Melody Garcia / CLEL Communications Chair As librarians we focus on getting children ready to read in the first five years. In our storytimes and programs we reinforce pre-reading skills and strive to instill a love of books and reading in young children. The reality for many children though, is that no matter how prepared …
By Jamie Holcomb, Denver Public Library When my older son started kindergarten, he had been in public preschool for two years–about the same length of time that I had been working as a librarian. Despite these enormous advantages, I still felt bewildered when he aged out of storytime. Library school had had nothing to say …
By Jamie H. Library professionals who work with young kids know all about getting ready to read. Recognizing shapes is a step toward recognizing letters! Play with the sounds of language! Finger paint with shaving cream for fine motor skills! Have fun! As a librarian with small kids at home, we dutifully did those things. …
By Laurieanne Armstrong and Lori Romero It’s hard to find anything much better and more fun than a library storytime visit in an early childhood classroom. Yep. We agree. And, in our quest for widespread reading readiness before kids get to kindergarten, the Arapahoe Libraries Child & Family Library Services department wondered if we could …
