storytime 101: rethinking the basics
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Storytime 101:
Rethinking the Basics
Brooke Newberry
La Crosse Public Library
How to simplify storytime
and take over the world
HELLO SONG!
● Storytime Katie’s “Name Game” -- http://bit.ly/1u2o6N9
● Jbrary’s “Hello Friends”-- http://bit.ly/1y8p4c5
● The Good Morning Train -- http://bit.ly/14WY2He
● King County Library System -- http://bit.ly/14X0Kwi
● Jbrary -- http://bit.ly/1IHz3Vr
Finding your inner 2 year old
Finding your inner 2 year old
● Be ridiculous!
● Be fun!
● Like what you’re doing!
Finding Your Audience
What storytimes should you offer?
●Infant
●Baby
●Toddler
●Preschool
●All Ages?!
Finding Your Reasoning
●Why are you doing storytime?
Finding A Set-Up That Works
Finding Your Community
How will you get the word out?
●Word of mouth
●Flyers
●Social Media
●Community Partners
Finding Your Storytime Style
●Quiet
●Classroom
Finding Your Storytime Style
●Loud
●Chaos
Finding Your Storytime Style
●Know yourself!
Finding Your Weaknesses
●Observation
●Don’t do what you hate
●Pay attention...
●but not too closely.
Finding Your Strengths
●Confident
●YOU ARE AN EXPERT!
Finding Your Fun!
●Unstructured vs. Structured
●Parents need to see it.
http://bit.ly/1xqJXZ1
Parachute
● Read Sing Play -- http://bit.ly/1BXOTuC
● Libraryland -- http://bit.ly/1KGBXgL
● Narrating Tales -- http://bit.ly/1u2pr6k
Scarves
● Jbrary -- http://bit.ly/1wVFqi6
● Future Librarian Superhero -- http://bit.ly/1xlklgc
● Mel’s Desk -- http://bit.ly/1y8rxTS
PANIC
Finding New Things
●Continuing Education
●Be confident!
Finding Your Personal Learning Network (PLN)
Finding Your Breaking Point
Finding Your Breaking Point
●Storytime Burnout
Finding Your Failures
http://on.fb.me/1wboCT9
Finding Your
Success
Finding Your Resources
● Storytime Underground
● Flannel Friday
● Mel’s Desk
● Read Sing Play
● King County Library System
● Jbrary
● Storytime Katie
● Abby the Librarian
● The Show Me Librarian
● Library Bonanza
