{"id":87234,"date":"2025-06-09T09:24:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=87234"},"modified":"2025-06-09T09:24:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:24:53","slug":"early-literacy-blooms-at-hays-public-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=87234","title":{"rendered":"Early literacy blooms at Hays Public Library"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By LAURA DANIEL<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early childhood storytimes are in full swing at the Hays Public Library, offering a variety of engaging activities and enriching learning opportunities for babies and toddlers. Each weekday from Monday through Thursday features a different themed program designed to support early literacy and developmental milestones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weekly lineup includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Early Active Reading<\/strong> on Mondays<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sleepy Storytime<\/strong> on Tuesdays<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Itty Bitty Storytime<\/strong> on Wednesdays<br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Interactive Storytime<\/strong> on Thursdays<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese early literacy programs are designed for children ages 0 to 5,\u201d said Ashlyn Sager, the library\u2019s Early Literacy coordinator. \u201cEach storytime supports different stages of development. Itty Bitty is for ages 0\u20132, Early Active Reading and Interactive Storytime are best for ages 3\u20135, and Sleepy Storytime and ARC Park Storytimes are open to all ages. They\u2019re also a great way for parents to connect and for children to make new friends. All of our programs are free and open to the public\u2014no registration required.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" data-attachment-id=\"87236\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?attachment_id=87236\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_6252-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1920&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1920\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" 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Wednesdays feature Itty Bitty Storytime, also at 10 a.m., which is tailored to infants and toddlers with rhymes, fingerplays, and music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New this summer is Interactive Storytime on Thursdays at 10 a.m. This program gets kids more actively involved by using musical instruments and felt storyboards to bring stories to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy primary goal is to create fun and educational programs that children want to attend and to build meaningful relationships with the families who participate,\u201d Sager said. \u201cStorytimes help children develop attention spans, enhance language skills, and ignite their imaginations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of these programs are made possible through the support of community partners. This summer, contributors include Sunflower Speech, the Hays Police Department, and even Ashlyn\u2019s mother, Pamela Sager, who will help lead special sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By LAURA DANIEL Tiger Media Network Early childhood storytimes are in full swing at the Hays Public Library, offering a variety of engaging activities and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":87237,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3397,11],"tags":[16266,3126,16256,1581],"class_list":["post-87234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-area-news","category-news","tag-early-literacy-programs","tag-hays-public-library","tag-laura-daniel","tag-reading"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_6250-scaled-e1749479029129.jpeg?fit=1920%2C1007&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87234"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87239,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87234\/revisions\/87239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/87237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}