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 ====== Early Childhood Shortlist ====== ====== Early Childhood Shortlist ======
 +From 8 June to mid July, Story Box Library will be releasing two CBCA shortlisted titles each week from the Early Childhood, Picture Book and New Illustrator categories. [[https://storyboxlibrary.com.au/blog/get-excited-for-cbca-book-week-2021?fbclid=IwAR14mvkE7MUg3E-52fk5tAD2rbxJNVxnvxdQ0M0XqOmXutYPNTrha3BXFWE]] 
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 +Karina Vitalone's {{ :wiki:book_week_2021_-_early_childhood_category_ideas_for_sharing.pdf |presentation}} from the Book Week Forum
  
 **Sarah Allen //Busy Beaks.// Affirm Press 9781925972948** **Sarah Allen //Busy Beaks.// Affirm Press 9781925972948**
-  *  [[https://affirmpress.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BUSY-BEAKS-TEACHERS-NOTES-ACTIVITIES.pdf | Teachers Notes]]+  * Themes: birds  
 +  [[https://affirmpress.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BUSY-BEAKS-TEACHERS-NOTES-ACTIVITIES.pdf | Teachers Notes]] 
 +  * Reading Time review https://readingtime.com.au/busy-beaks/ 
 +  * Make cardboard bird beaks https://www.instructables.com/Cardboard-Bird-Beak/ 
 +  * What bird(call) is it/your favourite  
 +  * Bird scavenger hunt using those common to your area  
 +  * Creating birdhouses / bird feeders  
 +  * Local birdwatchers/rescue group chat  
 +  * Group art - bird outline and they stick feathers on it  
 +  * STEM – design thinking – make a birdsnest to hold 1 egg shaker – pictures of weird, wonderful nests afterwards – more than one way of solving a task 
 +  * Bird books and /or pictures around library with paper roll tube binoculars for ‘bird-watching’  
 +  * Colouring in pictures of local birds 
 +  * Birds in backyards https://www.birdsinbackyards.net/  
 +  * Building bird boxes - milk cartons and milk bottles  
 +  * local Landcare groups might have resources could display of local species in your area 
  
 **Bernadette Green (illus. by Anna Zobel) //Who’s Your Real Mum?// Scribble Kids’ Books 9781925849493** **Bernadette Green (illus. by Anna Zobel) //Who’s Your Real Mum?// Scribble Kids’ Books 9781925849493**
 +  * Themes: families - mums - rainbow families 
   * [[http://static.booktopia.com.au/pdf/9781925849493.pdf | Teachers notes]]   * [[http://static.booktopia.com.au/pdf/9781925849493.pdf | Teachers notes]]
 +  * Tell us about your mum/s social media call out
 +  * Family tree – celebrate all the different shapes 
 +  * My mum is secretly ... 
 +  * Link to History syllabus (ES1) - stories about my family 
 +  * Family portraits – draw or have a photography session with a background 
 +  * Dress up to act out the imaginary pursuits of the mums 
 +  * Outreach to rainbow family organizations in your area 
 +  * Rainbow families book display 
 +  * 'My mum ...’ index cards for public to add
 +  * Rainbow Families https://www.rainbowfamilies.com.au/ 
  
 **Libby Hathorn & Lisa Hathorn-Jarman (illus. by Mel Pearce) //No! Never!// Hachette Australia 9780734418906** **Libby Hathorn & Lisa Hathorn-Jarman (illus. by Mel Pearce) //No! Never!// Hachette Australia 9780734418906**
 +  * Themes: behaviour and feelings - routines - cooperation
   * Libby Hathorn [[http://libbyhathorn.com/ | website]]   * Libby Hathorn [[http://libbyhathorn.com/ | website]]
 +  * Tell us your parenting stories on social media 
 +  * safety presentation - fire, police, road safety 
 +  * Children illustrate a chart of routines parents can use at home to encourage them 
 +  * Reverse role-playing - parents acting as kids and kids as parents for a simple task
 +  * Co-operative game session 
 +  * Parenting session on managing 'big' emotions 
 +  * Parenting and other picture books about children's behaviour on display
 +  * Child created cartoons of themselves in their routine - could also be a routine social story as a program
 +  * Readers Theatre with a sign "No, Never" to encourage audience participation
  
 **Anna McGregor //Anemone is not the Enemy.// Scribble Kids’ Books 9781922310118** **Anna McGregor //Anemone is not the Enemy.// Scribble Kids’ Books 9781922310118**
 +  * Themes: friends - rockpools - tides - sea animals
   * [[https://www.lamontbooks.com.au/media/179635/publishers-notes-anemone-is-not-the-enemy.pdf | Teachers notes]]   * [[https://www.lamontbooks.com.au/media/179635/publishers-notes-anemone-is-not-the-enemy.pdf | Teachers notes]]
 +  * Trivia - under the sea facts
 +  * If coastal council, photos of local rockpools / shoreline 
 +  * 'Under the sea' experience with live animals 
 +  * Paper roll anemone gardens 
 +  * Jar / paper plate aquariums 
 +  * Movie screening of 'Finding Nemo’
 +  * Rockpool sensory experience - sandy, wet, slimy, hard – individual trays for Covid-19 risk management
 +  * STEM - Sink or float / volume experiments 
 +  * Crepe paper anemone with non-fiction sea animal books 'socially-distanced’ 
 +  * Rockpool or under the sea diorama
  
 **Heidi McKinnon //There’s No Such Thing.// Allen & Unwin 9781760877279** **Heidi McKinnon //There’s No Such Thing.// Allen & Unwin 9781760877279**
 +  * Themes: camping - monsters - night time
   * [[https://www.allenandunwin.com/documents/teachers-resources/1796-theresnosuchthing9781760877279tt | Teachers notes]]   * [[https://www.allenandunwin.com/documents/teachers-resources/1796-theresnosuchthing9781760877279tt | Teachers notes]]
 +  * Set up a tepee in the library and ask children to contribute pictures of their fears / imaginary creatures that are displayed outside 
 +  * Simple Storytime craft - 'Mr Squiggle' - using our imaginations perhaps paired with sounds 
 +  * STEM - using our senses - pairing sounds with the things that make them 
 +  * STEM older kids - sound effects with external faciliatator / coding a game for younger kids - What's that sound? 
 +  * camping books display with teepee and other camping artefacts 
 +  * Monsters from book - make and display (Scavenger hunt) 
 +  * Night-time books against a starry sky
  
 **Briony Stewart //We Love You, Magoo.// Penguin Random House Australia 9781760896904** **Briony Stewart //We Love You, Magoo.// Penguin Random House Australia 9781760896904**
 +  * Themes: dogs - pets
 +  * [[https://www.thelittlebigbookclub.com.au/sites/thelittlebigbookclub.com.au/files/files/title_resource/weloveyoumagoo_lt_toddlers_october_2020_final_0.pdf | Learning time notes]]
 +  * CBCA video of author and illustrator Briony Stewart talking about creating the book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T41nQ399jt0
 +  * Social media montage of adorable dogs / cat videos 
 +  * Dogs of .... photo call out of your pet / pet poll 
 +  * Paper plate dogs/paper puppets as a Storytime craft 
 +  * Talk with local pound about how to take care of our pets 
 +  * Pet first-aid for kids and parents with local vet and stuffed animals 
 +  * Collage of orange Magoo and with blue-themed background 
 +  * Decorate a collar / bandanna for your dog 
 +  * STEM - graphing what pets everyone has or making dog biscuits 
 +  * Sensory play - cleaning 'dirty' dog figurines; playdough pets 
 +  * Pet-themed display
 +
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 +Back to [[:2021_book_week_forum_yp|2021 Book Week Forum]]
  
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