All workshop participants left the workshop full of food, with a copy of Jim Trelease's, "Read Aloud Handbook", and lots of ideas for presenting an exciting storytime.
BookPALS wishes to thank Gardner's Book Service for providing the perfect venue for a literacy workshop. Costco helped with the food and Harkins Theaters donated door prize movie tickets.
Presenter, Sue Cohen, talks about adding props and interest to the book you present.
Gene Ganssle demonsrates how to use different voices for the different characters in your story
Rosie Witcher uses instruments to bring a story to life
Rosie has workshop participants act out, "The Enormous Turnip" while other volunteers use instruments to represent each character, thus augmenting the story