Workshops

MPTV Workshops and Storytimes 2011–2012

The MPTV Community Relations Department offers several FREE on–site workshops for children, parents, child-care providers and teachers.

The host site may be asked to provide a DVD player and monitor and some basic materials such as paper, pencils, crayons, markers and scissors. If more than one workshop is scheduled at a site, please arrange to have the various sessions in one location only. The children should come to the workshop space, rather than have the presenter move to multiple classrooms.

PBS costumed characters are NOT present at any of the workshops or storytimes.

MPTV WORKSHOPS

Family Literacy

Audience:
Parents, child care providers, teachers, children
Focus:
Literacy
Language:
Spanish
Length:
45 - 60 min.
Attendance:
Minimum of 20 participants
Description:
Description: The emphasis is on the importance of sharing stories and reading with children at an early age. It suggests ways of locating and selecting developmentally appropriate books for children and demonstrates some effective reading and storytelling techniques. You will also learn how to combine selective TV viewing with reading and activities to extend learning.

Healthy Families/Food for Thought

Audience:
Parents, child care providers, teachers, children
Focus:
Health
Language:
Spanish
Length:
60 min.
Attendance:
Minimum of 20 participants
Description:
The workshop will focus on the importance of making good food choices, cooking fresh, avoiding soda and drinking water instead. It will also stress the importance of limiting screen time and increasing exercise time for children.

Stories in Pictures

Audience:
Parents, child care providers, teachers, children aged 6–9
Focus:
Art and Literacy
Language:
English
Length:
60 min.
Attendance:
Minimum of 25 participants
Description:
The workshop demonstrates the importance of illustrations in books. Participants will learn about storyboards and how words and pictures go together to make a story. Some art media will be suggested and demonstrated. Children (grades 1-3) will be encouraged to create an illustrated story and enter it in the annual MPTV Writers Contest.

Young Writers Workshop

Audience:
Parents, child care providers, teachers, children aged 6-9
Focus:
Literacy
Language:
English
Length:
60 min.
Attendance:
Minimum of 25 participants
Description:
Participants will learn the basic process of creating an illustrated story. Writing a story for the joy of writing is the primary focus of the workshop. However, children grades 1–3 will be encouraged to enter the annual MPTV Writers Contest. Active discussion will help participants identify elements of story and illustration that make up a “best book.”

Storytimes

Audience:
Children, ages 3 - 8
Focus:
Literacy and entertainment
Language:
English
Length:
20 - 30 min.
Description:
Two or three stories are read that invite children’s participation and encourage their imagination. (Dr. Seuss Read Across America events, Martin Luther King Jr. Day events and other holidays.)

Scheduling Information

Contact Darlyne Haertlein, Manager/Community Relations. Email your request to haertled@matc.edu.

If you prefer, mail your request to:
MPTV Community Relations
Milwaukee Public Television
1036 North Eighth Street
Milwaukee, WI 53233