The Library of Michigan is pleased to announce a new *interactive* webinar series on Best Storytime Practices with Professional Storyteller & Narrative Consultant, Jenifer Strauss. Please register for each individual webinar by following the links below. There are books listed under each webinar, please have as many on hand as possible during the webinar. Also of note, the January webinar will focus on our Ready to Read Michigan program selection (formerly known as "Michigan Reads!") for public libraries. All webinars will be recorded and links sent to registrants who cannot attend live. This project is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan. Put the Book Down and Engage!<https://www.solutionwhere.com/WW/Aspx/Public/Search/ShowCourse.aspx?courseNum=101&cId=67&pCId=0> Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 2pm Description: Reading to children is essential but if you want to super-charge their creativity, imagination, and memory, put the book down and engage them with interactive Storytelling. In this live webinar, narrative consultant/storyteller, Jenifer Strauss will show you how to use storytelling to promote language, literacy and healthy brain development. Learn how to choose stories from favorite authors and turn them in to interactive language experiences for young children. Songs, movement, puppets, props, and participation included! Links and PDF handouts provided. Books: Goldilocks and the Three Bears (your favorite retelling) Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin Mortimer by Robert Munsch The Hungry Caterpillar by Erik Carle The Night of the Stars by Douglas Gutierrez and Maria Fernanda Oliver (originally in Spanish as: La noche del las estrellas) Full Body Storytime<https://www.solutionwhere.com/WW/Aspx/Public/Search/ShowCourse.aspx?courseNum=102&cId=67&pCId=0>: Moving and Grooving with Stories, Songs, Rhythms and Rhymes Tuesday, December 19, 2017, 2pm Description: Movement is a child's first language! Combine movement with rhythm and you have the foundation for literacy skills like listening, speaking, reading and writing. In support of healthy early childhood learning experiences and the ALA Every Child Ready to Read initiative, narrative consultant/storyteller, Jenifer Strauss will host a live webinar featuring stories, songs, play, and movement. Participants will learn how to plan and execute a well-balanced storytime that will allow young patrons to be active and creative with language. Directions for making percussion instruments and props included. PDF handouts of song lyrics and supporting research provided. Books: I Knew an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (your favorite version) The Talkative Tortoise (India, Haiti, Anishinabek origins) The Enormous Turnip, a folktale illustrated by Kathy Parkinson (or your favorite retelling) Ready to Read Michigan: "I Got the Rhythm!"<https://www.solutionwhere.com/WW/Aspx/Public/Search/ShowCourse.aspx?courseNum=103&cId=67&pCId=0> Tuesday, January 16th, 2pm Join us to learn about a Ready to Read Storytime designed for outreach to your local early childhood providers & schools! This year's book selection is "I Got the Rhythm" by Connie Schofield-Morrison and illustrated by Frank Morrison. Copies of the title will be shipped to libraries mid-January-early February, so this is a sneak peek if you do not already have the book in-hand. More about the presenter... Jenifer Strauss uses story to help educators, organizations and individuals connect, communicate, and achieve their goals. Following ten years as a middle school educator, Jenifer combined her love of teaching and storytelling and in 1993, founded her consulting business, Story Be Told. During her years in the classroom, Jenifer used storytelling with her students to capture interest, motivate learning, and inspire writing. Jen learned that people think, learn and imagine in story or narrative and helped her students make powerful connections between imagining, speaking, and writing. Now traveling nationally, Jenifer offers dynamic story performances, writing workshops, trainings and keynotes along with longterm involvements as an Artist-in-Residence. Jenifer is the creator of the Turning Points Personal Narrative Process which she presents to schools, organizations, businesses and individuals. Her curriculum-based program, "Tell It, Read It, Write It" has been performed and positively received by schools across the United States. Since 1993, Jenifer has designed library programs to coincide with the national Summer Reading theme along with offering year-round library programs for patrons from toddler to adult, including: staff training, Friend of the Library Dinner Theater, Parent Nights and Teen Lock-in Nights. Jenifer's credentials include a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan, an elementary education degree from Western Michigan University, and a secondary education degree in Biology from Michigan State University. Jenifer is cofounder of the Center for Imagination, and partner in a collaborative business called Cygnus Storytelling, LLC, whose publications and recordings include Telling Stories: The Cygnus Storytelling Hand Book, and a CD called U Tell A Tale: Stories Told Through-U. Her newest recording; Michigan Legends and Lore: Stories from Shore to Shore, was released in the fall of 2009 and focuses on Michigan History. Cathy Lancaster Youth Services Coordinator Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48915 LancasterC5@michigan.gov | 517-335-8129 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan> Follow us: Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/libraryofmichigan/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/libraryofmich> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/libraryofmichigan/> Our collective efforts can help make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years! Here are the goals and strategies: http://mi.gov/top10in10/ [cid:image002.png@01D20444.B08921B0]
