{"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":"Speaking Their Language","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"KvvnuTm7tP\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/speaking-their-language\/\">Speaking Their Language<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/speaking-their-language\/embed\/#?secret=KvvnuTm7tP\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Speaking Their Language&#8221; &#8212; ALSC Blog\" data-secret=\"KvvnuTm7tP\" 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":"Several months ago, I wrote a post that I titled Engaging Parents After Storytime which was all about how to encourage parents to do activities together at home that would re-enforce storytime and early literacy skills. A couple of commenters mentioned that they thought the article might address how to talk to parents\/caregivers. And I&#8217;ve spent a lot of time thinking about that question and am prepared to offer some tips from a non-parent perspective! Talk about the babies\/children. While I don&#8217;t have my own adorable anecdotes or years of experience to share, guess who does? The parents and caregivers in my storytimes. Before storytime formally begins (I open the door five minutes before start time) and after storytime formally ends, I spent a lot of time talking with the adults about the milestones I see have happened or are about to happen. &#8220;Oh, I see that [baby] is working...","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/magnetboard-300x300.jpg"}