Before Storytime Tips For Parents and Caregivers

• Discuss storytime with your child before you come, explaining that there will be stories, books, fingerplays, puppets, songs, and other children.
• Before the first day of storytime, visit the library and meet the library staff.
• Allow for bathroom time before storytime.
• Come early! Young children are easily distracted, and latecomers disrupt activities.
• Arrive 5 to 10 minutes early.
• During Preschool Storytime, please stay nearby in the library building.
• Do not leave the library.
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After Storytime Tips

• Allow time to talk and play with storytime friends after the session.
• Check out books to share with your child at home.
• Ask for help in finding books of special interest to your child.
• Share storytime experiences at home by repeating storytime songs, fingerplays, and rhymes.
• Listen responsively if your child initiates a conversation about a storytime experience.
• Ask questions using the words WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, to help your child explore and remember what happened in storytime.

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