tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686862343088549975.post6099303069905863400..comments2023-12-31T13:21:37.478-08:00Comments on Heather Ayris Burnell: Reading PracticeHeather Ayris Burnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14165769191910279198noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686862343088549975.post-44987581507912287302010-07-14T22:50:03.032-07:002010-07-14T22:50:03.032-07:00Wow! Thanks so much, Wendie! I tried to make sure ...Wow! Thanks so much, Wendie! I tried to make sure I turned the page from the bottom today when I read. For some reason that one really stuck in my mind. I still need to work on my word grabbing, but I'm definitely improving!Heather Ayris Burnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165769191910279198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686862343088549975.post-71931923239941341762010-07-11T19:42:35.977-07:002010-07-11T19:42:35.977-07:00I suggest you keep reading A Fuse 8 Production. S...I suggest you keep reading A Fuse 8 Production. She's a children's librarian and is doing a series of videos on her blog about storytime and presenting stories. (in between her book reviews and news about the children's book publishing world -- authors and editors). Her blog is at <br />http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production<br /><br />Also, go observe a lot of children's librarians doing sotrytime. Some will be great and some will be awful. But you'll learn techniques of presentations.<br /><br />My own storytelling technique is to hold the picturebook to my left with doublespread pages open facing the children. I turn my head, grab the lines with my eyes, turn and face the audience and tell what I had just read. with emotion. That pause while you are grabbing the words with your eyes may seem like an hour of silence to you, but your child audience won't notice. They'll be too busy absorbing the pictures during the (actual) half second that you take to do this.<br /><br />Do NOT move the book from this position while you turn the pages. the kids still want to see the pictures! not the side or back of the book.<br /><br />Try to turn the page from the bottom, so that your arm doesn't cover up their view of the pictures.<br /><br />Have fun. enjoy. -wendieOWendie Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720582855824814088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686862343088549975.post-13556319548379112312010-06-29T16:43:55.333-07:002010-06-29T16:43:55.333-07:00Thanks Blythe. I can read upside down. I read that...Thanks Blythe. I can read upside down. I read that way to my kids a lot. Sometimes we have upside down storytime where we hold the books upside down. I have done a bit of reading as you suggested at the SRP. I find it a little harder to do with all the kids and excitement going on, but I'm certainly going to work on it. Hopefully I'll get the hang of it. Thanks so much for the advice! And yes, I think typing upside down is much harder than reading upside down. You did a pretty good job. ;-)Heather Ayris Burnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14165769191910279198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686862343088549975.post-41410631142500374182010-06-29T16:00:54.383-07:002010-06-29T16:00:54.383-07:00Shall we pretend I was typing upside down? "h...Shall we pretend I was typing upside down? "hold a picture book" "Then lift the book" <br /><br />I'm happy for you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10147284664183496856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686862343088549975.post-79230898515845898522010-06-29T15:58:49.716-07:002010-06-29T15:58:49.716-07:00Practice reading your book upside down, which is t...Practice reading your book upside down, which is to say hod a picture book on your lap facing outwards and read the text. The lift the book and show it to your imagined audience. Turn the page. Make eye contact. Continue. <br /><br />If you already knew this, forgive me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10147284664183496856noreply@blogger.com