Storytime for library students

source: http://www.strandbooks.com/
In this week's class we listened to Sarah from Cranbourne talk about how she likes to run her storytime and then we were treated to a special storytime of our own.

A couple of points I wanted to note from Sarah's storytime:
  • tactile books keep younger readers engaged 
  • repetitive rhymes and songs teaching words and context
  • short books keep attention best for young kids
  • babies, too, benefit from storytime
  • be exciting in voice tone
  • maybe up to 60 kids in one storytime (that's a lot!)


1. http://storytimeunderground.org/


source: http://storytimeunderground.org/
             
I haven't actually performed a storytime at a library. but I LOVE reading stories to my boys.  I love making silly voices and making them laugh.  I anticipate that given half the chance I will really enjoy creating and delivering storytime sessions.

I haven't hosted a storytime but I already know that Storytime Underground is GOLD.

This website has wonderful ideas for stories, rhymes, themes, songs, the list is almost endless.  There are lots of articles that raise issues surrounding storytime,

2. Youtube

There are SO many different rhymes out there on youtube.

This is a fantastic song that would be great for getting wiggly kids to wiggle a lot and then hopefully not wiggle a lot.



Youtube isn't really looked at as a source for academic research, but youtube is simply another platform used to share information.  Youtube is simple to use and to upload, there are thousands of librarians uploading storytime footage, feltboard creation, kids songs and fun rhymes.

In the beginning of this course we talked about what a library is and what librarians do and I believe that libraries are about sharing information, learning skills to move forward in life and youtube really fits with those goals.  Sharing ideas is so quick!



 3. Twitter

Twitter is the most amazing tool for discovering what resources are out there.  Well, I think that now, perhaps in a few years I may have a different perspective.

Librarians are SO tech savvy, almost any relevant topic will have an appropriate hashtag.  Information is organised and twitter allows for multimedia sharing, so lots of youtube and instagram content as well. 





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