From anderson_katie at oslmac.osl.state.or.us Wed Jul 1 12:48:08 2009 From: anderson_katie at oslmac.osl.state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:48:08 -0700 Subject: [kids-lib] Summer Reading 2009 special offer on incentives Message-ID: <20090701194808.66a5adb6@OSLMAC.OSL.STATE.OR.US> Hello! I just received the following email from the US Postal Service. They are offering discounts on their remaining 2009 summer reading incentives. This is not an endorsement, please remember to review materials to make sure they are appropriate for your library and community. Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 _____ From: Adam Meitz [mailto:AdamM at postalproducts.com] To: katie.anderson at state.or.us Sent: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:38:30 -0700 Subject: Summer Reading 2009 Customer Appreciation Offer! Summer Reading 2009 Customer Appreciation Offer! Over the years Postal Products Unlimited, Inc. has been helping get children excited about summer reading by offering a high-quality line of library incentives to promote reading across America. As your Summer Reading Program gets into full swing, we would like to take this opportunity to thank every library that purchased items from us ? by offering discounts on all remaining inventory! As an official licensee of the United States Postal Service, we utilize the phenomenal artwork found on postage stamps to create exciting educational incentive items for your summer program. This year?s themed items must move, so please consider taking advantage of this opportunity to motivate children to read even more this summer. All items listed at http://www.postalproducts.com/emails/reading.pdf can be purchased for the reduced rate, but we have a limited quantity available, so order now! Please call 1-800-229-4500 to place your order. Help children Be Creative and Express Themselves at the library this summer! Visit it online here. If you would like to unsubscribe to this email, send a blank e-mail to info at postalproducts.com. Copyright (C) 2009. Postal Products Unlimited Inc. All rights reserved. 800-229-4500. 500 W. Oklahoma Ave. Milwaukee, WI -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Mon Jul 6 14:38:36 2009 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:38:36 -0700 Subject: [kids-lib] New books: Rhyme in Span/Eng, child's lit gems Message-ID: <51BB7E29-F9EA-43DA-9C5A-712401CF95AB@state.or.us> The following new titles are available for interlibrary loan from the Oregon State Library. If you would like to request these or other materials from the Oregon State Library please use your library's established interlibrary loan process or send your full name, the name of your library, complete title information, shipping address, and a phone number to the document delivery department at library.request at state.or.us or (fax) 503-588-7119. Items will be checked out to your library, not to you personally, for 4 weeks (print materials) or 2 weeks (videos). Materials will be delivered via mail or Orbis Cascade Alliance Courier, and you may return them the same way. Trevion, R.Z. (2009). Read Me a Rhyme in Spanish and English/Leame una rima en espanol e ingles. Chicago, IL: American Library Association. In Rose Zertuche Trevino's Read Me a Rhyme in Spanish and English, programming ideas abound for librarians who have bilingual patrons and wish to present reading programs for children for whom Spanish is the spoken language at home. The bilingual programs are for children of all ages: babies to primary school children. The program material presented originates from Latin culture, engaging those patrons for whom the nursery rhymes are new, as well as for older children and parents for whom the rhymes are old favorites. Read Me a Rhyme in Spanish and English includes thorough directions, as well as the text for various sounds and read-alouds, written in both Spanish and English. Users will also discover .Fresh ideas and resources for implementing bilingual storytimes .Eight program plans with chapters specific to target audience .Two bibliographies filled with additional resources, including both paper and music titles for use with bilingual programs The ready-made storytimes included in this unique bilingual book is a must-have for any library serving the Spanish-speaking. Filled with rhymes, songs, and fingerplays, this book will become a favorite among your young patrons both in Spanish and English! (book description) Bird, E. (2009). Children's Literature Gems: Choosing and Using Them in Your Library Career. Chicago, IL: American Library Association. Master the huge array of quality children's books from the past and the present with this must-have resource from children's librarian Elizabeth Bird. With her strong passion for children's books and the profession, Bird will help you .Build and manage your children's collection .Strike a balance between award winners and classics .Arrange your space to best showcase and display books. .Review the basics of storytime, storytelling, and booktalking .Add the 100 children's books that belong in every library Children's Literature Gems is about managing and caring for a part of the library devoted to children who love good books and is a must for every children's librarian-new or experienced! (book description) Be sure to check out our Library and Information Science (LIS) blog (http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/) to discover the most recent additions to our LIS collection and search our catalog (http://oregon.gov/OSL/index.shtml) for our complete holdings. Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Wed Jul 8 13:22:05 2009 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:22:05 -0700 Subject: [kids-lib] FYI: early language development article Message-ID: I thought some of you may find this article on conversation and language development interesting. UCLA Study: Give Young Children a Chance to Converse http://tiny.cc/zL9OX Lisa Guernsey June 29, 2009 - 11:45am If you don't have time to read the article, here are a few key points I took away from it: This study links early language skills to the amount of time children spend engaged in back-and-forth conversation with adults. Past research focuses on talking with children to build vocabulary. This study builds on that past research: "While vocabulary development is important, we find that the effect of the conversation is six times as great as the words." Parents and caregivers should engage young children in conversation, and encourage them to express themselves. The study also found that TV viewing was "associated with lower language scores". Essentially finding that time spent in front of the TV meant less time engaged in conversation, and that adult-child conversation during TV viewing may reduce its negative impact on language development. 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Both of the trainings will take place 2 consecutive days within the week indicated below, not the entire week. You will be notified of exact dates when the application process begins. . The application process for each cohort will begin about 1 month prior to the tentative dates listed below. Your director will get an email, and an email will go out on kids-lib. . Space in each cohort is limited, and library staff within the counties specified will have priority. . If extra space is available, library staff from counties that have already had an opportunity to participate in RFHF will be invited to apply. . Library staff may not attend a training prior to when their county is schedule to participate in order to keep data clean for the project evaluation. . If your county is not listed below, check our website to see when RFHF will be offered in your county: http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.train.schedule.shtml#Training_Schedule CohortCountiesFirst Training DatesSecond Training Dates Year Two June 2009 - May 2010 5Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook, YamhillOct. 5-9Jan. 11-15 6Douglas, LaneNov. 2-6Feb. 1-5 7Coos, CurryDec. 1-4Mar. 1-5 8Crook, Deschutes/Jefferson, Klamath, LakeJan. 6-7Apr. 12-16 Reading for Healthy Families Oregon is a three-year, statewide project funded by the Oregon Community Foundation and Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, and is administered by the Oregon State Library and the Oregon Commission on Children Families. The 4 primary objectives for RFHF are to: Provide early literacy training and resources to 300 children's library staff and Healthy Start family support workers statewide. The training includes the ECRR curriculum, working with high-risk families, networking/partnership building, bilingual language development, working effectively with parents, media literacy, and working with special needs children. 94 children's library staff and family support workers were trained in Year One. Provide early literacy education to 4,500 families with children 0-5 years old statewide. The children's library staff and family support workers who complete RFHF will each provide early literacy education sessions to 15 families. Approximately 700 families have received early literacy training from RFHF participants thus far. These families now have the knowledge and access to resources to help their children be ready to learn to read when they start kindergarten. Increase the number of qualified Every Child Ready to Read @ your library master trainers in Oregon from 1 to 12. These trainers will be available to conduct certified ECRR training to any organization or agency in the state who wishes to contract with them. This increases access to ECRR training, lays the foundation of a common early literacy curriculum used statewide, and increases the sustainability of early literacy training. 5 standardized ECRR trainers were certified last year! Foster local partnerships among libraries and Healthy Start programs to continue providing early literacy education, activities, and resources for families in their communities long after RFHF is completed. 