A key component of early-literacy storytimes is the provision of information to parents and caregivers, through handouts, web articles, or newsletters.
Many libraries find it particularly effective to add a verbal message to parents during storytime itself.
What Can I Say? From the PLA's Every Child Ready to Read site, this chart provides samples of tips for parents, listed by skill. Choose just one tip about one skill for each storytime, and rewrite it if you'd like so it feels more natural to you.
