This document discusses early literacy skills and practices for storytime beyond just reading books aloud. It notes that early literacy involves both constrained skills like decoding and unconstrained skills like comprehension. It encourages focusing on practices like singing, playing, talking, and writing to engage children in a well-rounded storytime that involves more than 20% reading. The document provides many specific ideas and resources for incorporating singing, movement, props, discussions, acting out stories, fine motor activities, and more into storytime.

1. Storytime:
Not Just Reading Out Loud
The Joint Chiefs of the Storytime Underground:
Cory Eckert | Kendra Jones | Amy Koester | Brooke Rasche
http://storytimeunderground.org

2. Early literacy is about two types of skill sets:
ECRR2 says...

3. Early literacy is about two types of skill sets:
Constrained Skills vs. Unconstrained Skills
ECRR2 says...

4. Early literacy is about two types of skill sets:
Constrained Skills vs. Unconstrained Skills
ECRR2 says...
Decoding Comprehension

5. Early literacy is about two types of skill sets:
Constrained Skills vs. Unconstrained Skills
ECRR2 says...
Decoding Comprehension
Finite Ongoing

6. Instead of focusing narrowly on skills
development, engage in practices!
ECRR2 says...

7. Instead of focusing narrowly on skills
development, engage in practices!
ECRR2 says...

8. Reading is only
20%
of the equation.
ECRR2 says...

9. Sing
Rhymes and Fingerplays
Dana Horrocks & Lindsey Krabbenhoft,
Jbrary.com
Multilingual Songs
StoryBlocks.org
CLEL resource for songs and
rhymes in multiple languages
Movement Songs
DrJean.org
LearningStationMusic.com
Pinterest

10. PLAY
Parachute
Lisa Mulvenna,
lisaslibraryland.blogspot.com
Anne Clark,
www.sotomorrowblog.com
Props
Anna Haase Krueger,
www.futurelibrariansuperhero.com
Dana Horrocks & Lindsey Krabbenhoft,
Jbrary.com
Other
“Read, Play, Grow!” article in SLJ,
Brooklyn Public Library
Kendra Jones,
klmpeace.wordpress.com

11. Talk
Draw-and-Tell or Cut-
and-Tell Stories
Linda Meuse,
meusenotes.blogspot.com
Act it Out!
Steven Engelfried,
btbstorytimes.blogspot.com
Science Observations &
Experiments
Lots of Librarians! linked at
showmelibrarian.blogspot.com/p/all
-things-steam.html

12. Write
Fine Motor Skills
Brooke Rasche,
readingwithred.blogspot.com
Kelsey Cole,
librarybonanza.com
Flannel Pieces
Flannel Friday,
flannelfridaystorytime.blogspot.com
Shapes
Meagan Schiebel,
missmegstorytime.com

13. Resources
Sing
● Songs For Teaching
● Hatch Early Learning
● Early Childhood News
Play
● Jbrary.com
● Lisa’s Libraryland
● Read, Play, Grow
● Read, Sing, Play
Talk
● All Things STEAM
● Beyond the Book Storytimes
● Notes from the Story Room
Write
● Miss Meg’s Storytime
● Flannel Friday
● Library Bonanza
● Reading with Red