Creating a Session for a Mixed Group of Expectant and New Parents
- Librarian Emily Trovato, Howard County Library System, created a Shortened In the Nest Script that works with both expectant parents AND parents with newborns which she has graciously shared with us.
- Emily’s script is also available as a Word Document for easy editing.
- Librarian Sylvia Hennessie, also from Howard County Library System, advises to change the tense of the information being shared (e.g. “when baby was in the womb”) and ask parents to share more examples of things they have been doing with baby thus far. “Try to elicit more from the group so that the session is even more relatable and reinforces the work they are doing.”
- A themed program consisting of three sessions, designed in 2025 by the librarians at “Montgomery County Public Libraries” in Maryland.
- The PowerPoint for Session 1 is called “Hatchlings: Baby’s Brain.”
- The PowerPoint for Session 2 is called “Hatchlings: Read, Talk, and Sing with Baby.”
- The PowerPoint for Session 3 is called “Hatchlings: Building a Routine.“
For more information about the Montgomery County Library’s Hatchlings Program, please contact:
Maranda L. Schoppert
Program Manager, Early Literacy & Children
Central Programming Team
Montgomery County Public Libraries