38 programs participated last year and began developing local partnerships. For even more information, please visit the RFHF website: http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.home.page.shtml. If you have any questions, please email or call me to talk more about it. 503-378-2528, katie.anderson at state.or.us Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Fri Jul 10 15:03:02 2009 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:03:02 -0700 Subject: [kids-lib] America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being Message-ID: <7EFA9E5B-67F4-44BA-A0C1-8BDC7C0590D6@state.or.us> Hello! You may have seen the following posting on libs-or. For those of you who haven't, it is worth taking a look at: http://childstats.gov/. In particular, you may be interested to know: Families Reading to Young Children: http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/edu1.asp It is interesting that only 53% of children 3-5 years in the West were read to every day, whereas in the Northeast and Midwest 59% of children were read to every day. 52% of children in the South were read to daily. We still have work to do to educate parents in Oregon about the importance of reading to their young children, how to integrate reading to young children into regular daily activities, and how to make reading a fun activity that parents and children look forward to doing together. Reading Achievement: http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/edu2.asp "At grade 4, there was a 4-point increase in the average reading score between 1992 and 2007. At grade 8, reading scores in 2007 had increased 1 point from 2005 and 3 points from 1992." "There was no 12th-grade NAEP reading assessment in 2007. However, in 2005 the average score at grade 12 was 6 points lower than in 1992." High School Completion: http://childstats.gov/americaschildren/edu4.asp "In 2007, 89 percent of young adults ages 18-24 had completed high school with a diploma or an alternative credential such as a General Education Development (GED) certificate. The high school completion rate has increased slightly since 1980, when it was 84 percent." An article in the East Oregonian yesterday has information specifically on the Oregon dropout rate, and explains the recent change in determining graduation rates. http://eastoregonian.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=95032&TM=42558.14. An important thing to note is that the new formula does not account for students who take alternative routes such as those who earn a modified diploma or a GED. -----Original Message----- From: libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:libs-or-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Ann Reed Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 8:26 AM To: libs-or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [Libs-Or] America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009 Released Online America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009 Released Online The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics has released "America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009." This report continues a series of annual reports to the Nation on conditions affecting children in the United States. The National Center for Education Statistics within the Institute of Education Sciences, in cooperation with 21 other federal agencies, contributes indicators to the report and supports its production. According to the report's section on education, performance of 4th and 8th graders in mathematics is at an all time high and performance in reading improved between 2005 and 2007. Not all the report's findings were positive, however; the percentage of children ages 3-5 who were read to every day in the last week by a family member declined, from 60 percent in 2005, to 55 percent in 2007. The report noted that this percentage is slightly higher than the proportion of 53 percent in 1993, but the rate has fluctuated in intervening years. The report has three demographic background measures and 40 selected indicators to describe the population of children and depict child well-being in the areas of family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment and safety, behavior, education, and health. This year's report has a special feature on children with special health care needs. You can view, download, and print the report at http://childstats.gov/ To obtain hard copy of many IES products as well as hard copy and electronic versions of hundreds of other U.S. Department of Education products please visit http://www.edpubs.org or call 1-877-433-7827 (877-4-EDPUBS). Ann Reed, Federal Programs Coordinator Library Development Services Oregon State Library 250 Winter St. Salem, OR 97301 (503) 378-5027 fax (503) 378-6439 ann.reed at state.or.us http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/ _______________________________________________ Libs-Or mailing list Libs-Or at listsmart.osl.state.or.us http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/libs-or Hosted by the Oregon State Library. Archives are available at: http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/pipermail/libs-or/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Mon Jul 13 09:52:24 2009 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:52:24 -0700 Subject: [kids-lib] New Book to check out: Songs for Kids Message-ID: The following new title is available for interlibrary loan from the Oregon State Library. If you would like to request this or other materials from the Oregon State Library please use your library's established interlibrary loan process or send your full name, the name of your library, complete title information, shipping address, and a phone number to the document delivery department at library.request