Storytime & Play: Growing Young Minds with Books & Fun!
This session explores hands-on activity sheets that extend DPIL books with playful, developmentally appropriate literacy strategies and resources, giving participants practical tools to support young children’s curiosity, learning, and school readiness.
10:15 AM - 11:30 AMWed
Coldstream 1/2
Head Start
Speakers
Holly Ackerman
Manager of Early Childhood Outreach
KET
Emily Cornett
Early Childhood Outreach Specialist
KET
Session Title: Storytime & Play: Growing Young Minds with Books & Fun! Session Description: Join us to explore KET’s hands-on family activity sheets, designed to extend learning from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library books with enriching resources from Let's Learn Kentucky, PBS KIDS, Sesame Workshop, and the Family Guides. Discover fun, developmentally appropriate activities that support early literacy and school readiness. Come explore the power of stories, play to spark curiosity in young minds! Participants will: 1. Explore & Apply KET’s hands-on family activity sheets to extend learning from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library books. 2. List & Select developmentally appropriate strategies for engaging young learners through play-based learning. 3. Explain & Prepare ways to incorporate resources from Let's Learn Kentucky, PBS KIDS, Sesame Workshop, and the Family Guides into everyday learning.