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Prime Time Reading

Bringing families together through literature and learning

Give your children a love of literature and learning for a lifetime — with award-winning books, expert-led discussions, and family time. Whether you’re attending a Prime Time Family or Prime Time Preschool program, you and your children will join master storytellers and scholars for read-alouds that share stories from around the world and explore ideas that enrich lives and strengthen communities.

Prime Time Family

Prime Time Family Reading brings caregivers and their six- to 10-year-old children together to explore notable books and big ideas through reading and discussion. Our programs focus on the humanities, and we choose the books for discussion around themes such as caring, inquiring, and sustainability to facilitate meaningful conversation among family members in settings such as schools, libraries, and community centers.

You and the littles ones in your life will learn together through literature, while exploring strategies for continued family bonding through books and getting important information about library and other resources for additional reading once the program ends.

How Prime Time Family Reading works

FREE for children ages six to 10 and parents, grandparents, or other caregivers
90-minute sessions in the evenings once per week for six weeks
Includes complimentary books for families
Storytellers read beautifully illustrated, award-winning children’s books filled with culturally diverse stories, folk tales, and historical accounts from around the world
Discussion leaders guide participants to personally connect with literature and think beyond who, what, when, and where with open-ended questions that inspire critical thinking

Prime Time Preschool

Prime Time Preschool Reading creates a rich humanities-based learning environment for three- to five-year-olds and their parents and other caregivers. Using beautifully illustrated, award-winning books with culturally diverse stories and themes, trained facilitators read aloud and then lead discussions and interactive activities that promote school readiness through reading, comprehension, and critical thinking skills. The program models strategies that encourage meaningful at-home reading behavior between caregivers and young children.

Prime Time carefully selects our partner organizations — schools (public and charter), Head Start centers, early childcare centers, library branches, and community centers. Facilitators are trained to deliver all aspects of the program with support from our home office in New Orleans.

How Prime Time Preschool works

FREE for children ages three to five and parents, grandparents, or other caregivers
Includes complimentary books for families
90-minute sessions, in the evenings once per week for six weeks
A Prime Time trained preschool facilitator reads books and leads a group discussion of classic stories, as well as new tales that promote reading and school readiness.
Another trained preschool facilitator then leads the children and their caregivers through literary exploration via center-based activities designed to increase comprehension and critical thinking.

Find a Prime Time Family Reading Program or a Prime Time Preschool Reading Program Near You

