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Training Resources

April 26, 2008 - 3:50pm — trixie

We are always learning in our jobs! CLEL is here to support your professional development and continuing education needs.

Are you looking for workshops or training sessions? Check our calendar for opportunities around the state.

Do you need to brush up on your early literacy knowledge? Here are some self-paced online tutorials for you.

Progress report on CLEL's LSTA grant project: "Building Reading Readiness"

March 8, 2010 - 12:44pm — CLEL

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:

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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.

Wonderful wordless books

January 27, 2010 - 5:38pm — Mary K.

 Lion and the Mouse   By now I'm sure you've all heard that Jerry Pinkney's beautiful book The Lion and the Mouse is the recipient of this year's Caldecott Medal.  I was personally so taken with this book, that uses only pictures (and a few animal sounds) to retell the Aesop's fable of a Lion who lets a mouse go and how the mouse is able to return the favor.  Sharing wordless books, or nearly wordless books (like Jez Alborough's Hug

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

Showing a video at a Family Literacy Night: effective way to get the message across, or contradiction?

October 19, 2009 - 9:56am — Mary K.

There's a serious discussion going on over at the alsc-l listserv about this Booklist article, in which Terrence E. Young jr.

Get an "Early Childhood" MLIS!

October 1, 2009 - 11:51am — Melissa D.

Fellowships for MLIS in Early Childhood Librarianship available at University of Denver, Library and Information Science Program

DU-LIS is the first MLIS program in the country to develop coursework and learning experiences in an interdisciplinary, experiential learning framework in consultation with public library, child development, and, early childhood education partners to prepare librarians to serve the early literacy and learning needs of their communities.

Online Road to Reading

September 17, 2009 - 11:54am — CLEL

What is the Online Road to Reading? It's our new LSTA grant project!

Here's a description of the project from our grant application.

CLEL is Awarded an LSTA grant for 2009!

September 15, 2009 - 6:37pm — CLEL

The Commissioner of Education just announced that CLEL has been awarded one of the LSTA grants for 2009-2010! This is our second LSTA grant!

Here's our new project:

Storytime Tutorials

April 26, 2008 - 3:51pm — trixie

Libraries have a unique opportunity to help children become proficient readers and lifelong learners. Studies have shown that there are six essential skills that children need to develop to be able to read and write. These skills help a child get ready to read years before they start school. The following lessons will discuss these skills and how to incorporate them into the storytimes at your branch as well as reviewing storytime basics. Most of the lessons will take approximately 10 to 15 minutes to read.



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