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Helping Low-Income Families

August 14, 2010 - 12:55pm — Melissa D.

Helping Those Who Need It Most

A study published in June by the Urban Institute ("Childhood Poverty Persistence: Facts and Consequences") reports that children who are born into poverty have a significantly higher chance of remaining in poverty throughout their childhoods.

From the summary:

CALL FOR NEW STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS!

August 13, 2010 - 9:32am — CLEL

Thanks to your support and participation, Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy has grown from a small group based in Denver to a state-wide organization in just two years. Now we are ready to take the next step! Three of our founding members' terms on the Steering Committee are coming to a close, and they will be rotating off the Steering Committee at the end of the year.
 

Advocacy Tip for August: Talk to other staff about early literacy/ECRR and how you use it in storytime

August 4, 2010 - 2:21pm — CLEL

Note: CLEL will be posting a new Advocacy Tip every month. To see all the tips, click on the "Advocacy Tip" tag above.
 
You are an early literacy advocate if you talk to other staff about the Every Child Ready to Read program and how you use it in storytime.
 
Contributed by Colleen Spahr, Westminster Public Library cspahr@cityofwestminster.us:

THIS FRIDAY! Free Webinar: Early literacy storytimes and how to use StoryBlocks.org most effectively

August 2, 2010 - 9:51am — CLEL

Announcing a FREE Webinar on using CLEL's new site, StoryBlocks.org!
From Patricia Froehlich at the Colorado State Library:
 
StoryBlocks! Songs and Rhymes that Build Readers
 Join us on Friday, August 6 at 10:00 am

Sing a Storytime

July 28, 2010 - 11:31am — Mary K.

CLEL'S new site, www.StoryBlocks.org, has videos of several songs that would be wonderful shared between parent and child, or in a library storytime.  Young children LOVE to sing, so why not include several songs in your storytime? Singing is a perfect way to reinforce phonological awareness and introduce new vocabulary.

Time to Rhyme!

July 19, 2010 - 12:58pm — Mary K.

As we know, sharing rhyming books is a great way to promote phonological awareness, or, the ability to Rhyming Dust Bunnieshear and play with the smaller sounds in a word.  Younger children may especially enjoy reciting favorite nursery rhymes, and for storytimes with older preschoolers, ask them to fill in the rhyming word (or make up a sill

How the brain learns to read: start by unlearning.

July 15, 2010 - 10:07am — Mary K.

New research indicates that in order to learn to recognize words, children's brains may have to do some Lettersunlearning. Dr.

Top 15 Blogs on Reading and Literacy

July 9, 2010 - 2:43pm — Mary K.

Blogs are a great place to get real-world, practical information on teaching reading and sharing books. Recently, this list of the "Top 15 blogs on reading and literacy" came out, and it includes some heavy hitters like Rasco from RIF and First Book.

Advocacy Tip for July: Give handouts to parents during Storytime

July 5, 2010 - 3:15pm — CLEL

Note: CLEL will be posting a new Advocacy Tip every month. To see all the tips, click on the "Advocacy Tip" tag above.

You are an early literacy advocate if you: Give handouts to parents during storytime. 

Handouts provide a tangible reminder of visiting the library, let the parents check out books they liked from storytime, and are an opportunity to provide low key early literacy tips.



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