The State Library has announced that One Book 4 Colorado, the program that gives the same book to every 4-year-old in Colorado, will be ON again in 2013! But this year they need something from librarians and early childhood educators - our book suggestions! What books do YOU think every 4-year-old should read? There are a few guidelines you must stick to, however:
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 a few years. Several of our founding members’ terms on the Steering Committee are coming to a close, and they will be rotating off the Steering Committee.
Those of you who were able to attend the recent annual meeting heard about Vivienne Houghton's wonderful Early Literacy Online Resource Guide, created as the capstone project of her Master's program at the University of Denver. It's packed with information about what EL information can be found on Colorado library's websites, definitions and descriptions, and even resources in other languag
If you've poked around this website at all recently, you may have noticed some additional pages: we've updated the "Every Child Ready to Read" section to include the 2nd revision: aka the "5 Practices."
Registration for the CLEL 2012 Annual Meeting is now open! We're looking forward to an engaging day of learning, networking, sharing, and more (did somebody say... prizes!?). More information about the meeting is on our annual meeting page, and you can read the full agenda here.
The Beaumont Library in California has a new way to help their youngest patrons get ready to read: by bringing the library to them! The library received an LSTA grant to create the program, which includes a van with 2000 items on board.
looking forward to an engaging day of learning, networking, sharing, and more (did somebody say... prizes!?). More information about the meeting is on our 
