Spotlight on YOU

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Spotlight on YOU Storyteller, Entertainer,
Facilitator
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Developing your personal programming style

• Identifying your strengths and natural instincts

• Finding your comfort zone

• Stretching and testing your boundaries

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Choosing Successful Program Ingredients

• Openings and closings

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Openings Closings

• Use a puppet to greet children

• Pre-registered programs use identifiers

• Song or rhyme

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Openings Closings
Welcome, welcome everyone Now youre here well
have some fun. First well clap our hands like
so. Then well bend and touch our toes. Welcome,
welcome everyone Now youre here well have some
fun.
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Openings Closings
Hello everybody how are you? How are you? How
are you? Hello everybody how are you? How are
you today? Hello everybody clap your
hands. Hello everybody stomp your feet. Hello
everybody shout hooray.
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Openings Closings
Where are my friends? Where are my friends? Who
is here today? Who is here today?
Come and let us find them, Come and let us find
them. Then well play. Then well play. Where is
________? Where is ________? I see you. I see
you. How are you today my friend? How are you
today my friend? Peek-a-boo. Peek-a-boo.
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Openings Closings
Good Morning One day I saw a downy duck with
feathers on his back, I said, Good morning downy
duck, and he said, Quack, quack, quack. One
day I saw a timid mouse, he was so shy and
meek, I said, Good morning timid mouse, and he
said, Squeak, squeak, squeak.

One day I saw a scruffy dog, I met him with a
bow, I said, Good morning scruffy dog, and he
said,
Bow-wow-wow. One day I
saw a scarlet bird, he woke me from my sleep, I
said, Good morning scarlet bird, and he said,
Cheep, cheep, cheep.
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Openings Closings
Goodbye my friends goodbye, Goodbye my friends
goodbye, Goodbye my friends, Goodbye my
friends, Goodbye my friends goodbye!
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Openings Closings
Wave Goodbye Wave high, wave low, I think its
time we gotta go. Wave your elbows, wave your
toes, Wave your tongue and wave your nose. Wave
your knees, wave your lips Blow a kiss with your
fingertips Wave your ears, wave your hair Wave
your belly and derriere Wave your chin, wave
your eye Wave your hand and say good-bye.
Reid, Rob. 1999. Family Storytime.
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Choosing Successful Program Ingredients

• Openings and closings

• Stories rhymes

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Stories Rhymes

• Bibliographies booklists

• Subject guides

• Read, read, read, read

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Choosing Successful Program Ingredients

• Openings and closings

• Stories rhymes

• Reading incentives

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Reading Incentives

• Homework

• Challenges

• Games

• Show tell

• Visual displays

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Reading Incentives
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Reading Incentives
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Reading Incentives
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Choosing Successful Program Ingredients

• Openings and closings
• Stories rhymes
• Reading incentives

• Storytelling

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Storytelling

• Oral tradition

• Practice makes perfect

• Start short simple
• Great big enormous rock

• Using props
• Little duckling finds his voice

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Storytelling
Your Story
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Choosing Successful Program Ingredients

• Openings and closings
• Stories rhymes
• Reading incentives
• Storytelling
• Games activities

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Games Activities

• Circle activities for tots
• Im riding on my pony / The ponies are walking

• In-your-seat for twos and preschoolers
• Who has a mitten / Red fish Blue fish

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Games Activities
Who has a mitten like this one? Who has a mitten
like me? Who has a mitten like this one? Hold it
up and let me see.
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Games Activities

• Circle activities for tots
• Im riding on my pony

• In-your-seat for twos and preschoolers
• Who has a mitten / Red fish Blue fish

• Volunteer games for
• preschoolers and older children
• Monkey See Monkey Do

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Games Activities
Monkey see, monkey do. Do you want to be a
monkey, too? There's a monkey in the middle,
just because, Youve got to do what that little
monkey does. Now the monkey in the middle takes
a bow, There's a new little monkey gonna show us
how.   Now the monkey in the middle takes a
bow, And well wave goodbye to the monkeys for
now. 
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Games Activities

• Circle games for tots
• Im riding on my pony

• In-your-seat for twos and preschoolers
• Who has a mitten / Red fish Blue fish

• Volunteer games for
• preschoolers and older children
• Monkey See Monkey Do

• Crafts storytime souvenirs

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Choosing Successful Program Ingredients

• Openings and closings
• Stories rhymes
• Reading incentives
• Storytelling
• Games activities

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Choosing Successful Program Ingredients

• Music

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Music Instruments

• Music for terrible singers 101

• Using Instruments
• Tapping Sticks
• Bells
• Block
• Drum

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Music Instruments
Shake your bell in the air, in the air, Shake
your bell in the air, in the air, Shake it here
and shake it there Shake it almost
everywhere Shake your bell in the air, in the
air,
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Music Instruments
Ring, ring, ring your bells, Ring them loud and
clear. Tell everybody everywhere That Storytime
time is here! Stamp, stamp, stamp your
feet, Stamp them loud and clear. Tell everybody
everywhere That Storytime time is here! Clap,
clap, clap, your hands, Clap them loud and
clear. Tell everybody everywhere, That Storytime
time is here!
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Music Instruments
This is the way we march along, March along,
march along This is the way we march along, So
early in the morning This is the way we skip
along, Skip along, skip along This is the way we
skip along, So early in the morning
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Music Instruments
Walk, walk, walk When the drum says walk. When
the drum says walk you walk. Trot, trot,
trot When the drum says trot. When the drum says
trot you trot. Slide, slide, slide When the drum
says slide. When the drum says slide you
slide. Walk, walk, walk When the drum says
walk. But when the drum says stop you stop
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Choosing Successful Program Ingredients

• Music

• Props realia

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Props Realia

• Using props properly

• Introducing a theme

• Select rhymes songs

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Props Realia
Im taking a journey to Japan, My jet is leaving
soon. Im packing up my J things, Youd think I
was off to the moon. Im taking a
jack-o-lantern And plenty of juice and jello.
Of course, I will take my jewelry And my jacket
that is sort of yellow. Im planning to take my
jellyfish, Who speaks perfect Japanese. He taught
me how to jitterbug Jeepers, that hurts my
knees! I packed a jigsaw puzzle And a book about
how to juggle. I didnt forget my jackrabbit, The
toy I love to snuggle. Now Ill just pack my jump
rope And a jar of jam if I can. Then I think Ill
have all my J things, For my journey to Japan.
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Props Realia
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Props Realia
My shoes are new and squeaky shoes, Theyre very
shiny creaky shoes, I wish I had my leaky
shoes That Mommy put away. I like my old brown
leaky shoes Much better than those creaky
shoes, These shiny, creaky, squeaky shoes Ive
got to wear today.
Reid, Rob. 1999. Family Storytime.
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Choosing Successful Program Ingredients

• Music

• Props realia

• Puppetry

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Puppetry

• Talk to the hand

• Videotape / mirror / friend

• Shy puppets / Voiced puppets

• Puppets personality

• Giving your puppet a
• voice backstory
• Lizards Song

• Using a puppet to
• welcome / settle / start

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Choosing Successful Program Ingredients

• Music

• Props realia

• Puppetry

• Themes

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Themes

• To theme, or not to theme

• A frog is a barnyard animal

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Babies

• The intimidation factor
• Model, mentor, trainer for adults
• Keen, open audience

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Babies

• Sample tools
• Scarves (for dancing)
• Unbreakable mirrors
• Pop-up puppets
• (for peek-a-boo)
• Receiving blankets

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Babies

• Sample Ingredients
• Bouncing rhymes (nursery rhymes)
• Tickles, music, songs
• Repetition
• Stories read aloud rhythmic
• 1 on 1 reading encouragement
• Storytime souvenirs (i.e. footprint)

