3. Since we saw you last…
● Dimitri Christakis & Susan Linn
● Pew Digital Life in 2025
● Beyond Screen Time
● Cris Rowan & Megan Egbert
● Learning at Home
● Kucirkova
● ECRR
What’s Happening?
4. ● Check-in
● Touchpoints
● Competencies
● Hands-on practice in a supportive
environment
● Parent questions
What are we doing today?
5. ● Presentations
○ Storytime Practice Assignment
○ At least 3 different types of digital tools
○ Competencies
● Constructive Feedback
● Unfinished Business
What are we doing tomorrow?
8. ● Focus on the Parent-Child Relationship
● Recognize what you bring to the
interaction
● Value passion wherever you find it
● Look for opportunities to support parental
mastery
Key Principles for New Media
10. Why are we using new media?
For whose benefit?
Are we being explicit?
Is it developmentally appropriate?
Does it support parent-child engagement?
What is the impact?
Reflective Practice
11. Nosy Crow Fairy Tale
Cat in the Hat Learning Library
Bean’s Baby
Developmentally Appropriate?
14. ● Choose a song, story or rhyme you know
● Depict your song, story or rhyme using the
Felt Board app
● Explain how you can use this tool to
promote relationship building and early
learning
Felt Board Activity
16. ● Engagement: Focus on the parent-child
relationship
● Resources/Research
● Technology as a tool (not a replacement)
● Not all screens are created equal
Parent Questions
17. ● Welcome slide
● Images
● Lyrics (optional)
● Prompts (optional)
● Resource slide (with links; can be
uploaded to website)
iPad as presentation tool
18. ● Digital felt board (or MGOL app)
● Book app or digital book
● Digital music or sounds
● Non-book app (Wee Sing etc)
● Create your own content (30hands etc)
● Screen shots or images
● Remember non-digital tools!
Storytime Practice Assignment
19. Technology handled with careful
consideration, in moderation; in ways that fit
in with the program’s intent and don’t
overwhelm, that enhance but don’t replace,
and that encourage parent/child interaction is
appropriate for use in a Mother Goose on the
Loose program.
When preparing your Storytime...