[kids-lib] Early literacy DVDs available in several Asian languages

[Katie Anderson]

I'm forwarding an email I received announcing that Language is the Key early literacy and language development videos are now available in Vietnamese, Tagalog, Mandarin, Mandarin with Chinese subtitles, Korean, and English with subtitles.  

The English and Spanish Talking and Books and Talking and Play DVDs will soon be available at the State Library for you to check out via your library's ILL process.  I will send out an announcement via kids-lib and libs-or as soon as they are available. 

Katie Anderson
Youth Services Consultant
Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator
Library Development 
Oregon State Library
503-378-2528
katie.anderson at state.or.us


We want to let stakeholders in early literacy and language development know that we now have Vietnamese, Filipino (Tagalog), English with subtitles, Mandarin, Mandarin with Chinese subtitles, and Korean video materials  available in DVD format.  They were previously available only in VHS format.  The sets cost $179 per language, and we allow and encourage copying of the materials.
 
Also, by he end of October (or hopefully sooner) we will have new free parent-child activity handouts for children in the birth-to-three year age range available for downloading on our website.  They will be posted on the website next to the existing free activities for older children.
 
 
 
 
Early Literacy and Language Development Videos 
 
 LANGUAGE IS THE KEY
"Talking and Books" and "Talking and Play"
 
Language is the Key is an evidence-based program that helps staff show parents how to encourage young children (birth to five) to talk and build the foundation for literacy.  
 
Sets in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Mandarin, and Filipino 
 
To preview the English and Spanish versions of the video program "Talking and Books" online, please go to www.walearning.com.
 
Each Language is the Key  set includes two 20-minute videos and a manual for conducting staff and parent workshops. Materials are effective with diverse groups of children, including children with language delays.  Parents are encouraged to support the child's first language at home.
 
Each set costs $179 (plus $8 shipping/handling per set). Each set includes Talking and Books (20min VHS or DVD), Talking and Play (20min VHS or DVD) and one manual for trainers. 
 
We want these materials out there and used so
We encourage unlimited copying of the video programs. 
(Copies cannot be sold.)
 
More information is available on our website:  www.walearning.com.


 
For questions please contact:
Mary Maddox   
Washington Learning Systems
2212 Queen Anne Ave. No.   Ste. 726
Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 310-7401   FAX (206) 283-9243
mmaddox at walearning.com
 
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