PLA/ALSC Every Child Ready to Read® @ Your Library®
This national initiative seeks to empower the key adults in children's
lives to develop strong early literacy skills. Library staff are ideally suited to convey this critical information
to parents and caregivers. By
incorporating Ready to Read skills into storytime,
library staff help parents provide a strong foundation for reading success through modeling and offering tips.
Parent workshops are designed for
parents and caregivers, especially those of low income, and typically work best when library staff go out into the
community, targeting non-library users. Forming partnerships with local partners such as
Headstarts and child care centers enhances the effectiveness of workshops and other community efforts.
Dialogic Reading (from Multnomah County Library)
In addition to the six early literacy skills, encourage parents and caregivers to engage in the
dialogic
reading method which promotes conversation between the reader and the young child, and helps the young child become
involved in and invested in the story. Children learn more from books when they are actively involved.
Ohio
Department of Education Learning Supports: Early Learning and School Readiness
ODE resources supporting children's experiences prior to kindergarten, including cognitive and linguistic development,
which help prepare them to succeed in school. The ODE's Office of Early Learning and School Readiness also worked
collaboratively with the ODE Office of Curriculum and Instruction in the development of
Early Learning Content Standards
for English language arts (ELA), mathematics, science and social studies.
Saroj Ghoting, Early Childhood Literacy Consultant
Saroj presents early literacy training and information sessions at national, regional, and state conferences, and training for library staff
and their partners, including Ohio Ready to Read trainings. She is also a consultant for the Every Child Ready to Read® @ Your Library® initiative.
The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) has
published an Early Literacy Program Resources manual incorporating the 2010 Make a Splash - Read theme and the six early literacy skills. This manual is available
for free download by any staff member in any public library in Ohio. However, you must create an account for yourself
on the CSLP website before downloading. Go to http://www.cslpreads.org/ and click on Create Account. After creating
your account and/or logging on, go to Learning Tools -> Family Literacy -> Early Literacy and
click on Early Literacy Resource to download the manual.
Day by Day Family Literacy Calendar
A project of the South Carolina State Library, this Day by Day Family Literacy Calendar provides
a fun tool for families, caregivers, educators and librarians to further develop early literacy skills that help young
children become prepared for school or do better in school. This perpetual calendar is available for free download or may be
ordered for a small fee from the South Carolina Library Foundation.
Get Ready to Read
For early education and child care professionals to help preschoolers
get ready to read. Sponsored by the National Center for Learning
Disabilities.
Reading is Fundamental
Supports educators in assuring that all children become lifelong readers.
OHIO READY TO READ
is administered by the State Library of Ohio and the Ohio Library
Council and is made possible, in part by Federal Library Services and
Technology Act Funds, awarded to the State Library of Ohio by the
Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Public Library of
Cincinnati and Hamilton County, the Public Library of Youngstown and
Mahoning County, Dayton Metro Library and Columbus Metropolitan Library
have provided additional resources to this project.
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