Big Storytime Question #2

This week I’m inviting you guys to share your answers to the storytime questions my boss and I raised in our ALSC presentation last week! The first question was, “Why does your library have storytime?”

The second question is:

What makes a good storytime?

And here’s the answers from the session:

Laughter
Happy kids and parents
Music (x2…a second person checked this too after it was written down!)
Grounded in early literacy skill building–delivered in a FUN way
Organization
Movement–dancing, fingerplays
Fun/fun/more FUN
Planning
Puppets, flannels
Engaged children
Mixture of non-fiction, fiction, poetry, song
Participation
Active participation
Books you love
Parents and kids participating
Engages parents/caregivers, too
Joy of books, reading
Excitement about books
More books checked out

What do YOU think?