As we know, sharing rhyming books is a great way to promote phonological awareness, or, the ability to hear 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
Welcome to Summer Reading time! With so many families coming to the library for books and movies and programs, it's a great time to promote early literacy!
I wanted to share something my library is doing that I think is especially cool. At Arapahoe Library District, we have 4 programs every summer--one for babies and toddlers, one for kids, one for teens, and one for adults.
There are a lot of picture books that have a rhyming text. This makes it pretty easy to find books for a particular storytime theme if your focus is on phonological awareness. It's always nice though when you're helping a patron with a specific book request and you come across a book that not only is what the parent is looking for but also has that added skill that you can also talk to the parent a
CLEL members who were able to attend last November's annual meeting heard about the latest LSTA grant project we are working on, which is to create a website with videos of rhymes/fingerplays and songs with early literacy tips. Patricia Froehlich, Youth Services Senior Consultant with the Colorado State Library, has submitted this report on CLEL's progress on the grant so far:
Are you on Facebook? If you are, you can join Cheerios' 6-million-minute read-a-thon! If 6,000,000 minutes of reading to kids are pledged by March 15, Cheerios will donate 250,000 books to First Book.
hear 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
a specific book request and you come across a book that not only is what the parent is looking for but also has that added skill that you can also talk to the parent a
