WMHT's Early Literacy program provides resources, training, and family engagement activities for childcare providers, early education teachers, and families. In-person workshops and community programs use public broadcasting's media content to significantly expand the literacy skills of children. Programs may be held at libraries, schools, daycare centers, faith-based organizations, or community centers. Programs are 60 to 90 minutes long and may be scheduled for day or evening, weekday or weekends. Fees include presenter travel, books, and other workshop materials.
Services We Offer
Caregiver and Child Engagement Activities use PBS educational resources, stories, books, and activities to offer caregivers and their children an opportunity to increase learning through reading and other activities. Programs include viewing a digital version of the story or a story-reading discussion, along with hands-on activities providing a collaborative learning environment for caregivers and children. Each family that attends will receive an age-appropriate book to take home. Activities are appropriate for pre-K thru 2nd grade. Attendance is set at 25 children, each of whom must be accompanied by an adult caregiver.
- All About Dinosaurs
- Barn Dance
- Bear Snores On
- Birds: Feathered Fun
- Blueberries for Sal
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
- Chicks & Salsa
- Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type
- Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Commotion in the Ocean
- Coral Reefs
- Corduroy
- Daniel Tiger’s Picnic Adventure
- Deep in the Swamp
- Duck on a Bike
- Flower Garden (May)
- Frogs
- Giraffes Can’t Dance
- Good Night Gorilla
- Good Night Moon
- Gus Grows a Plant (May)
- Have You Seen My Duckling
- How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?
- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
- In the Jungle
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
- Jungle Run
- Library Lion
- Lion and the Mouse
- Mouse Count
- One Tiny Turtle
- Pocketful of Kisses
- Rainbow Fish
- Rosie’s Walk
- Sammy and the Dinosaurs
- Ten Red Apples
- The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
- The Kissing Hand
- The Snowy Day
- The Tiny Seed (May)
Kitchen Science Activities offers hands-on learning for scientific thinking and discovery in caregiver-child settings of 15 students ages 5-12 with accompanying adults. Families use familiar tools and materials to have fun and help children develop an understanding of the physical world. Kitchen Science room must have access to sink and water.
- Cloud Dough
- Moon Sand
- Once Upon a Slime
- Quicksand
- Snow
- Bubble Mania
- Elephants Toothpaste
- Lava Lamps
- Polymer Production: Slime & Gooey Worms
- Snow
- The BLOB
- Flight [gliders and simple rockets]
Kids Count are “counting concepts” programs with parent-child counting activities, related crafts, a math-themed book, and handouts for home use. Appropriate for children 3 to 5 years of age. Limited to 12–15 children with parent/caregiver. Program cost: $60 per 18 children.
- Math Fables
- One Duck Stuck
- Quack and Count
- Ten for Dinner
- The Icky Bug Counting Book
Library Event Kits
WMHT Public Media is thrilled to support literacy programming at public libraries in our broadcast area. Four times a year, the WMHT Education Team prepares kits for literacy events hosted by public libraries.
Get an email when the next application opens.
April 2026 Participating Libraries
The following libraries received the April 2026 kit. Contact them directly for further information.