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Babies
Where Is Monkey? Where is monkey? Where is
monkey? There he is! There he is! Were so glad
to see you. Were so glad to see
you. Peek-a-boo! Peek-a-boo!
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Babies
Mother, Father Uncle John Rode to town, one by
one, Mother fell off, And father fell off, But
Uncle John went on, And on, and on, and on.
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Babies
Row, row, row, your boat, Gently down the
stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, Life
is but a dream. Rock, rock, rock the boat, Sway
from side to side, Merrily, merrily, merrily,
merrily, What a bumpy ride!
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Babies
Good morning toes, Good morning toes, And how are
you today? I trust you had a good nights
sleep, And now you're ready to play. Additional
verses Good Morning knees Good Morning
tummy Good Morning hands Good Morning cheeks
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Babies
Clap your hands, one, two, three, Play a clapping
game with me. Now my hands have gone away, Bring
them back so we can play. Tap your hands, one,
two, three, Play a tapping game with me. Now my
hands have gone away, Bring them back so we can
play. Wiggle your fingers, one, two, three, Play
a wiggling game with me. Now my fingers have gone
away, We'll play this game another day.
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Babies
The Grand Old Duke of York, He had ten thousand
men He marched them up to the top of the hill And
then marched them down again And when they're up,
they're up And when they're down, they're
down But when they were only half way up They
were neither up nor down!
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Babies
Tick tock, tick tock, I'm a little cuckoo
clock. Tick tock, tick tock, now it's almost one
o'clock. Cuckoo! Tick tock, tick tock, Im a
little cuckoo clock. Tick tock, tick tock, now
it's almost two o'clock. Cuckoo! Cuckoo!
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Toddlers Twos

• Walkers grouped together, but so different
• Check your ego at the door
• Room layout safe and clear
• Fast, active pace

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Toddlers Twos

• Sample Ingredients
• Rhymes, songs, rhythmic activities that involve
  gross motor movement
• Stories read aloud sound still very important
  / repetition
• Process-oriented difference between toddlers
  twos
• Surprise hooray, clapping at the end of each
  activity

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Toddlers Twos

• Specific examples
• Welcome puppet
• Surprise bag
• Glitter Christmas tree
• Clap, clap, clap your hands
• Put your teddy in the air
• As I was walking to the farm one day
• Lets bend and touch our toes

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Toddlers Twos
Clap, clap, clap your hands Slowly every
day Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily Then we
shout, hooray Clap, clap, clap your
hands Faster every day Merrily, merrily, merrily,
merrily Then we shout, hooray Stomp, stomp,
stop your feet Roll, roll, roll your hands
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Toddlers Twos
Put your teddy in the air, in the air. Put your
teddy in the air, in the air. Sing hip hip
hooray! Cause its teddy, teddy day. Put your
teddy in the air, in the air. Additional
Verses Dance your teddy on the floor Sit your
teddy on your lap
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Toddlers Twos
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Toddlers Twos
As I was walking to the farm one day I met a pig
along the way What do you think that pig did
say? Oink, oink, oink Repeat with goose,
chicken, owl, cow, horse, sheep, dog, cat, etc.
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Toddlers Twos
Additional Verses Were jumping up and
down Lets kick our legs up high Lets reach
and touch the sky We sit down on the floor, We
sit down on the floor, When our exercise is
done, We sit down on the floor.
Lets bend and touch our toes, Lets bend and
touch our toes Were getting lots of
exercise, Lets bend and touch our toes
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Three Year Olds
Two Three Year Olds

• 30 40 months
• Transitional time
• Independent to a point
• Can follow simple directions
• Skills development colour recognition
  counting

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Three Year Olds
Two Three Year Olds

• New ingredients
• Fingerplays
• Group games / activities
• Complex action rhymes songs
• Stories read aloud predictable plot /
  interactive element

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Three Year Olds
Two Three Year Olds

