Research Roundup: The Evolution of Preschool Storytime Research

Authors

  • Betsy Diamant-Cohen
  • Annette Y. Goldsmith

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.14n3.37

Abstract

Since most children’s librarians regularly present preschool storytimes, here’s a look at some of the research on the topic and how it has developed over time.

Author Biographies

Betsy Diamant-Cohen

Betsy Diamant-Cohen is Executive Director of Mother Goose on the Loose, Baltimore, Maryland.

Annette Y. Goldsmith

Annette Y. Goldsmith fills in this issue for Tess Prendergast while Tess concentrates on her doctoral studies. Goldsmith is a lecturer at the University of Washington Information School, where she teaches courses on storytelling, materials for youth, and libraries as learning labs in a digital age.

References

Virginia A. Walter, Output Measures For Public Library Service to Children: A Manual of Standardized Procedures (Chicago: ALA, 1992).

Frances Smardo Dowd, “Evaluating the Impact of Public Library Storytime Programs Upon the Emergent Literacy of Preschoolers: A Call for Research,” Public Libraries 3, no. 6 (1997): 348–51.

Virginia A. Walter, “Public Library Service to Children and Teens: A Research Agenda,” Library Trends 51, no. 4 (2003): 571–89.

Lynne McKechnie, “Ethnographic Observation of Preschool Children,” Library & Information Science Research 22, no. 1 (2000): 61–76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/50740-8188(99)00040-7.

Lynne McKechnie, “Observations of Babies and Toddlers in Library Settings,” Library Trends 55, no. 1 (2006): 190–201.

Eliza T. Dresang, Melissa Gross, and Leslie Edmonds Holt, Dynamic Youth Services Through Outcome-Based Planning and Evaluation (Chicago: ALA Editions, 2006).

Ellen Fader, “How Storytimes for Preschool Children Can Incorporate Research,” OLA Quarterly 8, no. 3 (2014): 14, 19.

Kathleen A. Paciga et al., “Student Engagement in Classroom Read-Alouds: Considering Seating and Timing,” Illinois Reading Council Journal 43, no. 3 (2015): 7–14.

John S. Hutton et al., “Home Reading Environment and Brain Activation in Preschool Children Listening to Stories,” Pediatrics 136, no. 3 (2015): 466–78.

Lauren Collen, “The Digital and Traditional Storytimes Research Project: Using Digitized Books for Preschool Group Storytimes,” World Libraries 17, no. 1 (2007), http://ojsserv.dom.edu/ojs/index.php/worldlib/article/view/43/68.

Kathleen Campana, J. Elizabeth Mills, and Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting, Supercharged Storytimes: An Early Literacy Planning and Assessment Guide (Chicago: ALA Editions, 2016).

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Published

2016-09-14

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 3 (2016): Fall

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