Mother Goose Time
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Journal Articles

Listed below are citations and abstracts/annotations for several journal articles, most of which focus on Mother Goose Times; others focus on early literacy initiatives, Mother Goose/nursery rhymes, and/or infant development:

Corsaro, Julie. "Books for Babies." Book Links 7/6 (July 1998): 25-30.

  • Cosaro packs this bibliography with 50-plus picks for children ranging in age from three months to two years. Titles are organized into the following categories/themes: identification of objects, rhythm and rhyme, pattern and repetition, contrast and opposition.

Glick, Andrea. "One for My Baby." School Library Journal 46/5 (May 2000): 26.

  • "Highlights the early-literacy initiative launched by the Vermont Business Roundtable. Entities that offered assistance to the group; Items that Vermont-born babies would receive; Book titles that would be given to babies."--EBSCOhost MasterFILE Premier

Jeffery, Debby and Ellen Mahoney. "Sitting Pretty." School Library Journal 35/4 (April 1989): 37-39.

  • "The children's librarians at San Francisco public library have developed special weekly Infant/Toddler Lapsits designed to help parents introduce their babies to appropriate literature. Songs, poems, fingergames and picture books are shared with parents and their young children, from infancy to age 3. Outlines the procedures followed and describes a successful lapsit. Includes a list of books suggested for ideas and use."--LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts

Marino, Jane. "B is for Baby, B is for Books." School Library Journal 43/3 (March 1997): 110-111.

  • "Explains how to develop effective library programmes for children from birth through to adolescence based upon the experience of Scarsdale Public Library in New York where children are registered into 2 groups called prewalkers and walkers and the foundations of listening, learning and literacy are laid. Provides a listing of appropriate titles for each of these groups."--LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts

Nash, J. Madeleine. "Fertile minds." Time. 149/5 (February 3, 1997): 48-56.

  • This cover story includes related information on vision, feelings, language and movement. "New evidence indicates that the neurons in the brain of a human embryo transmit coordinated signals that can result in brain-shape changes and mental circuit patterns. A baby's brain contains some 100 billion neurons, and the changes and refinement of the brain continue during the first years."--Expanded Academic ASAP

Nespeca, Sue McCleaf. "Bringing Up Baby." School Library Journal 45/11 (November 1999): 48-52.

  • This collection of "great baby books" explains that a "baby collection should be a priority because recent brain-research finds that {it} is necessary and worth it's weight in gold."--InfoTrac OneFile
  • "In recent years research has confirmed that the child's earliest experiences, especially the first 3 years, are as crucial to brain development as genetic inheritance. Looks at the implications of these findings for children's librarians stressing the importance for small children of early literary experiences and of providing parents with quality materials. Offers some recommendations for developing state-of-the-art baby collections."--LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts

Saltzman, Alice Benthall. "A Mother Goose Genealogy." Bookbird 40/2 (April 2002): 42-46.

  • As its title suggests, this article traces the historical roots of the Mother Goose rhymes with emphasis on their worldwide appeal.

The following four articles appear in the Winter 2002 issue of the Journal of Youth Services in Libraries. This is the "Early Childhood and Family Literacy" issue.

Arnold, Renea. "Coming Together for Children: A Guide to Early Childhood Programming." Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 15/2 (Winter 2002): 24-30.

  • "Reports on early childhood resources and programming within Oregon and specifically at Multnomah County Library. Library based services and outreach projects provide emergent literacy and reading progress for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, children and young adults, coordinated by state, county, library, parents, childcare and education providers. Describes the 'Early Words' initiative and other differing literacy initiatives designed to increase the number of children who enter kindergarten ready to learn by fostering their early literary development." --LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts.

DeMicco, Danielle, and Toni Dean. "Mostly Mother Goose: Early Childhood Program at the Patchogue-Medford Library." Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 15/2 (Winter 2002): 31-35.

  • "Examines and describes the benefits of the 'Mostly Mother Goose' programme in helping toddlers to gain social and language skills both within group participation and on a parent/child basis. These family centered learning classes encourage parents to play and read to their children daily, thus giving them exposure to a broad variety of experiences through interaction techniques. The programme was developed at the Patchogue-Medford Library in Patchogue, New York."--LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts

Fiore, Carole D. "Born to Read: Florida Style." Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 15/2 (Winter 2002): 15-19.

  • "Describes the aims, objectives and methodology of the training workshops and associated initiatives of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) 'Born to Read' project started in 1997. Expanded to include very young children up to three years old, the early literacy and early intervention programme in Florida has also provided library service to people having difficulty using libraries, including children living in poverty in both urban and rural areas."--LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts

Shauck, Stephanie M. "Maryland Public Libraries: It's Never Too Early." Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 15/2 (Winter 2002): 9-14.

  • "A strategic direction of the Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Library Development and Services (DLDS) plan, 1999-2001, is intended to help Maryland citizens become more aware of public library services. Provides an overview plus specific examples of increasing collaborative benefits among the burgeoning number of agencies and groups targeting the youngest readers. Gives the background and objectives supporting local systems with their long range and strategic planning, and assesses need for a statewide marketing campaign."--LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts

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