The Program Room Podcast
This podcast was created for children's librarians in preparation for the CSLP 2009 summer reading theme, "Be Creative @ Your Library." The seven episodes and additional interviews cover music, theater, visual art, dance, and more. Interviews, songs, and other resources you find here will help you help kids to be creative through the arts.
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1.07: Throw a Dance Party for Kids at Your Library
Traditional music and dance experts Peter and Mary Alice Amidon discuss their approach to performing for kids, creativity, singing games, and advice on how to present a community dance event. P.E. teacher Kelly Worthy shares her experience putting on an elementary school dance party. Plus lots of sample clips from songs that include their own dance instructions!
1.06: Storytelling With Kids at Your Library
Storyteller Dianne de Las Casas discusses ways of inspiring kids to tell their own stories, including story theater, board games, and fractured fairy tales. Storyteller Bill Harley discusses prompts that inspire children to tell their own tales, and both touch on the importance of this type of work with kids. Plus songs from Monty Harper and Bill Harley.
1.05: Theater Games at Your Library
Rozz Grigsby, Education Director for the Oklahoma Children's Theater, speaks about how to do theater games and story dramas with kids. Learn how to play Red Light, Freeze Dance, Space Walk, Screen Test, Magic Toybox, Whatchya Doin?, Echo, Freeze, Zip Zap Zop, Sound Orchestra, and Questions. Plus book suggestions for story dramas, tips for planning your program and tools for presenting with kids. And a song you can use from Funky Mama.
1.04: Using Music With Young Children
Music specialist Carole Peterson speaks on why and how to use music with young children, plus an exclusive song from Stuart Stotts and an interview with Betsy Zahniser about The Music Box, an early childhood music programming tool.
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1.03: Booking a Performer
Librarian Sue Busch speaks on booking entertainment, plus a panel discussion on what to keep in mind when calling a performer to book a program, and two Halloween songs from Mr. Billy.
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1.02: Making a Music Video
Teaching artist Steve McLinn speaks on creating music videos with children, plus Librarian Rhonda Turley and teen brother-and-sister team Kathryn and Andrew speak about their own video-making experiences, and samples from many "video-safe" songs.
Show Notes
1.01: Be Creative @ Your Library!
Sally Snyder and Julie Tomlianovich of the Collaborative Summer Library Program speak about the 2009 theme and manual, plus two songs form your host, Monty Harper.
Show Notes
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Unedited Interviews
Many of the interviews and panel discussions in The Program Room Podcast were recorded as live conference calls on TalkShoe.
Below are the entire, raw, unedited, uncensored original conversations, including three (the first three listed) that were not featured in podcast episodes. Enjoy!
- Michael Bitz - Dr. Michael Bitz has worked to establish creativity at the core of academic learning. He speaks about his projects that have children creating comic books and running record labels!
- Karen Chace - Professional storyteller, teaching artist, and author Karen Chace produces a yearly festival with her a student storytelling troupe. She speaks about how you can build a storytelling club at your library or school!
- Eric Wolf - Storyteller Eric Wolf speaks about the importance of storytelling and about is amazing resource, The Art of Storytelling With Children podcast.
- Dianne de Las Casas - This award-winning storyteller and author shares many tips you can use to open up the world of storytelling with your kids.
- Rozz Grigsby, Theater Games - Rozz shares eleven different theater games and how to play them, plus how to do story dramas; you will have a theater-themed program ready to go after listening to this one!
- Carole Peterson, Music with Young Children - Highly recommended for anyone who works with toddlers and/or preschoolers!
- How to Book a Performer - Mr. Billy and Monty Harper discuss what to keep in mind when calling to book a performer.
- How to Book a Performer - The legendary lost panel discussion (now found) about what to keep in mind when calling to book a performer, with panelists Erin Lee Kelly, Eric Herman, Mr. Billy, Dianne de Las Casas, Steve Smith, and Monty Harper.
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ResourcesFree downloads you can use - enjoy!
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Helpful Websites
Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP)
Dance!
Performers, Where to Find Them
Songs For Young Children, Sources
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Theater Games, Sources
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