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: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] 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. 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 Thu Jul 9 08:52:57 2009 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 08:52:57 -0700 Subject: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] Website Updates: cookies now online! Message-ID: <8DB01F54-D73A-40FB-B541-D06186B25245@state.or.us> Hello! I have finally updated the RFHF website, thank you for your patience! Cookies: http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.project.plans.cookies.shtml Learn about the plans your supervisors and other cohorts are working on to create parent groups, get more giveaway books, provide library cards, model early literacy activities for parents, provide transportation to the library, and to sustain RFHF the next 5 years. This is an excellent resource for planning partnerships and early literacy programs. Guidance on reporting parent education sessions and other aspects of RFHF was updated in May 2009, it is now online: http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.applications.shtml#Guidance_ You may be interested in reading this article about RFHF that appeared in School Library Journal. This is the first national recognition for all the good work you are doing to implement RFHF locally! "Something to Smile About: A Statewide Early Literacy Program is Making a Big Difference" By Renea Arnold and Nell Colburn--School Library Journal, 5/1/2009 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6654562.html Don't forget, the special topics PowerPoints are now online: http://www.oregon.gov/OSL/LD/youthsvcs/rfhf.special.topics.shtml I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer! Katie Anderson 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 31 11:21:40 2009 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:21:40 -0700 Subject: [Reading-For-Healthy-Families] RFHF Library Recording Logs due Message-ID: 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. You can download and save the "Recording Log" to your computer at: 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. If you are having trouble emailing your log, you may fax it to 503-378-6439 or mail it to Oregon State Library c/o Katie Anderson 250 Winter St. NE Salem, OR 97232 If you have any questions contact me at katie.anderson at state.or.us or 503-378-2528. Thanks to all of you who have already submitted your recording logs! Take care, 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: