New blog with storytime ideas

 
From: Carol and Gary Levin ...@optonline.net>
Subject: New blog with storytime ideas
Date: December 8th 2013

Hi fellow NJ Youth Services Librarians,


Many of you have attended my programming presentations over the years at Youth Services Forum and NJLA.  Well, after twenty plus years in the profession and many years of emailing my program plans to teachers and fellow librarians, I have entered the 21st century and started a blog of my program plans.  So far I have 80 of them posted and am working to add more as fast as I can.  


If you would like to take a look, please visit: http://carolsimonlevin.blogspot.com/.   I have been indexing them, so hopefully people can find what they want.  Please feel free to add favorite titles, songs, or other ideas I have missed in the comments section. Also I have hundreds more programs that I haven't had time to post yet, so if you are looking for a program on a subject that you don't see, feel free to email me and I'll post it if I have something.

The programs  fall into various categories:


Pre-School Storytimes: A 30-40 minute library program for 2 1/2 - 5 year olds. These often conclude with a short film on DVD (often Weston Woods or the story section of Reading Rainbow.) Sometimes there is a craft instead of the film.


Singalongs: A 30-40 minute program of songs for families (usually have kids 0-8.)


School Age Storytimes:  A 40 minute thematic program of stories for Kindergarten-4th graders presented during the school day at a school.


Story/Craft (School Age): An hour-long after-school, Saturday, or library outreach program combining stories with crafts and activities.


Picture This:  An hour-long art & artist program for K-5th graders presented after-school or for after-school outreach.  Consists of 20-30 minutes of reading and exposition, then a half-hour or so of art-based activities in the style of the artist or movement presented.


Imagination Celebration:  Similar program focusing on S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, (Arts), and Mathematics.)  Libraries have a great opportunity to introduce kids to the creative side of all these disciplines, particularly as this sometimes gets lost in the "no child left untested" climate in our schools.


Parent-Teacher Workshops: Programs for parents and Pre-School/Primary teachers.  Often a bibliography will be posted.


Librarians and others looking for programs are welcome to use these ideas.  If you need more details or have questions (including providing song tunes), feel free to email ...@sclibnj.org">cle...@sclibnj.org or 908 526-4016 x126.


:) Carol


Carol Simon Levin is a youth services librarian, author, storyteller and program presenter for audiences of all ages based in Bridgewater, NJ.

Whether she is impersonating the woman who helped to build the Brooklyn Bridge, or engaging families in a rousing Halloween Hootenany of songs and stories, expanding on the mathematical and artistic possibilities of a simple square, or sharing the story of a dolphin who learned to swim with an artificial tail (along with activities to help children understand what it is like to live with a disability), she always strives to create exciting programs that engage her audience’s interests and expand their horizons. 

Carol Simon Levin is also a professional storyteller and a  member of the New Jersey Storytelling Guild njstorynet.org/wpnjstory/carol-simon-levin, the New Jersey Library Association, and the Society of Children's Writers and Illustrators.  She specializes in two types of storytelling:


Family Storytelling:   Interactive participatory programs of stories and songs for children and the adults who love and care for them!  A selection of her programs can be found at  http://carolsimonlevin.blogspot.com/p/storytelling.html.  She is also happy to customize any of her other programs for a particular group or venue.


Telling HerStories:  http://tellingherstories.wordpress.com/   Impersonations of forgotten women in history accompanied by a slide show of contemporary pictures and images.  Geared for adult or school groups.  



Carol Simon Levin
Somerset County Library / Bridgewater Branch
1 Vogt Dr. Box 6700
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
908 526-4016 x166
908 781-6041 home 908 361-6519 cell
http://carolsimonlevin.blogspot.com/
http://tellingherstories.wordpress.com/

A library is a feast to which we are all invited -- Katherine Paterson
A library is a place full of mouth-watering food for thought. -- Diana Wynne-Jones
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