QUALITY STORYTENTS
A resource for family, early childhood and community literacy workers
Storytent is not just for kids: it is a family program. Helping the members of a family toward learning requires us to recognize the decision-making authority of parents, and to respond to the family as a whole. We believe families are most successful when they work toward goals they have identified for themselves in an environment that focuses on the positive and builds on strengths.
We use the same principles to build relationships with families and to scaffold their learning as we do with children. We respect the choices and authority of parents by informing them about the program and the details of time location, etc; by informing them when special guests or media are coming to the tent, so they can choose to be involved or not; and by asking permission to use photos of them and/or their children in our reports, power points and articles.
Also, when parents ask us for something specific, like information on parenting, helping their children read, talking to their children about sex or drugs, or for a book they are particularly interested in reading themselves, we do our best to meet their request in a timely, respectful and supportive manner.