programming with ecrr2 in mind
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Workshop portion of April 2013 early literacy training for St. Charles City-County Library District children's services staffTRANSCRIPT
Programming with ECRR2 in Mind
Staff Training April 9 & 10, 2013
What makes a good story time?
• It's fun! • Interactive • Varied • Good stories • Lots of different elements • Songs • Paced well to keep kids' attention • Transitions between activities so there is cohesion • Flexibility depending on your audience • Early literacy statements • Parent involvement
How can you tell when story time is successful? • Nobody cries • Nobody leaves • Good feedback • Kids don't want to leave • Kids participate • Parents participate • They come back • They are absorbed in what is being read • HUGS!
What would you change about story time? • Anything that doesn't work • Smaller groups • Enough kids to make it engaging • More flexibility to meet the needs of all family types, schedules • Include more types of storytelling (books, non-fiction, felt stories, puppets,
apps) • Attitude of coworkers who think it's just loud playing • Attitude of parents who don't see the critical benefit • More interactive elements (instruments, etc.) • Meet more types of audiences, especially including males so kids see men
reading • More math and science • More open-ended crafts/art • More open-ended activities, i.e. play time, picture walk • Time for grownups to hang out and talk to one another, esp. with babies
Questions to ask about a program - Engagement
• How does it engage kids?
• How does it engage caregivers?
Questions to ask about a program - The Five Practices • Does reading happen? How?
• Does talking happen? How?
• Does singing happen? How?
• Does writing happen? How?
• Does playing happen? How?
Questions for personal consideration
What are the strongest components of your
story time?
Which of the five practices, if any, are you missing from your program?