Advocacy

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.

Denver Public Library has posted several videos on its YouTube page in which patrons talk about why they love the library.  Check out

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A study in the journal Pediatrics has concluded that children who have limited vocabulary and language skills at age 5 are more likely to have lower literacy levels in adulthood.  However, the study also found that adults who overcame this childhood language deficit were most often those who were read to by their parents. "Our study suggests that reading to a child might also have long-term beneficial effects," [Dr. Ingrid Schoon] said.

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday season.  Now that 2010 is upon us, I've been thinking about my goals for the new year, especially regarding early literacy and my library.  I think that my biggest goal for 2010 is to talk about early literacy everywhere, with everyone.  If we put that bug in the ear of just the right person, it might lead to some exciting things.  And speaking of exciting things, we've got some great stuff planned for CLEL this year, including producing the videos for our Road to Re