We explored things that look the same, things that are similar, and opposites that are completely different.<br />
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1. Hello!<br />
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2. Welcome <span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">song: "The Story Time Ball"</span><br />
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<i style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">(Roll ball back and forth to each child)</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">The story time ball rolls back and forth,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">He led the others with a quack, quack, quack.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">on a little piece of land</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">And we live way up on the 57th floor</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">and this is what we do when we go out the door</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">and we turn around.</span></span></div>
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8. Parachute activity: "Big and Little Clocks"</div>
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(This is a fun one for our sitters underneath the parachute!)</div>
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Big clocks tick so slowly,</div>
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tick-tock, tick-tock (say slowly while slowly walking in a circle, back and forth)</div>
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Little clocks tick faster,</div>
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tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock (say faster and walk faster)</div>
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Watches on your wrist fo even faster,</div>
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tick-a-tock-a, tick-a-tock-a, tick-a-tock-a, tick (say really fast while raising the parachute up and down fast)</div>
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<i>(source: <a href="http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/bigandlittle/songs.htm" target="_blank">everythingpreschool.com</a>)</i></div>
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9. Goodbye song and stretch: "Tickle the Clouds"</div>
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10. Sensory craft and activity: We made our own green sheep to take home and hide/find by dipping cotton balls into green finger paint and blotting green onto our sheep outlines. While our sheep were drying, we explored causation and correlation on our colorful liquid floor tiles.</div>
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<br />Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-59670391833088132422019-01-27T16:49:00.001-05:002019-01-27T17:01:27.969-05:00SENSEational Story Time: "Winter is Here!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As I write this, I am staring at the snow out my window and wondering how much snow we are getting from the next snow storm on its way tomorrow... It may not have been snowing on the Saturday of this story time a couple weeks ago, but we still had some snowy fun inside!<br />
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Here's the plan:<br />
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1. Hello!<br />
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2. Welcome song: "The Story Time Ball"<br />
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<i style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">(Roll ball back and forth to each child)</i><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">We got ready for some winter fun outside with the "snowboarder" and "downhill skier" poses.</span></span><br />
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6. Sensory song: "Snowball Song"</div>
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We used these neat fabric snowballs to roll,"crunch," and toss as we sang.</div>
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<i>(holding fabric snowball)</i></div>
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Make a snowball, make a snowball</div>
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7. Story with sensory experiences: <b>Winter is Here</b> by Kevin Henkes</div>
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We listened and discovered how quiet snow is while falling and settling on things like trees, houses... or our hands! I pre-made up a batch of my favorite <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Be-Amazing-Instant-Snow-Powder/dp/B000MLL7JU/ref=sr_1_11_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1548622256&sr=8-11-spons&keywords=insta+snow&psc=1" target="_blank">Insta-Snow</a> and dropped a few "snowflakes" into everyone's hands. I also brought in a bowl of melting ice and used a dropper to "drip" cool water in each child's hands so they could feel the ice dripping "from the roofs." </div>
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I found some leaves on the ground outside and froze them in a bowl full of water the day before so we could see and feel the ice-covered "pond" found by the dog in the story.</div>
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8. Parachute activity: "Winter Song"</div>
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We played with "snow" at the table and made snowflakes on the light panels with Magna-Tiles.</div>
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Ed and I visited one of our outreach favorites last week! We love bringing our multi-sensory story time programs to the students at the Wing Lake Developmental Center, <span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">a </span><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">year-round school that serves students, ages 3 - 26 years, in Oakland County with severe cognitive impairments (SCI) and severe multiple impairments (SXI). We try to provide as many sensory experiences as we can, so students with visual disabilities, motor difficulties, and other developmental disabilities can </span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">truly engage with the story time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">This visit focused on what animals do in the winter time. We chose to read Kate Messner's <b>Over and Under the Snow</b>, a picture book with so many wonderful sensory opportunities!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">2. Talk about our theme: Animals in the Winter</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">"Today we are learning about what animals do in the winter time. What do you do in the winter? Do you like the cold? Snow? What do you like to eat when it is cold outside? Do you feel more sleepy, like some animals do?</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Close your eyes and imagine you are a bear going inside your cave to get ready to sleep all winter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Now breathe out for a count of five seconds (1,2,3,4,5) and then hold for 3 seconds (1,2,3).</span></span></div>