at state.or.us or (fax) 503-588-7119. Items will be checked out to your library, not to you personally, for 4 weeks (print materials) or 2 weeks (videos). Materials will be delivered via mail or Orbis Cascade Alliance Courier, and you may return them the same way. Be sure to check out our Library and Information Science (LIS) blog (http://osl-lis.blogspot.com/) to discover the most recent additions to our LIS collection and search our catalog (http://oregon.gov/OSL/index.shtml) for our complete holdings. Balkin, A. (2009). Tune Up to Literacy: Original Songs and Activities for Kids. Chicago, IL: American Library Association. Encourage literacy with twenty original songs by musician and educator Al Balkin! Children's and school librarians will welcome Tune Up to Literacy, a handy package of music and activities that musically introduces and reinforces crucial literacy concepts such as the alphabet, vowels, consonants, nouns, verbs, adjectives, sentence construction, punctuation, sequence, rhyming, and much, much more. The book includes .20 original songs to encourage children's development of literacy .Rhyme-a-ton rhyming dictionary of commonly used one-syllable words .Activities related to each song-- from inventing new verses to telling stories to playing flash-card games Catchy and strikingly original, the road-tested songs of Tune Up to Literacy are proven tools for acquainting kids with basic literacy concepts. Here are Al Balkin's recordings of the songs in Tune Up to Literacy, with and without vocals, along with the sheet music. Readers of the book are welcome to use these songs in their children's programs. All songs and recordings are copyright Al Balkin. You can play these MP3s directly from your computer. If you would like to make a CD of these songs to play in a regular CD player, you'll need to download the MP3s onto your computer, import them into the music software of your choice (such as iTunes or Windows Media Player), and use that software to make the CD. A CD cover is included here. To save files to your computer, right-click on the link and choose "Save link as" or "Save target as." (book description) Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 -----Original Message----- From: John Maellaro [mailto:john at billygorilly.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 10:35 AM Subject: Be Creative at your Library song Just a quick reminder about the "Be Creative at your Library" theme song. If your library hasn't ordered it's copies of the CD "Billy Gorilly - Rockin' the SchoolHouse vol. 1", which contains the Be Creative song as well as 19 other educational songs and stories, please visit BillyGorilly.com for ordering information. We're very proud to do our part for the summer reading program again this year and we wish you all the best of luck with Be Creative at your Library. Also don't forget to listen to the new episode of the free educational podcast "The Billy Gorilly Show" at our website or subscribe at iTunes.com If you have any questions or need more information, please don't hesitate to contact me. Take Care, John Maellaro Flying Kitten Music (626) 966-7760 _________________________________ Swing into Creative Learning Billy Gorilly Music & Fun for Kids BillyGorilly.com If you would rather not receive information about Billy Gorilly in the future, please let me know by responding with a blank email. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Fri Jul 31 12:16:57 2009 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:16:57 -0700 Subject: [kids-lib] =?windows-1257?q?Celebrate_Maori_Language_Week_-_Make_?= =?windows-1257?q?your_own_book_in_te_reo_M=E2ori?= Message-ID: <753AFAAC-9CF9-469E-AD72-5705592276AF@state.or.us> Hello! I just received the following email from a colleague who is working on the upcoming Tribal Archives, Libraries and Museums Conference which will be in Portland this October. This is not an endorsement, please remember to review resources to make sure they are an appropriate fit for you library and community. If you review these resources and feel they are appropriate for your library, but don?t fit into your programming this summer, remember the 2011 Statewide Summer Reading Program theme world culture and travel. Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 It is Maori language week so I thought you might like this. Make your own book in Maori J Kia kaha, Marni. KIA ORA KOUTOU To celebrate Maori Language Week Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu would like to invite you to trial our prototype online Interactive Maori Language Readers. You can personalise them, choose your own characters and make your own stories. There are four books to choose from. Make your own book, print it out and share it with whanau and friends at home. Or save them as pdfs and keep them forever. The options are endless. We would love your feedback You can find the books on http://flashbooks.e2dev.co.nz/list/ For more resources also check out our redesigned site www.kmk.maori.nz Korerohia te reo Maori, kia ora te reo Maori. Charisma Rangipunga Manager - Toitu te Kura, Tribal Interests The Office of Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu | 158 Hererford St | PO Box 13046 | Christchurch DD: 033712647 | CELL: 021 989647 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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CountiesFirst Training DatesFirst Training LocationSecond Training DatesSecond Training Location Year Two June 2009 - May 2010 Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook, YamhillOct. 