Family Reading

Ascension

Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office Wag Center

1201 Maginnis St.
Donaldsonville, LA

Starting March 4

(225) 621-8851

Bienville

Ringgold Elementary School

2039 Highway 514
Coushatta, LA

Starting Feb. 24

(318) 550-1299

Caddo

Cherokee Park Library

2010 E. Algonquin Trail
Shreveport, LA

Starting Feb. 20

(318) 572-1956

Caddo

Herndon Magnet Elementary School

11845 Gamm Road
Belcher, LA

Starting Feb. 25

(318) 221-7676

Calcasieu

E. K. Key Elementary School

1201 E. Burton St.
Sulphur, LA

Starting March 11

(337) 217-4660

East Baton Rouge

Helix Aviation Academy

7701 Plank Road
Baton Rouge, LA

Starting Feb. 19

(225) 610-2264

Jefferson

Terrytown Elementary School

550 E. Forest Lawn Drive
Terrytown LA

Starting March 12

(504) 376-8928

Jefferson

Wagner Library

6646 Riverside Dr.
Metairie, LA

Starting March 18

(504) 838-1193

Jefferson Davis

Welsh Elementary School

222 E. Bourgeois St.
Welsh, LA

Starting March 11

(337) 824-0597

Lafayette

Dr. Raphael A. Baranco Elementary

801 Mudd Ave.
Lafayette, LA

Starting March 11

(337) 521-7500

Orleans

Xavier University Community Outreach Center

7934 Edinburg St.
New Orleans, LA

Starting March 18

(504) 320-4540

Orleans

Homer Plessy Community School

1651 N. Tonti St.
New Orleans, LA

Starting March 11

(504) 460-4192

Orleans

ReNEW Schaumburg Elementary School

817 N. Tonti St.
New Orleans, LA

Starting March 19

(708) 217-8997

Orleans

Fannie C. Williams Charter School

11750 Dwyer Road
New Orleans, LA

Starting Feb. 20

(504) 373-6228

Orleans

The Helis Foundation John Scott Center

938 Lafayette St.
New Orleans, LA

Starting April 1

(504) 620-2476

Orleans

CMJ Smart Start Learning

3401 Bennett St.
New Orleans, LA

Starting Feb. 19

(504) 473-7163

Ouachita

Faith Harvest Baptist Church

3701 Nutland Road
Monroe, LA

Starting Feb. 19

(318) 235-5624

St. Helena

Great Nation Prayer Ministries

44 Lafayette St.
Greensburg, LA

Starting Feb. 18

(985) 326-9896

St. Landry

JS Clark Leadership Academy

1517 Statesmens Road
Opelousas, LA

Starting March 11

(337) 703-5481

Union

Boys and Girls Club-Farmerville Unit

606 Bernice St.
Farmerville, LA

Starting March 14

(318) 368-9242

Preschool Reading

Assumption

Labadieville Branch Library

293 Napoleon Ave.
Labadieville, LA

Starting April 21

(985) 369-7070

Bossier

Meadowview Elementary School

4312 Shed Road
Bossier City, LA

Starting Feb. 18

(318) 773-9780

Caddo

Eighty-First Street ECE Center

8108 Fairfield Ave.
Shreveport, LA

Starting Feb. 20

(318) 865-3596

Jefferson

AC Alexander School

600 West Esplanade Ave.
Kenner, LA

Starting Feb. 12

(504) 469-7326

Jefferson

Spring Ridge Academy

520 Jackson St.
Kenner, LA

Starting March 11

(504) 465-8330

Natchitoches

Asbury United Methodist Church

704 Fifth St.
Natchitoches, LA

Starting Feb. 25

(318) 352-2752

Orleans

Rainbow Academy and Preschool Too

3001 Annette St.
New Orleans, LA

Starting Feb. 25

(504) 942-3645

Orleans

Langston Hughes Academy

3519 Trafalgar St.
New Orleans, LA

Starting March 13

(504) 439-2547

Ouachita

Lenwil Elementary School

112 Arrant Road
West Monroe, LA

Starting Feb. 25

(318) 323-3604

Plaquemines

Belle Chasse Primary School

539 F Edward Hebert Blvd.
Belle Chasse, LA

Starting Feb. 4

(504) 595-6120

St. Bernard

The Gathering

7265 St Claude Ave.
Arabi, LA

Starting March 11

(504) 354-2079

St. Mary

Franklin Library

206 Iberia St.
Franklin, LA

Starting March 6

(337) 828-5364

Vermilion

The Nehemiah Projects of Acadiana

100 South State St.
Abbeville, LA

Starting March 11

(337) 740-6724

HomeRoom@Home

HomeRoom@Home is an adaptation of Prime Time’s teacher professional development workshop tailored for parents and other caregivers. Based on the methodology at the heart of the award-winning Prime Time Family Reading program, virtual HomeRoom@Home workshops support caregivers in strengthening a child’s relationship to reading through effective at-home practices. For more information about HomeRoom@Home, contact us at [email protected].

Prime Time Boxes

Prime Time’s award-winning Family and Preschool reading programs are also available for families to take home and explore on their own. Prime Time Preschool and Family Boxes contain books to build families’ home libraries, additional learning supplies, and a Grown-Up Guide for caregivers that provides support for discussion and activities for at-home implementation of Prime Time’s humanities-centered methodology. Prime Time partners with local organizations to distribute boxes in their communities.

Organizations distributing boxes will be announced below when they are available.

Families interested in receiving a Prime Time Box should contact their local organization: