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Telthor is on page 54 of 208

They recommend reading more nonfiction books in storytime, because of all kinds of good things it does, builds a great base of knowledge, all that

--but I don't even know how to read premise books out loud and effectively. I can make "Hungry Hen" or "Biggest Thing in the Ocean" *epic* but I don't know how to read "Freight Train" well. I need to talk to my coworkers, I definitely need advice and practice.

— Jul 31, 2023 11:41AM

Storytimes for Everyone!: Developing Young Children's Language and Literacy

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More than anything else, I really didn't realize how much literacy content I could wring out of old nursery rhymes and I'm real excited to try Sing a Song of Sixpence again but this time talk about alliteration or something instead of just throwing it at them like a rock that none of them know how to sing because it's not as common as Hey Diddle Diddle.

No one knew the melody to Hey Diddle Diddle either, actually...

— Jul 31, 2023 02:52PM

Telthor is on page 79 of 208

Paraphrasing, but "you shouldn't be a presenter or entertainer, you should be a facilitator! You should have puppets for everyone! You should have handouts and things! :D"

ooof not at my library, not with the enormous size of our storytimes and how, uh, *restrictive* the rules appear to be about handouts right now. They used to do this, but now they very very VERY much do not

— Jul 31, 2023 12:47PM