From katie.anderson at state.or.us Wed Oct 12 11:17:18 2011 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:17:18 +0000 Subject: [RFHF] In the News: Brain Power, Why Early Learning Matters (video & article) Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241BB9544B@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Hi! I just watched an amazing brain development video clip from yesterday's NBC's Education Nation Summit. Here is a link to the video, Dr. Patricia Kuhl and Dr. Andrew Meltzoff on Brain Power: Why Early Learning Matters: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44672754#44672754 (Note, there will be a short commercial before the real video plays.) It is well worth watching the entire 20 minute video, but if you don't have that much time start the video at the 9 minute marker. You will see and learn about two areas in the brain involved with listening and understanding and talking, socializing, and reading. You will see in real time a 9 month baby's brain activity change when they hear someone talk to them. In the last 5 minutes you will see a 45 minutes old new born respond through imitation-demonstrating that we are social learners within the first hour of life. Also, if you're an Alan Alda fan like me... you're in for a treat! There is a short editorial/opinion piece written on the summit that is an interesting read whether or not you agree with the author. Here is the link to the short article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-ochshorn/early-learning-brain-deve_b_1002779.html Here are a few points from the article that got my brain working, thinking about what we librarians already know about brain development and how we are using it in our work directly with children and educating parents and care providers. It also got me thinking about Oregon's state-level changes around education, especially early learning. * Gregory W.Capelli... [said] "Our children have returned to the classroom, and they're ready to learn,"... I'm not sure where this former research analyst for Credit Suisse got his data... but the last time I checked, only a handful of states were even doing readiness assessments. Moreover, estimates of children unprepared to enter the school house door range from a third to as high as 60 percent, the case in Ohio, for example. * None of the governors [at the summit] mentioned readiness. They talked of squeezing more value out of the education dollar, increasing accountability, setting the bar higher for standardized tests, charter schools and choice, reducing the ranks of college freshmen in need of remediation. * "If the U.S. is serious about the commitment to making transformative change in our K-12 educational system," [Patricia Kuhl] said, "we will have to take seriously the images you see today." [in this video http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44672754#44672754] * the images couldn't be more concrete evidence of brain-building. The rapid proliferation of synapses. How they're strengthened and pruned through stimulating interaction, including talking, singing, and reading. [Hey, that sounds a lot like the focus of Every Child Ready to Read 2nd Edition!] * "Children who show lots of activity in response to words and sentences early on develop words faster until the age of three, and their reading readiness is better at the age of five." [said Kuhl] 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 Oct 27 09:52:39 2011 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:52:39 +0000 Subject: [RFHF] Every Child Ready to Read 2nd Ed available to checkout! Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA241BF520A8@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Healthy Start and other non-library staff: The following title is available to check out. Here is what you can do to check it out: * Go to your library's website and look up the title in the online catalog. * If your library has this title, put it on hold/check it out as you would any other library item. * If your library does not have the following title, call either your personal contact at the library or call the main library number and ask for the reference desk. * Provide the full title information listed below and tell them you would like to check it out via interlibrary loan. The librarian will be able to help you through that process. Library staff: 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. [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nd7zjHmUVBI/TqmDUIPBxiI/AAAAAAAAAIY/BAHhx3qV-tw/s320/ECRRmanualcoverBIG.jpg] Association for Library Services to Children & Public Library Association. Every Child Ready to Read @ your library (2nd Ed.). Chicago, IL: American Library Association. This is the updated version of the original Every Child Ready to Read @ your library early literacy curriculum. Significant changes include: * 4 of the workshops (education sessions) are for caregivers and children together, but there is still 1 workshop for caregivers only if the old model worked for you. * 1 of the caregiver and child workshops integrates science! * 1 workshop for you to educate the rest of your library staff about early literacy so they are better prepared to provide library services to young children and their caregivers. * 1 workshop is for you to present to staff at local organizations and agencies that may want to partner with your library on providing early literacy workshops to their clients. * The curriculum has switched from the 6 skills children need to develop (print motivation, letter knowledge, etc.) and now focuses on 5 activities that caregivers can do with their children to develop the 6 skills. This means there is no jargon that was sometimes a barrier to reaching less-educated/high-risk families. * The early literacy research that the 1st Edition was based on is still valid so you may continue to use it and you can integrate what you liked from the original curriculum into the 2nd Edition to create workshops that work best for you and your patrons. * The introduction of research around constrained skills (e.g. once you know the names of the letters, you know them and there aren't more letter names to learn) and unconstrained skills (e.g. vocabulary development continues throughout our lifetime, there are always more words to learn even in adulthood). * The 2nd Edition is designed to be a turn-key curriculum that doesn't require the presenter to go through training-although it certainly helps to have a good understanding of the research. When you check this kit out you may distribute the bookmarks and brochures to the people attending your workshop-the State Library will order replacements after you return the kit. 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... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 6726 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: