presented by penny peck [email protected]
TRANSCRIPT
Seasonal StoryTimes & Tips
Tips on Storytime Innovations
Storytime Plans Using a Template
Storytime Ideas for the Seasons
Door Prizes
Continued on the Exhibit Floor right after this workshop.
NEW Trends for “ 21st Century ”
Library StoryTimes
NEW Trends for “ 21st Century ”
Library StoryTimes
Top 10 Trends
FAQs that came up at my storytime
workshops, that can update my book,
Crash Course in
Storytime Fundamentals
by Penny Peck
Libraries Unlimited, 2008
#1 Bilingual Duet Storytime
One person readsin English.
One in another language, side by side.
#2 Crafts at Preschool Storytime
Draw more attendees Build Kindergarten Readiness Helps the child re-tell the story www.BayViews.org
#3 Dialogic Reading
Ask open-ended questions about the book
Model this dialogue technique for parents
#4 Repetition
Songs Fingerplays Books www.mgol.org
#5 Baby - Infant StoryTime
For infant and caregiver
Songs, bounces
Short books
Models reading
for or parents
#6 Toddler Time
Songs
Short books
Movement/Dance
Toys
Networking for Parents
“Noisy” activities
Boy-friendly
#7 Parenting Skills
Handouts on newsworthy topics of interest to parents of young children
Modeling read-a-loud techniques and book choices
Subtle incorporation of parenting advice
#8 Kindergarten Readiness
“Kindergarten is the new First Grade”
Physical development: hand/eye, motor skills
Factual knowledge
Use of various tools like scissors
#9 No Registration
Avoid registration and nametags to draw Adult Literacy learner families, English Language learners, single parent families, and others who may have difficulty.
#10 Using Volunteers
Using adult volunteers as story readers Using teen volunteers as
“Reading Buddies” Allows a library to increase the number of
storytimes without adding staff Calls for less elaborate storytimes
StoryTime Sparks! Ideas for Seasonal Storytimes
StoryTime Sparks! Ideas for Seasonal Storytimes
Use a Template Repeat Some Songs
Fingerplays and Movement songs
Interactive books with participation
Craft or project
Winter Daze - SnowWinter Daze - Snow Simple books
with snow and snowmen.
Crafts: Paper plate snowman.
Snow pictures.
Simple books with snow and snowmen.
Crafts: Paper plate snowman.
Snow pictures.
Holiday Lights Around the World
Holiday Lights Around the World
Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Christmas
Craft: Bird Feeders, Kinara, Menorah
Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Christmas
Craft: Bird Feeders, Kinara, Menorah
Next Up, Winter continues . . .
Then Spring, Summer, and Fall
Door prizes
Meet us on the Exhibit Hall Floor in the Youth Services Pavilion