Prime Time

Would you like to have Prime Time Family Reading Time® at your library or school in 2020?

PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME is a six-week reading, discussion, and storytelling program held at public libraries or schools. A university scholar and a storyteller (who act as discussion leaders) conduct weekly storytelling and discussion sessions based on award-winning children's picture books. Participants are elementary age children and their families.

What does PRIME TIME do? It reinforces the role of family as a major social and economic unit; it trains parents and children to bond together around the act of reading; it teaches parents and children to read and discuss humanities topics such as fairness, greed, honor, and deceit; it encourages low-literacy, low-income parents to enter or continue their own educational programs; it helps parents and children learn how to select books and become active library users. Prime Time is a powerful tool to stimulate communication between children and parents.

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Kentucky Humanities and Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives will select at least eight public libraries (statewide) or schools (statewide) to host Prime Time Family Reading Time® projects in 2020.

Participating libraries will receive

assistance engaging and paying a scholar and a storyteller
training for a librarian project manager along with the scholar and storyteller in February 2020
training and program management manuals
use of a set of books containing 25 copies of each picture book to be discussed
reimbursement for participants who need assistance with travel
reimbursement for child care provider and translator (if needed)
gift books for program families
assistance and support from Kentucky Humanities and Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Participating libraries will be expected to

provide adequate space for approximately 50 participants
designate a staff member to be the project manager
recruit approximately 20 families to participate in the program
work with community partners to enroll families considered ‘at risk’ because of low literacy skills, low income, or low educational levels
provide a simple meal before each discussion
provide door prizes for participants
designate a staff member to conduct a story hour program for younger siblings during the discussions
create and present simple library commercials each week to inform participants about services offered by the library
register all participating families for library cards
complete registration forms for participants, evaluations of the program, and simple financial forms

If you want your library to be considered to be a 2020 Prime Time site, please complete the attached form.

Libraries and schools that have previously sponsored Prime Time programs will be considered.

Selections will be based on geographic distribution of potential sites and availability of scholars and storytellers in the areas.

Click Here to View Family Reading Program Information

www.leh.org/category/prime-time

LIBRARY/SCHOOL APPLICATION for PRIME TIME FAMILY READING PROGRAM

If selected to sponsor a Prime Time project, my library/school will be able to fulfill the following expectations:

designate a staff member to be the site coordinator (project manager)
send site coordinator to training in February 2019
provide adequate space for approximately 50 participants
recruit approximately 20 families to participate in the program
work with community partners to enroll families considered ‘at risk’ because of low literacy skills, low income, or low educational levels
provide a simple meal before each discussion
provide door prizes for participants
designate a staff member to conduct a story hour program for younger siblings during the discussions
create and present simple library commercials each week to inform participants about services offered by the library
register all participating families for library cards
complete registration forms for participants, evaluations of the program, and simple financial forms

Questions? Please call: Kathleen.pool@uky.edu - (859) 257-5932

Submit applications to KH by September 30, 2019

PRIME TIME FAMILY READING TIME®, a registered trademark, is a project of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. National expansion is in cooperation with the American Library Association Public Programs Office and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, dedicated to expanding American understanding of history and culture.