• Specific Examples
• Crown game
• Owl Babies with puppet
• Two mother pigs
• Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear
• Bump, bop and boogie
• 10 little clothespins

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Three Year Olds
Two Three Year Olds
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear turn around Teddy Bear,
Teddy Bear touch the ground Teddy Bear, Teddy
Bear show your shoe Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear I love
you Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear climb the
stairs Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear wipe your
tears Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear turn out the
light Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear say goodnight
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Three Year Olds
Two Three Year Olds
Two mother pigs lived in a pen Each had 4 babies
and that made 10. These four babies were black
and white These four babies were as back as
night. All 8 babies loved to play, And they
rolled, and they rolled In the mud all day. At
night with their mother All curled in a
heap, They squealed and they squealed Until they
all fell asleep.
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Three Year Olds
Two Three Year Olds
You meet a good friend on a sunny day, You do the
bump and bop and boogie In your own special
way. You bump and boogie high, You bump and
boogie low. You do the bump and bop and
boogie And you dont do it slow!
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Three Year Olds
Two Three Year Olds
Ten little clothespins hanging on a line, One
lost his grip, then there were nine. Nine little
clothespins standing up so straight, One broke
his string, then there were eight. Eight little
clothespins on a line so even, One went
snip-snap, then there were seven. Seven little
clothespins, are you keeping score? Three took
flip-flops, then there were four. Four little
clothespins, as joyful as can be, One opened his
mouth, fell off, then there were three. Three
little clothespins with nothing left to do. One
turned a somersault, then there were two. Two
little clothespins smiling at the sun, They felt
pitter-patter raindrops starting, Now there are
none.
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Four Five Year Olds

• Traditional storytime crowd
• Longer attention span
• Emphasize literacy and numeracy
• Start with longest story
• Story choice wide open
• Pleasant surprise ending
• Excellent audience for storytelling

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Four Five Year Olds

• New Ingredients
• Dramatic play
• Story extenders
• Puzzles, simple design activities
• More complex games activities

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Four Five Year Olds

• Specific Examples
• I Spy Game
• Animal charades
• Craft stick puzzles
• Were gathering up the leaves

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Four Five Year Olds
Were gathering up the leaves, Were gathering up
the leaves, Heigh-ho, Its Fall you know, Were
gathering up the leaves.
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Families

• Importance of family literacy
• Something for everyone, something for all
• Rob Reid
• Always involve the audience adults and children
• Process oriented activities

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Families

• Effective Ingredients
• Humour
• Storytelling
• Drama
• Sing-alongs

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Families

• Mix traditional and contemporary activities
• Jokes
• Dincerella
• The exploding frog story
• Terry the timid tiger
• Criss Cross Applesauce
• Theres a spider on the floor
• Tommy thumbs
• Poor little bug on the wall

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Families
Criss, Cross, Applesauce Spiders crawling up your
back. Tight squeeze, Cool breeze, Now youve got
the shiveries!
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Families
There's a spider on the floor on the floor
There's a spider on the floor on the floor Who
could ask for anything more Than a spider on the
floor There's a spider on the floor on the
floor Now the spider's on my leg on my leg Now
the spider's on my leg on my leg Oh he's really,
really big This old spider on my leg There's a
spider on my leg on my leg
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Families
Now the spider's on my stomach on my stomach Oh
he's just an old lummock Now the spider's on my
neck on my neck Oh I'm gonna be a wreck Now
the spider's on my face on my face Oh what a big
disgrace Now the spiders on my head on my head
I want to hide up in my bed And he jumps
off. NOW There's a spider on the floor on the
floor
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Families
Tommy thumbs are up and Tommy thumbs are
down, Tommy thumbs are dancing all around the
town, Dance them on your shoulders, Dance them on
your head, Dance them on your knees and tuck them
into bed!
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Families
Poor little bug on the wall Nobody loves him at
all No one to wash his clothes No one to tickle
his toes Poor little bug on the wall
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Final Thoughts

• Questions / Comments?