From katie.anderson at state.or.us Wed Jul 2 09:10:56 2014 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 16:10:56 +0000 Subject: [RFHF] Ready 2 Learn July newsletter (English & Spanish) Message-ID: <640435851FD7CB4AB3C4BE0D1963BA24457EE830@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> The next Ready 2 Learn early literacy newsletter is now available online. July's learning topic is reasoning and problem solving. http://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1116971370009-15/Ready+2+Learn+newsletter+July+2014.pdf The articles about early learning topics are relevant statewide and Ready 2 Learn is happy to share them. You may copy and distribute their newsletter as it is (click on the download icon on the webpage [cid:image002.png at 01CF95D5.870ECAE0] ) or copy their articles into your own newsletter/website as long as you credit the authors of the article and Ready 2 Learn. Please remember that this newsletter created by and for the Ready 2 Learn project in north eastern Oregon so other items in it may be relevant only to people from participating communities, such as liking their FaceBook page to enter contests to win prizes. For the same reason, their local Spanish translation may be different than what you would use in your community. Enjoy, 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 [Fizz Boom Read][Girlandcloud] Summer Reading 2014 at Oregon libraries! Find a summer food site. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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(If you don't know your library's website, you can find it here http://oregonauthors.org/libraries/) * If your library has this title, put them on hold/check it out as you would any other library item. * If your library does not have the following titles, 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 this out via interlibrary loan. The librarian will be able to help you through that process. [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jlk7tEv5Qj0/U7wYluCo_rI/AAAAAAAAAVc/vPW2elLJf44/s1600/GhotingKlatt_300.jpg] Ghoting, S.N. & Klatt, K.F. (2014). STEP into Storytime: Using the StoryTime Effective Practice to Strengthen the Development of Newborns to Five-Year-Olds. Chicago, IL: ALA Editions. 978-0-8389-1222-5. Story Time Effective Practice (STEP), developed by the authors, is an approach that articulates the link between child development theory and storytimes. This important resource shows how presenters can use STEP to craft a storytime that is effective for mixed-age groups and adheres to best practices for emotional, social, physical, and cognitive support. In this book, Ghoting and Klatt, both early literacy experts, * Offer more than 30 complete ready-to-use storytimes appropriate for newborns to children age 5, along with extension activities * Show how STEP relates to emotional, social, cognitive, and physical development * Explain how storytime materials and activities directly connect to language and literacy development * Include preparation, planning, and performance tips, plus guidance for interacting with parents and caregivers * Provide lists of recommended additional resources, including organizations, websites, and sources for storytime time activity ideas This book is a must-have guide for storytime presenters, preschool teachers, child care providers, and parents of young children. (book description) Note to library staff: The above 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 (e.g. OCLC or ALA request form). Otherwise, 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. 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 [Fizz Boom Read][Girlandcloud] Summer Reading 2014 at Oregon libraries! 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Parent Voices: Doubts, then Excitement on Texts to Promote Literacy http://www.edcentral.org/parents-reactions-using-texting-promote-literacy/ * 91 percent of intervention group participants... agreed that sending parenting tips via text was a good way to receive parenting information. * Many parents fully intend to read to their child, but by the end of the day, the good intentions go out the door with "decision fatigue"-after a day of making hard choices, our stock of self-control is depleted. Even a minor inconvenience seems like too much of a hurdle. A buzzing text message with some easy instruction is just what many parents need. * And it's delivered on a device most parents have with them at all times. Yes, that goes for low-income parents as well. According to a Pew Research Center study, 84 percent of Americans with an annual household income less than $30,000 have a cell phone of some kind * Like many of the Head Start parents surveyed in a Northwestern University study of the program, [Evans] wasn't convinced that texts are a good way to receive parenting information. Then she was having a bad day and received a text from the Parent University with an encouraging message: "Hey mom & dad, we wanted to take a second to tell u what an awesome job ur doing!" It was exactly what she needed to hear. "That's when I started doing them every day," she explained. * Evans' (mom) partner, Brandon Jones (mom's partner), agreed that the texts resulted in more hands-on family activities. Although the text messages went to Evans' phone, Jones would see Evans and Alissa, for example, creating collages or making shapes with pasta, and he would join the fun. Call it a nudge by association. * For Evans, those small nudges had a lasting impact. She would reread texts days or even weeks after they were sent. "Even if I didn't take advantage [of the advice] necessarily that day, I went back on the weekends and said, 'We can do this, this, and this,'" * "What really stands out to me is how a text said to take the 'Little Red Riding Hood' story and have a real conversation with my son about stranger danger. 'What did she do that you shouldn't do? And how could she have gone about not talking to strangers?'" she said. "I wouldn't have thought to use that book to teach stranger danger." * However, the messages she claimed were most helpful concerned self-care and relaxation-for parents. * "It doesn't take much," she stated. "It's a small suggestion, and it's free. I didn't have to go buy anything. That's what I really enjoyed." 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 [Fizz Boom Read][Girlandcloud] Summer Reading 2014 at Oregon libraries! Find a summer food site. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3127 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 2117 bytes Desc: image004.jpg URL: