After researching community needs and talking or polling area parents and day care providers about interests and desires, programs addressing these needs can be designed and implemented as a special program or on a weekly, monthly or semi-annual basis.
Below are some ideas for adult programs or workshops and important components:
Target audience: Individual parents
How to present: Informal meeting in conference/meeting room or storytime area
What to cover: Can be divided into sections including what’s new in the library: books, music, videos/DVDs, and toys/puppets; a speaker from the community on a topic of interest; leading a discussion on a topic and pointing out resources available to parents; leaving parents to talk amongst themselves.
Target audience: Parent groups, day care providers, students in early childhood program, social workers, health care providers, individuals
How to present: Open house in entire library, workshop in conference room or on-site, small group in children’s area, drop-in one-on-one in children’s area
What to cover: Reference and circulating books, special collections, magazines, computer databases and early childhood games, library website and links, community information file, music, videos/DVDs, toys/puppets
Target audience: Parent groups, day care providers, students in early childhood program
How to present: Workshop in conference room or on-site, small group in children’s area
What to cover: The different types of books and developmental level each is designed for, how to match book with child or situation, what to look for in a book, how to hold a book, how to read to group of children
Target audience: Parent groups, day care providers, students in early childhood program, social workers
How to present: Workshop in conference room or on-site, small group in children’s story area
What to cover: Different types of stories, how to engage audience, tips for memorizing story, how to use props
Target audience: Parent groups, day care providers, social workers, health care providers
How to present: Workshop in conference room or on-site, small group in children’s story area
What to cover: Types of puppets, cultural connections, how to hold, how to move, how to make talk and interact with other puppets.
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