PrimeTime
PrimeTime is a six-week program of reading, discussion and storytelling held in public libraries. The program features award-winning children’s books to stimulate discussion about humanities themes and problems encountered in everyday life. Each 90-minute session includes the reading of up to three books by a storyteller followed by facilitated discussion with a humanities scholar. Programs can be presented in English or as a bilingual program. Each PrimeTime series typically serves 15 to 20 families comprised of parents and children ages 6 - 12 with separate activities for younger siblings.
The goals of the PrimeTime program are to:
- bond families around the act of reading and learning together
- reinforce the role of the family
- encourage parents and children to read and discuss humanities topics
- help parents and children become active library users
- highlight the important role of the library in local communities and daily home life
Each PrimeTime session also includes a “library commercial” which allows librarians to introduce families to additional library resources including homework aids, GED materials, books on parenting and health care, and computer/internet resources.
With support from FHC, PrimeTime programs in Florida have served more than 5,000 individuals since 2004. The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities created and developed PrimeTime in 1991 and, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), has expanded the program to 38 states and served nearly 40,000 children and parents.
For more information on participating in the PrimeTime program, click here.
Contact:
Patricia Putman
Associate Director
Florida Humanities Council
727-873-2004
pputman@flahum.org