PRIME TIME and bilingual PRIME TIME provide a unique six- to eight-week program of reading, discussion, and storytelling at public libraries and other venues. A discussion leader and storyteller conduct weekly book discussion and storytelling programs for children ages 6 to 10 and their parents. Pre-reading activities are also provided for younger siblings. Bilingual PRIME TIME programs are specifically tailored for Spanish/English speaking families, with culturally diverse titles provided in both languages, and discussion supported bilingually by trained translators and team members.
In each 90-minute session, a storyteller demonstrates effective reading-aloud techniques, and a university professor then leads discussions about the texts. Team members or translators help facilitate the discussion in both Spanish and English in bilingual PRIME TIME programs. These discussions are centered on humanities themes, such as fairness, greed and dreams. The four English-only syllabi and three bilingual (Spanish/English) syllabi, which include award-winning children’s books, incorporate culturally diverse titles. They span fairy tales and folk tales from around the world, stories about problems most individuals encounter, and tales from history.
Each session also includes a five-minute “library commercial,” presented in Spanish and English in bilingual PRIME TIME programs. This presentation allows librarians to introduce families to library resources, such as other books, homework aids, ESL and GED materials for parents, books on parenting and healthcare, and local and international newspapers and magazines.
PRIME TIME transforms families into lifelong readers. It creates the precondition for all learning and helps to end the cycle of inter-generational illiteracy.
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