{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"ALSC Blog","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog","author_name":"Katie Salo","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/author\/katie-salo\/","title":"Engaging Parents After Storytime","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ucdG7tBNmc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/engaging-parents\/\">Engaging Parents After Storytime<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/engaging-parents\/embed\/#?secret=ucdG7tBNmc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Engaging Parents After Storytime&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"ucdG7tBNmc\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","description":"We all know about the importance of engaging parents in storytime. We encourage them to sit with their child, to sing, to stand up and move, to pay attention while we read our books. But engaging parents shouldn&#8217;t end in storytime! We need to engage parents at home as well. Here&#8217;s a few ideas for how to help parents keep up literacy practice at home: Create extension activities to send parents home with. My library doesn&#8217;t do crafts at our Pajama Storytimes like we do in Storytime. So I came up with these rhyme cards, which re-enforce the rhymes we do at each session. We&#8217;ve been adding a card in both languages every month. By the end of the year, parents will have a treasury of songs, fingerplays, and rhymes to share with their little ones. For our preschool science program, I&#8217;ve been sending parents and kids home with a...","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/storytimekatie.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/rhymecards.jpg"}