StoryTime 2: Strawberries

I lead my second family storytime this last Saturday. I don't feel it went quite as well as the last. I was less practiced with the books, story, and songs, and the audience was much less actively involved, but I think they still had a good time. The theme was strawberries and I told the creation story of strawberries from the book “The First Strawberries: A Cherokee Story” retold by Joseph Bruchac (the same person who retold the Rabbit’s Snow dance from last week). But I found the same story in Pat Nelson’s “Magic Minutes: Quick Read-Alouds for Every Day.” Based on the attention span and interest levels of my audience I cut the story quite a bit (like the entire middle), but I think it was successful. Now I know to feel a bit more comfortable with my stories before telling them.
Here’s the audio of the story:




Today’s Reading Rainbow books are:

Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-. (c1993.). The first strawberries : a Cherokee story. New York : Dial Books for Young Readers.

Degen, Bruce. (c1983.). Jamberry. New York, N.Y. : Harper & Row.

Martin, Bill, 1916-2004. (c1983, 1967.). Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?. New York : Henry Holt and Co.

Molk, Laurel. (1998.). Good job, Oliver!. New York : Crown Publishers.

Nelson, Pat, 1925-. (1993.). Magic minutes : quick read-alouds for every day. Englewood, Colo. : Libraries Unlimited.

Wood, Don, 1945-. (1998.). The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear. Swindon, England : Child's Play (International).