Brentwood Library Internship Week Three

There are two story times every Monday morning at 9:00 and 10:00, so I observed story times this week as well. This Monday, was a much more normal story time session than last week, as we had power the whole time. I got to see a different version of the baby story time because someone else was performing it. After the story times were over, I returned to the back office and continued working on my story time plan. The theme I chose was ‘imagination’ and I chose to read books such as Where the Wild Things Are and Harold and the Purple Crayon. I found a few songs that would be suitable for the theme. My next job was to pick out one of the Toddler Tubs and figure out a craft and/or snack along with a few songs to sing in between the stories. The tub I picked was called Farm Animals #1 and inside were several stories involving farm animals, mostly about chickens and cows. Before leaving for the day, Charity sat me down and we discussed my July schedule, which we decided would be Monday and Tuesday from 8:30 - 1:30 and Wednesday from 10:00-3:00. 

The next day I worked was Thursday, which tends to be a very quiet day. My supervisor did not have much for me to do, so I went back into the office once again and continued working on my story time and Toddler Tubs plans. My story time is nearly completed. I have a large list of books, so I just need to narrow it down to a few to read and about ten more to put up on display in the story time area. Also, I need to decide on a craft that would be age appropriate for the children to do. Later in the day, there was only one person working at the desk, so I was able to get some desk time. Since it was such a quiet day, not many people needed help. However, I was able to assist a few people in finding the books they needed. 

 On Friday, I went for a little field trip. The Brentwood Library and the Nature Center teamed up in this event. The theme at the library is Dream Big for the children's section, so the Nature Center developed this event in which the children could learn about night time animals. There were five different sections: story time, learning about echolocation, arts and crafts, dissecting owl pellets and learning about how fireflies communicate with each other. I was a helper in the arts and crafts section of the event and I helped the children make origami coyotes.