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<p class="MsoNormal">Just a reminder the Library of Michigan’s “Best Storytime Practices” webinar series begins tomorrow with Jenifer Strauss. Follow the links to each webinar to register (they will be recorded for those who register):<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://www.solutionwhere.com/WW/Aspx/Public/Search/ShowCourse.aspx?courseNum=101&cId=67&pCId=0"><span style="font-weight:normal">Put the Book Down and Engage!</span></a><br>
<i>Tuesday, October 24, 2017, 2pm</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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</b>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.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Goldilocks and the Three Bears </i>(your favorite retelling)<br>
<i>Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons</i> by Eric Litwin<br>
<i>Mortimer</i> by Robert Munsch<br>
<i>The Hungry Caterpillar</i> by Erik Carle<br>
<i>The Night of the Stars</i> by Douglas Gutierrez and Maria Fernanda Oliver (originally in Spanish as: La noche del las estrellas)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><a href="https://www.solutionwhere.com/WW/Aspx/Public/Search/ShowCourse.aspx?courseNum=102&cId=67&pCId=0"><span style="font-weight:normal">Full Body Storytime</span></a>: Moving and Grooving with Stories,
Songs, Rhythms and Rhymes<br>
<i>Tuesday, December 19, 2017, 2pm</i></b><br>
<b>Description:<br>
</b>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.<br>
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.<br>
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</b><i>I Knew an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (</i>your favorite version) <br>
<i>The Talkative Tortoise</i> (India, Haiti, Anishinabek origins)<br>
<i>The Enormous Turnip,</i> a folktale illustrated by Kathy Parkinson (or your favorite retelling)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://www.solutionwhere.com/WW/Aspx/Public/Search/ShowCourse.aspx?courseNum=103&cId=67&pCId=0"><span style="font-weight:normal">Ready to Read Michigan: “I Got the Rhythm!”</span></a></b><br>
Tuesday, January 16<sup>th</sup>, 2pm<br>
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.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Cathy Lancaster<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="color:black">Library of Michigan<br>
702 W. Kalamazoo St.<br>
Lansing, MI 48915<br>
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<b>|</b> </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan"><span style="color:blue">www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#2E74B5">Our collective efforts can help make Michigan a Top 10 education state in 10 years! Here are the goals and strategies:
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