As our library clientele becomes more diverse, so must our programming. The good news is that you already have the skills and access to the resources you need to research, plan, and deliver targeted programming in languages other than English. In this webinar, we’ll focus on how to adapt your current storytimes for Spanish/English storytimes. You can use this same process to deliver storytimes in any language.

Presented by: Tina L. Bartholoma, Senior Librarian, Salt Lake County Library System; and David Bird, Assistant Manager, Salt Lake County Library Services

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Webinar Attachments

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• View chat (xls)
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• Learner Guide (doc) Use alone or with others to extend your learning.

Related Resources and Links

• Handouts
  
  • Adapting Your Current Storytime (doc)
  • Bilingual Spanish/English Storytime Outline (doc)
    
  • Books, Songs, and Digital Resources for Bilingual Storytime (doc)
  • Bilingual Music & Movement (doc)
• On WebJunction, topic areas for Children and Spanish Speakers, specifically:
  • Before Bilingual Storytime: The Outreach Bridge to Engaging Latino and Spanish-speaking Families (2016 webinar)
  • Book Review: Once Upon a Cuento, Bilingual Storytimes in English and Spanish
  • Cuentos y Más/Stories and More: A bilingual TV story time
  • Mission Branch Builds Community Through Storytime
  • Beyond the Welcome Sign: Tailoring Immigrant Services for Success (2017 webinar)
    
  • Bilingual Storytimes: Building Early Literacy and Community (2009 webinar)
    
• Beyond Bilingual: Making Storytime Inviting to All English Language Learners, School Library Journal, 7/31/17
• Every Child Ready to Read, including Spanish language resources
  
• Dígame un cuento / Tell Me A Story: Bilingual Library Programs for Children and Families via Texas State Library and Archives Commission
• Shared in Chat
  • Storytime with Miss Michelle: The Bookish Librarian's Storytime Ideas
  • Assisting Patrons When You Don't Speak the Same Language - Spanish Speakers
  • Naranja dulce/Sweet Orange - "a good song that my aunts sang to me"
  • La Araña Pequeñita - video
  • Mi Cuerpo Hace Musica: Spanish Storytime Song - video
• Additional suggestions on collection development from presenters:
  • Collecting in World Languages: Resources for Building Your Multilingual Collection, Library Journal
    
  • Run a list of the top circulation books you already have in the juvenile collection then look on Amazon for the version in the language you are looking for (i.e. Amazon.fr is Amazon France).