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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.

Letter Knowledge in Storytime

July 1, 2010 - 3:18pm — Mary K.

Personally, I find letter knowledge one of the more difficult skills to highlight in storytime.  Many alphabet books just don't have enough of a story to make them good read-alouds, and since I only see my storytime kids once a month, highlighting a specific letter for every storytime won't work for me.  But I have found a few ways to highlight letters:

Vote for The Center For Hearing, Speech, and Language to win Pepsi Refresh grant!

June 21, 2010 - 9:34am — Mary K.

Hey, fellow early literacy supporters! The Center for Hearing, Speech, and Language is in the running for a $25,000 grant through the Pepsi Refresh Project. Their project is entitled "Children that can't read suffer - help low-income kids battle illiteracy", and will work to boost kindergarten reading readiness, among other goals. Your votes decide which projects get funded, so start voting!

Job Opportunity at Denver Public Library: Senior Librarian - Early Literacy Department

February 22, 2010 - 1:37pm — CLEL

The full listing for this opening can be found here.

Limited vocabulary skills at age 5 lead to increased risk of poor adult literacy. But wait...

February 11, 2010 - 3:26pm — Mary K.

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.

Resolve to raise readers!

January 4, 2010 - 2:25pm — Mary K.

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

Family Literacy Storytime Book by Colorado Author!

November 10, 2009 - 12:40pm — Melissa D.

Kathryn Totten, an Experience Expert with the Anythink Libraries in Adams County, wrote a new book called "Family Literacy Storytimes: Readymade Storytimes Suitable for the Whole Family"!

The book is published by Neal Schuman; you can read more about it on their site.

Back To Basics - Babies Need Real People

October 24, 2009 - 12:18pm — Priscilla Q.

Let's spread the word about this bit of news: Baby Einstein can no longer claim to create baby geniuses, and must even refund the price of its videos. It costs nothing to do the bottom-line best for children. Parents and caregivers need only share lots of language and a joy of being together. Attend storytimes and check out some books from the library and you have even further rich resources.

Please take a moment to read this NY Times article, "No Einstein in Your Crib? Get A Refund." by Tamar Lewin

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