Storytimes for Everyone!

Early literacy is the base upon which a child who reads with understanding is built. The goal of this workshop is to teach storytime staff how to explain, model and encourage caregivers to help their children develop the early literacy skills needed to learn how to read. Participants will become familiar with seminal research on early literacy, how to explain its importance to caregivers while presenting fun, interactive storytimes.

This training consists of 3 two-hour sessions. Registration is for attendance of all three training sessions. Participants are expected to attend each training session live.

Training I
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Training II
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Training III
Tuesday November 23, 2021
1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Instructor : Pamela Martin-Diaz served as branch manager of the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, IN, and is now an independent Early Literacy Consultant. Pamela has presented workshops and seminars on early literacy across the country, as well as presented numerous local training sessions for Head Start and to her early childhood providers.

This project is made possible by grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) administered by the State of Michigan through the Library of Michigan.

The webinar link will be emailed to registrants the day before the webinar begins.