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ACL Institute 2025

We Got the Beat: Music and Movement In Storytime

April 11, 9am – 3pm

San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin St., San Francisco

Join us for a day of singing, signing, yoga and more! Plus, celebrate ACL’s 90th anniversary.

2025 Bibliography

Purchase tickets here.

Scholarship applications are now closed.

Ticket prices: $55 ACL Members, $65 Non-members, $25 Student or Paraprofessional

Agenda

9:00-9:30Registration and Book SaleLobby and Latinx Room
9:30Welcome Remarks & 90th Anniversary CelebrationKoret Auditorium
9:45-10:30JaNay Brown-Wood, PhD, author of Jam, Too?, Brown Girls Do Ballet, and more.Koret Auditorium
10:45-11:30Breakout Sessions
Ukulele for Storytime with UkulennyChildren’s Creative Center
2nd Floor
Yoga Storytime with Pat ToneyChildren’s Storytelling Room
2nd Floor
Using ASL in Storytime with Bill White of Happy Baby SignsChildren’s General Floor Area
2nd Floor
Strengthening Early Literacy through Music & Movement with Jamaica Stevens of Jamaroo KidsKoret Auditorium
11:30-1:00Lunch and Book SaleLatinx Room and offsite
1:00-2:00Jamming is my Jam: Music and Movement Beyond Storytime Panel with Colors of Spanish, Per Sia, Jamaroo Kids, and SFPL’s The Mix Koret Auditorium
2:00-3:00Vocal Workshop with Melanie DeMoreKoret Auditorium
3:00Closing RemarksKoret Auditorium

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