9:30am-3pm
5.5 hours
Today I presented my story time for an audience. In fact, besides giving a few example story times in classes, this was my first real story time in front of kids and parents. I was nervous, maybe more so because I was being observed, but I felt it went well. I realized a few of my mistakes after word however. I forgot to use my rabbit puppet as much as I wanted and I didn't repeat the songs. I wanted to sing each song at least twice, but I only did them once. I felt that the volume of my voice was good, as well as my inflection and trying to do different voices for certain characters. Charlotte told me that she thinks storytelling is definitely in my future. That's a good thing to hear from someone who gives story times as part of their career. There is always room for improvement however. I'll need to add more movement and use more names of those who attend.
As far as getting ready for the story time, I began a week in advance. I searched for book titles and had some sent to Brandywine to pre-read. The songs and craft were chosen from the book “Storytimes for two-year-olds" by Judy Nichols. The most time consuming part of it was craft prep. I cut out all the bunny shapes myself. Charlotte told me that I could have left the cut outs for volunteers, but I didn't know when they were coming in and I just felt better taking care of it myself.
Theme: Spring and Rabbits
Opening song: To the Library we go
First story: Busy bunnies by
First song: Little flower
2nd Story: Hopper hunts for spring by Marcus Pfister
2nd Song: Hop hop hoppy
3rd story: Home for a bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
3rd song: Here is a bunny
4th story: Rabbit’s Good News by Ruth Lercher Bornstein
4th song: Five little bunnies
Craft: The Rabbit Hole – A paper bunny is colored then taped to a straw. The straw goes into a hole in the bottom of a cup. The bunny goes down into the cup so it is hiding in a ‘Rabbit Hole.’ Moving the straw up and down makes it look like the bunny is hopping around.
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