Storytimes have always been literacy-based! Anytime we share books with children we are building their early-literacy skills. Every song we sing, and every fingerplay, game, and rhyme we add to storytime helps children build essential motor and cognitive skills. Some books and activities naturally reinforce a particular early-literacy skill.
Read about what the 6 skills look like in storytime, about sharing literacy tips with caregivers, or about picture books and the early literacy skills.