From anderson_katie at oslmac.osl.state.or.us Wed Dec 2 08:53:24 2009 From: anderson_katie at oslmac.osl.state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:53:24 -0800 Subject: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] New research on young kids and conversation Message-ID: <20091202165324.b47daac8@OSLMAC.OSL.STATE.OR.US> Hello! In my professional reading today I found an article that may interest you. I've included a link for those of you who want to read it in full, and I've pulled out a few key findings for those of you who are too pressed for time right now. Why Ask Why? New Research Looks at Children's Questions: http://tiny.cc/PEKGS -Maggie Severns -December 1, 2009 This is an article about two recent studies to learn why children 2-5 years old ask questions. With your training and experience, I don't think the findings will surprise you in the least. However, they provide you with more research to share with parents and childcare provides to encourage them to engage young children in conversation. Here are two quotes from the article that sum up the key points: Their findings provide new evidence of the power of language interactions between adults and children ? driving home the point that the strongest learning environments are those in which adults engage in rich conversations with children, even those as young as 2. ?The fact that kids as young as 2 or 3 years of age are asking questions and actually seeking out information is an opportunity for parents,? Frazier said. The research should be inspiring to teachers in child care and preschool settings as well: it shows the power of an adult who will take the time to listen to a child?s question, answer and elaborate, listen to the child?s response, answer and elaborate again, and so on. [This sounds like dialogic reading except the child is asking the question!] The author of the article poses some excellent question based on this new research: How do we best engage children who are less likely to ask questions about things they don?t understand? What is the best way for their teachers to respond? 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 anderson_katie at oslmac.osl.state.or.us Fri Dec 4 15:23:45 2009 From: anderson_katie at oslmac.osl.state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 15:23:45 -0800 Subject: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] Library logs due Message-ID: <4AE8D5DB-D755-48DD-B6EA-D43F2BFF57BF@oslmac.osl.state.or.us> Attention Library Staff: It is time to submit your monthly Reading for Healthy Families recording log used to keep track of the families you are presenting the Reading for Healthy Families (Every Child Ready to Read @ your library) curriculum to. A blank log is attached, or you can download and save the "Recording Log" to your computer from: http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.recording.log.shtml#Recording_Log. Please email your completed log to me at katie.anderson at state.or.us. You can also print your completed log and fax it to 503-378-6439 or mail it to me at 250 Winter St. NE, Salem OR 97301. NOTE: The "Six Skills Overview" workshop is not on the drop-down menu under "Main Education Session Emphasized". If you presented this session, please select "Print Motivation" instead. Remember, you may not count childcare providers, preschool teachers, or other early childhood professionals because NPC Research and our funders are evaluating parent education specifically. However, we hope you won't exclude them from your early literacy education sessions. If you present sessions to early childhood professionals, please include these numbers in the body of your email when you send your completed recording log--it will be excellent addition data to support the program and demonstrate libraries commitment to early literacy. Thanks to all of you who have already submitted your recording logs! 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From: reading-for-healthy-families-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:reading-for-healthy-families-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Katie Anderson Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 8:49 AM To: reading-for-healthy-families at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] great baby and mom reading video Look at this video! http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimothy27/3429534057/ What a great example of reading to a baby, and that a baby is able to pay attention, engage, and lift flaps in a book! This is truly a real-world example of a baby and mom reading a book. I found this looking for images for ECRR flier and brochure templates. It is just someone's personal video on flickr, a photo sharing site. I found it because they chose to register all their photos and videos under creative commons. What do you think? Katie 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 anderson_katie at oslmac.osl.state.or.us Tue Dec 29 10:24:24 2009 From: anderson_katie at oslmac.osl.state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:24:24 -0800 Subject: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] Early Childhood: 2009 Policy Review Message-ID: Zero to Three has an excellent article summarizing early childhood policies of 2009 online at: http://tiny.cc/587PR. Two points of interest in Oregon: 9 applications for Early Head Starts in Oregon have already been approved to receive federal funding and are in the early stages of planning. The approved programs will be announce early in 2010 so keep your eyes on the news! This Summer and Fall the Oregon Center for Career Development in Childhood Care and Education distributed approximately $700,000 in federal stimulus funds to childcare providers taking professional development classes. Katie Anderson, Library Development Services * Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator * Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 katie.anderson at state.or.us, 503-378-2528 From: Ann Dondero [mailto:anndo at wccls.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 1:52 PM To: katie.anderson at state.or.us Subject: Interesting Information Hi Katie, I just came across this information from Zero to Three and found it interesting and hopeful for support of early literacy. You may have already seen it, but I thought it was at least a bit encouraging. http://www.zerotothree.org/site/DocServer/09_policy_achievements.pdf?docID=10021&JServSessionIda004=gmdsn6nvn1.app19d We'll be looking forward to the Ready to Read Grant information on what other libraries are doing! Thanks. Ann Ann Dondero Youth Services Librarian Forest Grove City Library 503 992-3281 anndo at wccls.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From 4pedals at peak.org Tue Dec 29 12:51:14 2009 From: 4pedals at peak.org (Dana Campbell) Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:51:14 -0800 Subject: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] great baby and mom reading video In-Reply-To: <396AD432920F5645B8F26ECC47D8344304F6CD4C@exchange2k.dpls.lib.or.us> References: <9CDDBB47-953C-4DFD-B87E-DA0C1F53EFE3@oslmac.osl.state.or.us> <396AD432920F5645B8F26ECC47D8344304F6CD4C@exchange2k.dpls.lib.or.us> Message-ID: <003b01ca88c8$aa3e3240$feba96c0$@org> I agree. I would like to have this for workshops. From: reading-for-healthy-families-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:reading-for-healthy-families-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of heather mcneil Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 9:47 AM To: Katie Anderson; reading-for-healthy-families at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: Re: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] great baby and mom reading video What a great video! I would love to contact the owner and see if we can use this at trainings somehow. From: reading-for-healthy-families-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:reading-for-healthy-families-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Katie Anderson Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2009 8:49 AM To: reading-for-healthy-families at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] great baby and mom reading video Look at this video! http://www.flickr.com/photos/chimothy27/3429534057/ What a great example of reading to a baby, and that a baby is able to pay attention, engage, and lift flaps in a book! This is truly a real-world example of a baby and mom reading a book. I found this looking for images for ECRR flier and brochure templates. It is just someone's personal video on flickr, a photo sharing site. I found it because they chose to register all their photos and videos under creative commons. What do you think? 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