Literacy Programs Reaching All Parents Article Making Storytime

Literacy Programs: Reaching All Parents

Article Making Storytime Available to Children of Working Parents: Public Libraries and the Scheduling of Children’s Literacy Programs Authors: Sandra Hughes-Hassell, Denise e. Agosto, Xiaoning Sun Children and Libraries, Summer/Fall 2007

Discussion • What were some Big Ideas from the article? • What connections did you make between the article and your library?

Share Programs after 5: 00 during the week or any time on weekends? – How did you assess the need? – How are the programs staffed/ managed? – How well-attended are the programs? School libraries with outreach to parents?

Author Pat Mora on Reaching Out to ELL Parents

Alternative methods to reach families… in binder

Dial-a-Story • Enables children and adults to dial their local library from any telephone and listen to taped stories 24/7 • Full system: $1135, additional 5 -tape packages at $51. 25 www. dialastory. com

On-line Stories • Tumble. Books: www. tumblebooks. com – Boise Public Library – $399/year for single branch or elementary school – Discounts for multiple branches/schools, consortia • Storyplace: www. storyplace. org – Free site, need high-speed connection • Speakaboos: www. speakaboos. com – Free site, need high-speed connection

Links to Games and Activities • Pike’s Peak Library District (http: //ppld. org) • Multnomah County Public Library (http: //www. multcolib. org/)

Website: Early Literacy Resources • Nampa Public Library: Lapsit Rhymes • Montgomery County Public Library: Early Literacy • Hennepin County Library: Birth to 6 • Brooklyn Public Library: Video clips

Newsletters • Electronic – Lake Oswego Public Library • Hardcopy – The Bookworm, ICFL

Storytime Kits County of Los Angeles Public Library (http: //www. colapublib. org)

Early Literacy Stations • Read to Me Early Literacy Stations (Resources) • Ready-Set-Read Stations: Mission Branch of San Fransisco Public Library – Webinar on Web. Junction

Early Literacy Computer Stations • Idaho Analysis of AWE (Advanced Workstations in Education) Computer Usage, Fall 2008 to Spring 2009, Dr. Roger Stewart

Reading Tips in Many Languages Hennepin County Public Library www. hclib. org/birth. To 6/Early. Lit_Reading. Tips. cfm • • English Amharic (Ethiopia) Arabic Cambodian Chinese French German Hindi (India, Pakistan) • • Hmong Japanese Lao Oromo (Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia) Russian Somali Spanish Vietnamese - from the Minnesota Humanities Center

Denver Public Library • • • Phone-a-story! On-line stories Podcasts Music for kids Games for kids Storytimes – Do It Yourself • Newsletters

Outreach Efforts • Read to Me First Book/ National First Book • Every Child Ready to Read (on-site, off-site) • Story Corners: WIC, grocery stores, etc.

Other?

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