Librarian Skills

Today was the first meeting of my summer Storytelling class. I was struck by the contrasting skills I am learning in my Online Resources for Youth class and my Storytelling class. The online class is a little daunting for me as I struggle to learn to use media tools and think of how to implement them in library instruction. In storytelling class today we were reminded of simple fingerplays and poems, some of which I learned as a child myself. Both classes are teaching invaluable skills for librarians to be used to teach very young children through teens. I will be thrilled if I ever get to the point that media tools are as easy and comfortable for me in instruction as a simple fingerplay. Somehow with the ever changing technology, I doubt that will happen. The Itsy Bitsy Spider is still the same as ever, and I love it!