15-16 Eugene Library: DowntownJan. 11-15 Douglas, LaneNov. 2-3Newberg Public LibraryFeb. 1-5 Coos, CurryDec. 1-2Coos Bay Public LibraryMar. 8-12 Crook, Deschutes/Jefferson, Klamath, LakeJan. 7-8Deschutes Library: BendApr. 12-16 Children's library staff in the counties listed above will be invited to participate in Reading for Healthy Families (RFHF) between October 2009 and April 2010. RFHF is a statewide early literacy training project administered by the Oregon State Library and the Oregon Commission on Children and Families, and funded with generous grants from the Oregon Community Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation. RFHF is free, and you will receive: Training in the national, research-based early literacy curriculum Every Child Ready to Read @ your libraryR Training in dialogic reading, early brain development, phonological games, how to work with high-risk families, how to work with illiterate/low-literate parents, bilingual language development, media literacy, and other related topics you and your colleagues indicate that you would like training in. Opportunities to network with and begin developing partnerships with your local Healthy Start program. A resource kit that contains 11 Every Child Ready to Read @ your libraryR scripts for presenting early literacy education to parents, 4 DVDs on early literacy to show to parents during education sessions, point-of-contact early literacy activities for parents, an easel for displaying point-of-contact activities during education sessions, 4 professional development books on early literacy and storytime ideas (including bilingual storytimes), a travel size flannel board with a few flannel stories, finger puppets, a 6 early literacy skills poster, a rhyme booklet in Spanish and English, a nursery rhyme CD, and 4 cloth/pop-up books. 16 board/picture books to giveaway to the families you provide early literacy education sessions to. There are a few important things to note about the trainings: . Training and resources kits are free. Resource kits will be property of your library, staying there if you leave your job for any reason. . Free breakfast, lunch, snacks, and beverages will be served during the training. . If you are traveling 40 miles or more one way to the training you may be eligible for reimbursement of mileage and hotel accommodations. . The application process for each cohort will begin about 1 month prior to the tentative dates listed below. Your director will get an email, and an email will go out on kids-lib. . Space in each cohort is limited, and library staff within the counties specified will have priority. . If extra space is available, library staff from counties that have already had an opportunity to participate in RFHF will be invited to apply. . Library staff may not attend a training prior to when their county is schedule to participate in order to keep data clean for the project evaluation. Reading for Healthy Families Oregon is a three-year, statewide project. The 4 primary objectives for RFHF are to: Provide early literacy training and resources to 300 children's library staff and Healthy Start family support workers statewide. The training includes the ECRR curriculum, working with high-risk families, networking/partnership building, bilingual language development, working effectively with parents, media literacy, and working with special needs children. 94 children's library staff and family support workers were trained in Year One. Provide early literacy education to 4,500 families with children 0-5 years old statewide. The children's library staff and family support workers who complete RFHF will each provide early literacy education sessions to 15 families. Approximately 700 families have received early literacy training from RFHF participants thus far. These families now have the knowledge and access to resources to help their children be ready to learn to read when they start kindergarten. Increase the number of qualified Every Child Ready to Read @ your library master trainers in Oregon from 1 to 12. These trainers will be available to conduct certified ECRR training to any organization or agency in the state who wishes to contract with them. This increases access to ECRR training, lays the foundation of a common early literacy curriculum used statewide, and increases the sustainability of early literacy training. 5 standardized ECRR trainers were certified last year! Foster local partnerships among libraries and Healthy Start programs to continue providing early literacy education, activities, and resources for families in their communities long after RFHF is completed. 38 programs participated last year and began developing local partnerships. For even more information, please visit the RFHF website: http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.home.page.shtml. If you have any questions, please email or call me to talk more about it. 503-378-2528, katie.anderson at state.or.us Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: