Well, my boss and I survived our ALSC presentation on Saturday and it was a lot of fun. As part of our session, we had attendees write short answers to questions about storytime we had put on the wall on that big sticky chart paper. I appreciated everyone who participated in this and stepped forward to share their thoughts, because I love listening to people talk about storytime. And I wanted to hear what you would have written if you were there too! So this week I’m going to be posting our questions, and can’t wait to hear what your answers are! <\/p>\n
Our first question: <\/p>\n
Why does your library have storytime? <\/strong><\/p>\n Go! <\/p>\n [update, 9\/24 evening] PS. I’m a nut. I sent this to post before I could add in the answers from the group. Thanks to everyone who added comments already! Here’s what folks at the session had to say:<\/p>\n To help get children ready to start school Well, my boss and I survived our ALSC presentation on Saturday and it was a lot of fun. As part of our session, we had attendees write short answers to questions about storytime we had put on the wall on … Continue reading
\nTo open a world of imagination
\nChildren are future patrons\/taxpayers
\nTo help youngsters learn interaction with others\/school prep
\nStart love of library and reading [at] early age
\nEncourage library users
\nGet kids ready for school
\nEncourage kids and parents to use the library together and read together
\nAs part of Outreach–as a service to the community
\nWhy not?
\nStart (or continue) kids’ love of books, language, etc.
\nEarly literacy modeled for parents
\nPrint motivation
\nTo help parents understand their role as their child’s first teacher
\nTo grow lifelong library users\/lovers
\nMake learning fun
\nEarly literacy\/reason we exist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"