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<i>A full moon lights my path to supper... </i>(dimming the lights and shining bright daylight lamp to shine the "moonlight" for everyone to experience)</div>
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<i>tune: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star</i></div>
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Sprinkle, sprinkle, little snow</div>
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<i>(source: <a href="http://www.preschooleducation.com/swinter.shtml" target="_blank">Preschool Education</a>)</i></div>
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We had some of our volunteers pre-draw the outline of a tree and the ground level on gallon-size ziplock bags and use our di-cut machine to cut out owl, squirrel, and mouse shapes from foam. We gave each student one of these bags along with 3 scoops of our artificial snow, and then we added the animal shapes. Teachers and aides helped us to close up the bags so students could "smoooosh" the snow inside and move the animals around over and under the snow. We talked about which animals from the story (mice, squirrel) go over and under the snow and which animals stay above the snow (owl).</div>
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Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-50743111039251109602018-12-09T23:08:00.002-05:002022-01-23T18:24:38.267-05:00Adults in the Youth Room?: Welcoming Adults with Developmental Disabilities in the Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Are we walking a line between ageism and ableism? Have we unintentionally excluded someone while welcoming another?<br />
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And so a pressing conversation began at our recent meeting of the Accessibility Services Roundtable (ASR), a group of youth, teen, and adult services librarians in Michigan working with patrons who have disabilities. We all have different perspectives regarding library services for adults with developmental disabilities. So why can't we seem to find a perfect balance? </div>
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Three years ago, we were seeing an increase of adults with disabilities from nearby group homes visiting our library. They were coming to the library to eat lunch or a snack in the cafe and then visit the Youth Room, where they found emerging-level reading materials, games, coloring, and a space that is a little more forgiving of noise to be the most appealing. Wanting to engage these weekly visitors better, I collaborated with my colleague over in Adult Services, Ed Niemchak, to develop an age-respectful story time for teens and adults with disabilities. See our guest post on Bryce Kozla's blog here: <a href="http://brycekozlablog.blogspot.com/2018/09/sensory-story-time-for-adults.html" target="_blank">http://brycekozlablog.blogspot.com/2018/09/sensory-story-time-for-adults.html </a>. </div>
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Positive feedback and demand for more programming led Ed to add monthly sensory-friendly movie programs as well. When these programs are not being offered, we still see our adult group home friends in the Youth Room on almost a daily basis. Some caregivers are very engaged with their residents, helping them find materials, making sure they are set up at the one of the listening stations, coloring, or using one of the computer stations. Some might not be as engaged or just need some ideas/resources shared with them.</div>
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We had 34 librarians at our fall/winter ASR meeting, and almost all of them expressed an interest in what other libraries are doing for visiting group homes in the library, especially the Youth Room. Some libraries also offer sensory story times, craft programs, or fantastic volunteer programs for adults with developmental disabilities. But what about when we aren't in a program? What about the other days of the week or the rest of the month when we have adults visiting the same room as a young child with their caregiver? A young child who also wants to play at the early literacy stations but is intimidated by the physically larger person seated next to him playing the same game he wants to play? Can we welcome one and unknowingly turn away the other? If we are being inclusive of all ages and abilities, then shouldn't we welcome everyone in the library space where they feel the most comfortable regardless of their height or age? </div>
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As one librarian pointed out, we want to classify everything from materials to our patrons in the library. By doing this we can apply developmental stage expertise and best practices in our services for youth, teens, adults, and seniors. Unfortunately, we cannot classify everything and everyone as it turns out, and that is when we as librarians feel uncomfortable. Can we provide an intergenerational space that is welcoming to all ages and abilities?</div>
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Why should we be sending people to the Adult Room if they find the materials in the Youth Room more appealing and less intimidating? Should we be re-thinking Adult Services, incorporating quiet and "noisier" spaces to accommodate visiting groups of people? Adults with cognitive or intellectual disabilities are still adults who should be receiving the same respect in services as any other adult in the library. If <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2018/p0816-disability.html" target="_blank">1 in 4 adults</a> in the U.S. are living with a disability, and an estimated <a href="https://www.thearc.org/what-we-do/resources/fact-sheets/introduction-to-intellectual-disability" target="_blank">4.6 million Americans</a> have an intellectual or developmental disability, we need to consider accessibility and equity services with the same care as youth, teen, or adult services if we aren't already.</div>
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While we may not have the answers to all of these questions yet, the one common denominator remains among librarians working in all departments (in libraries of all sizes): our actions and not just aspirations toward inclusion. Merriam-Webster defines inclusion simply as "the act of including." Are traditional public library spaces and services being inclusive of everyone? This conversation needs to continue and I look forward to hearing more about how other libraries are being inclusive of adults with disabilities.</div>
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I enjoy greeting our group home visitors, introducing myself and getting to know everybody, including the caregivers. Here are a few passive activity ideas that librarians in our group are offering adults with developmental disabilities visiting the youth room and adult room in between targeted and inclusive programs:</div>
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<li>coloring sheets with packs of colored pencils (preferred over crayons)</li>
<li>puzzles</li>
<li>board games</li>
<li>activity sheets (simple search & finds or crossword puzzles)</li>
<li>keeping a small stack of Hi-Lo fiction and age-respectful emerging reader non-fiction titles at the Youth or Adult Desk (and changing it weekly)</li>
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Often times the book chooses the theme for my story times. I was so excited to use <b>Buster and the Baby</b> in story time with its active repetitive sounds and fun exploration of spatial concepts. This led to a very interactive "Up, Down, & All Around" experience. Here's the plan:<br />
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1. Hello!<br />
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2. <span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Welcome Song: "The Story Time Ball"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">tune: "Wheels on the Bus"</span><br />
<i style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">(Roll ball back and forth to each child)</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">The story time ball rolls back and forth,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Let's see who it found. Hi ______!</span><br />
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<i style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">(Keep rolling back and forth until each child has said their name.)</i><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Reach up and over to one side to pick your apple from the imaginary tree branch.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Place that "apple" down and over into your imaginary basket.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">(repeat on the other side)</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Hickory dickory dock</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">The mouse ran up the clock</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">The clock struck one</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">The mouse ran down</span></span><br />
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6. Bean bag rhyme: "Bean Bag Song"</div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">8. Parachute activity: "Noble Duke of York"</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Oh the noble Duke of York,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">He had 10 thousand men.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">He marched them up to the top of the hill</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">then marched them down again.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">And when you're up, you're up.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">And when you're down, you're down.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">But when you're only halfway up,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">you're neither up nor down!</span></span><br />
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Tickle the clouds.</div>
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Tickle your toes.</div>
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Turn around and tickle your nose.</div>
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Reach up high.</div>
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Wave goodbye!</div>
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Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-58911575389276395582018-10-18T23:19:00.001-04:002018-10-18T23:19:40.088-04:00SENSEational Story Time: "Let's Go!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It has been an exciting and busy school year so far! Our SENSEational Story Times started up again (after a summer break) on the third Saturday morning in September. I love to start sensory story times in the fall with one of our favorite themes: "Things that go!" We learned about the many different ways we can go places (i.e. the school bus!) and then had fun playing with some of these modes of transportation in gluten-free play dough. Here's the plan:<br />
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1. Hello! (Welcome families and talk about what SENSEational Story Time is all about, including an explanation of the <a href="https://adaptiveumbrella.blogspot.com/search/label/Visual%20schedules" target="_blank">visual schedule</a> and letting folks know it's okay to take an "over-stimulation break" and come back in when ready.)<br />
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2. Welcome song: <span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">"The Story Time Ball"</span><br />
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<i style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">(Roll ball back and forth to each child)</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">The story time ball rolls back and forth,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Let's see who it found. Hi ______!</span><br />
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3. Mindfulness exercise: "Hot Air Balloon" breath </div>
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Breathe in and feel your stomach rise (blow the balloon up, up, up).</div>
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Breathe out and feel your stomach (the balloon) go in.</div>
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Repeat and then relax and release the balloon.</div>
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4. Flannel rhyme: "Clickety Clack"</div>
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Clickety-clack, clickety clack,</div>
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Here comes the train on the railroad track!</div>
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Clickety-clunn, clickety-clunn,</div>
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Here comes Engine number one.</div>
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Clickety-clew, clickety-clew, </div>
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Here comes Coal Car number two.</div>
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Clickety-clee, clickety-clee,</div>
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Here comes Box Car number three.</div>
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Clickety-clore, clickety-clore,</div>
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Here comes Tank Car number four.</div>
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Clickety-clive, clickety-clive,</div>
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Here comes Coach Car number five.</div>
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Clickety-clicks, clickedty-clicks,</div>
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Here's the Caboose, that's number six.</div>
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Clickety-clack, clickety-clack,</div>
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There goes the train on the railroad track!</div>
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Choo-chooooooo!</div>
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<i>(source: <a href="http://melissa.depperfamily.net/blog/?p=2670" target="_blank">Mel's Desk</a>)</i></div>
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5. Story: <b>The Bridge is Up!</b> by Babs Bell</div>
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Sometimes we have to stop and wait for a bit when we are going places! I love this cumulative tale (and great life lesson in patience and waiting our turn), repeating the line "so everyone has to wait" as each vehicle gets to the bridge. We created our own waiting experience after reading the story. I gave each child a circle-shaped bean bag (steering wheel) and had two caregivers hold up our brown paper "bridge" as each child steered their vehicle to the line while I read it again. When the bridge goes down, the caregivers placed our paper bridge on the floor for each child to "drive" across.</div>
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6. Stretch band rhyme: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"</div>
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Row, row, row your boat</div>
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Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,</div>
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life is but a dream.</div>
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(repeat, pulling back and forth on our stretch band "oars" to row our boat)</div>
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7. Flannel Story: <b>My Bus</b> by Bryon Barton </div>
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I gave each child a flannel dog or cat to add to our bus as the story goes.</div>
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8. Parachute activity: "Wheels on the Bus"</div>
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round and round, round and round.</div>
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all over town.</div>
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10. Play time activity: We played with toy cars and trucks in the gluten-free play dough roads we rolled out. We love this wheat & gluten-free dough from <a href="https://www.lakeshorelearning.com/" target="_blank">Lakeshore</a>! (Note: unfortunately, this item may have just been discontinued at Lakeshore but you can get a similar product at <a href="https://www.discountschoolsupply.com/Product/ProductDetail.aspx?domainredirect=true&product=7566&xes=237530000ESC&gclid=CjwKCAjwmJbeBRBCEiwAAY4VVZFZTsDRyVxPxmN4w-bJlu1Xu6CEyXEc8X-L56MInxbgmcU85llcnRoChNIQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">Discount School Supply</a>.)</div>
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Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-74476199088749720512018-09-06T22:54:00.000-04:002018-09-06T23:16:29.202-04:00She plays, he plays, wee ALL play!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Play is important work for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Through unstructured play, little ones develop imagination, social/emotional, cognitive and motor skills in the most natural way. Children with disabilities need to learn through play as much as their typically developing peers, building and expanding on their psychological health and these crucial early developmental skills together. Inclusive play groups and programs encourage acceptance and diversity early on and help to serve as a model for creative play, especially important for older little ones who are still learning through parallel play alongside other children.<br />
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How can we adapt play programs for children of all abilities? This summer, we made our Wee Play program, for ages birth through three years and their grown-ups, even more inclusive and accessible with a few changes and additions of adaptive aids and toys. We now call this program Wee ALL Play. Here's what we have been doing so far:<br />
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<br />Jen Taggarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05968495551210507256noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5394812504139823270.post-73587176108182639822018-07-02T10:27:00.001-04:002019-11-19T20:31:52.186-05:00Outreach: "Springtime Science"My Adult Services colleague, Ed, and I brought a little multi-sensory spring science lesson to students at the Wing Lake Developmental Center just before Summer Reading started. As I have mentioned before, Wing Lake is a <span style="background-color: #eefff9;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">year-round school that serves students, ages 3 - 26 years, in Oakland County with severe cognitive impairments (SCI) and severe multiple impairments (SXI). Often times cognitive disabilities are associated with a younger developmental age. Please read this fantastic post about mental age theory by S. Bryce Kozla </span></span></span><a href="https://brycekozlablog.blogspot.com/2018/06/i-have-mind-of-infant-mental-age-theory.html" target="_blank">i-have-mind-of-infant-mental-age-theory.html</a>. Even though a person with cognitive disabilities <b>may</b> have difficulties with the complexities of language, comprehension, and other developmental skills, it is important to recognize and respect their physical age. Because there is a wide age span of the students here, we do our best to select activities, songs (which are always a hit here!!), and books that are age-respectful. These age-respectful picture books have simple, clear language and illustrations that will appeal to all ages. Books with photograph illustrations are especially great. April Pulley Sayre is one of my favorites!<br />
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1. Hello! (Talk about <a href="https://adaptiveumbrella.blogspot.com/search/label/Visual%20schedules" target="_blank">Picture Schedule</a>)<br />
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"Today we are having fun with things that we experience in the spring. What are some things you notice outside in the spring? (flowers, birds, leaves growing on trees...)</div>
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4. Song: "Spring Song" </div>
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<i>Additional verses:</i></div>
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(source: <a href="http://preschooleducation.com/" target="_blank">preschooleducation.com</a>)</div>
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5. Story:<b> Bird Builds a Nest</b> by Martin Jenkins (I love this new "A First Science Storybook" series!)</div>
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We incorporated some fun multi-sensory experiences to help students understand some basic science concepts introduced in the book. As we read the book, scanned and projected onto wall screen, Ed and I (along with the teachers and teaching aids) used stretch bands with each student, introducing the concept of "pushing and pulling," as the bird does when attempting to pull a worm out of the ground. We brought around different size twigs to demonstrate "heavy and light" like bird does when finding branches for her nest, and also dropping them (as the mother bird sometimes does) to demonstrate "gravity and force." We also brought feathers, grass, and a bird's "nest" for students to touch and feel.</div>
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6. Puppet rhyme: "Owl in the Tree" (using various bird puppets)</div>
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<i>Tune: "Skip to My Lou"</i></div>
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<i>Other verses:</i></div>
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Babies in the nest go "tweet, tweet, tweet..." "...all day long"</div>
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Duck in the pond goes "quack, quack, quack..." "...all day long"</div>
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Rooster in the yard goes "cock-a-doodle-do..." "...early in the morning"</div>
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7. Story: <b>Thank You, Earth</b> by April Pulley Sayre</div>
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Again, we took around some sensory engaging experiences to each student while reading this book: vines, sunflowers, and carrots to touch and smell. And don't forget to describe the beautiful illustrations for students who are blind or have low vision!</div>
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8. Song: "This Land" (with hand motions)</div>
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<i>Tune: "This Land is Your Land"</i></div>
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This land is my land.</div>
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Let's work together,</div>
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this land depends on you and me!</div>
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9. Craft activity: "Coffee filter planet earth"</div>
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We used coffee filters, earthy-tone dot markers, water spray bottles, and plates to create our very own planet earth!</div>
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Diversity and acceptance of others is a topic that can and should be talked about with children of all ages and cognitive abilities. Today we talked about different homes, things we see in and around homes, and welcoming others onto our "front porch." Here's the plan:</div>
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1. Hello!</div>
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<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">tune: "Wheels on the Bus"</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">(Roll ball back and forth to each child)</i><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">The story time ball rolls back and forth,</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">back and forth, back and forth.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">The story time ball rolls back and forth,</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Let's see who it found. Hi ______!</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Now roll it back to me.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><i style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">(Keep rolling back and forth until each child has said their name.)</i><br />
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3. Yoga pose: "flower" -- seated with our legs crossed in "easy pose," taking a deep breath in as we place our hands behind our head and imagine that we are a flower in a flower bed in front of our house, blooming. Then we bring our elbows together in front of our face and lower our head to the floor and exhale. We inhale again as we rise and "bloom" all the way open.<br />
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4. Flannel rhyme: "There Was a Little Green House"<br />
<i>(Layer houses underneath and remove top house until you get to the heart.)</i><br />
There was a little green house.<br />
And in the little green house,<br />
there was a little brown house.<br />
And in the little brown house,<br />
there was a little yellow house.<br />
And in the little yellow house,<br />
there was a little white house.<br />
And in the little white house,<br />
there was a little heart.<br />
<i>(traditional english children's song)</i><br />
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5. Story: <b>My Very First Book of Animal Homes</b> by Eric Carle<br />
We used our set of these board books for every caregiver to interact with this split-page story. We read the story together, finding the home on the bottom of the page that matched with the animal on top.<br />
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6. Stretch band rhyme: "My Turtle"<br />
This is my turtle. (raise stretch band over head)<br />
He lives in a shell.<br />
He likes his home very well. (lower arms and stretch out to sides)<br />
He pokes his head out (lean head forward)<br />
when he wants to eat<br />
and pulls it back (lean head back)<br />
when he wants to sleep. (raise stretch band over head)<br />
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7. Puppet story: <b>A Bear Sat on My Porch Today</b> by Jane Yolen<br />
The top of our discovery bin became our "front porch," with the help of a few pieces of cardboard "porch railing" attached with tape. Puppet friends were added to the porch as I read this wonderful, cumulative story of wary strangers becoming friends. Story time kids helped by saying the repetitive "Boo! Shoo!" when asked "What should I do?"<br />
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8. Parachute song: "Itsy Bitsy Spider"<br />
The itsy bitsy spider climbed up the water spout. (raise parachute high)<br />
Down came the rain and washed the spider out. (lower parachute)<br />
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. (raise parachute, walk around in circle, and lower)<br />
And the itsy bitsy spider climbed up the spout again. (raise parachute high)<br />
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9. Goodbye song: "Tickle the Clouds"<br />
<span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Tickle the clouds.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Tickle your toes.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Turn around and tickle your nose.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Reach down low.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Reach up high.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Story time's over.</span><br style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="background-color: #eefff9; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Wave goodbye!</span><br />
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Animal habitats "Jungle animals" and "Sea creatures" (using blue moon sand as the ocean)<br />
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