From katie.anderson at state.or.us Fri May 5 12:46:54 2017 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Fri, 5 May 2017 19:46:54 +0000 Subject: [RFHF] Announcing the 2017 Bells Awards: 25 great books for the 5 early literacy skills Message-ID: The 2017 Bell Award Winners for the five early literacy practices have been announced! The five winning titles have corresponding early literacy activity sheets available on the Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy website. The 2017 Bell Shortlist includes the winning titles and four runners up for each of the five early literacy practice, a total of 25 great books for young children. Katie Anderson Youth Services Consultant katie.anderson at state.or.us | 503-378-2528 | www.oregon.gov/osl/ld Follow us: Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr | Pinterest [cid:image003.png at 01D2C59D.AC06A660] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Name: image003.png Type: image/png Size: 22482 bytes Desc: image003.png URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Tue May 30 11:54:22 2017 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Tue, 30 May 2017 18:54:22 +0000 Subject: [RFHF] Vroom Expands to Texting Service in Oregon In-Reply-To: <0160028FDD3AF547A72D59E995E71A0A298A4325@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> References: <0160028FDD3AF547A72D59E995E71A0A298A4325@OSLEXCHANGE.osl.state.or.us.local> Message-ID: I thought most of you would be interested in the following email about Vroom early learning app's new text option.-Katie From: Kids-lib [mailto:kids-lib-bounces at listsmart.osl.state.or.us] On Behalf Of Jennifer Maurer Sent: Monday, May 22, 2017 5:34 PM To: kids-lib at listsmart.osl.state.or.us Subject: [kids-lib] Vroom Expands to Texting Service in Oregon Hi, This article is in the May edition of the Education Update from the Oregon Department of Education: Oregon Chosen for Expansion of Early Learning Program "...Vroom's free, multilingual, and culturally appropriate early learning tools and activities encourage healthy brain development in children ages 0-5 and Oregon was chosen for a pilot project to expand access to these tools. The national Vroom team (led by the Bezos Family Foundation) has offered our state the unique opportunity to make the Vroom brain-building activities available via text message. The free Daily Vroom app - which contains more than 1,000 brain-building activities - has already been used more than 95,000 times in Oregon. Expanding to text messages furthers the goal of the Early Learning Division (ELD) to promote kindergarten readiness by building crucial abilities such as math, early literacy and important social-emotional skills. Please help us spread the word about this texting pilot by sharing the Oregon Vroom opt-in page or signing up yourself. You can also text the word 'CHILD' in English or 'HIJO' in Spanish to 48258 to participate..." https://www.oregon.gov/ode/about-us/Pages/Education%20Update%20pages/May-Education-Update.aspx#vroom FYI, Jen Jen Maurer, MLS School Library Consultant jennifer.maurer at state.or.us | 503-378-5011 | www.oregon.gov/osl/ld Follow us: Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr | Pinterest [cid:image001.png at 01D2D321.87DD6260] ________________________________ Katie Anderson Youth Services Consultant katie.anderson at state.or.us | 503-378-2528 | www.oregon.gov/osl/ld Follow us: Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr | Pinterest [cid:image004.png at 01D2D93B.7987B380] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 22488 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.png Type: image/png Size: 22488 bytes Desc: image004.png URL: From katie.anderson at state.or.us Wed May 31 08:22:38 2017 From: katie.anderson at state.or.us (Katie Anderson) Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 15:22:38 +0000 Subject: [RFHF] Online Course: Creating Early Literacy Programs Message-ID: The American Library Association is offering a four-week asynchronous online course about early literacy and creating early literacy programs for young children and their families (described in the email below). I haven?t taken the course so can?t personally vouch for it, but the description sounds like it is going to be good?two weeks on child development and early literacy and two weeks on program planning and promotion. Learn more at the ALA Store. Ask questions by emailing editionscoursehelp at ala.org.--Katie From: jennifer.maurer at state.or.us [mailto:jennifer.maurer at state.or.us] Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 4:07 PM To: Katie Anderson Subject: Create Great Early Literacy Programs! Having trouble viewing this e-mail? View as a web page. Forward this to your colleagues. [Facebook] [LinkedIn] [Twitter] [AddThis] [ALA Store] [Creating Early Literacy Programs] Create Great Programs! Creating Early Literacy Programs: Connecting with Early Childhood Development facilitated by R. Lynn Baker 4-week eCourse Beginning Monday, June 5, 2017 If you perform and develop programming for preschool children and families, knowing the basics of early literacy training will help you create a school readiness program that will best prepare children for a successful transition into kindergarten. Early care expert and education trainer R. Lynn Baker's successful approach to school readiness programming connects school readiness indicators and early childhood standards with early literacy best practices. In this four-week eCourse, Baker will guide you through the ins and outs of developing early childhood programs through discussion boards, pre/post-tests, assignments, and readings. You?ll walk away with tools for connecting developmentally appropriate principles of early childhood development with the early literacy skills/best practices of Every Child Ready to Read? (ECRR) 1 and 2. [Learn More!] Also of interest [Excellent Books for Early and Eager Readers] Excellent Books for Early and Eager Readers Kathleen T. Isaacs [Learn More!] [Counting Down to Kindergarten: A Complete Guide to Creating a School Readiness Program for Your Community] Counting Down to Kindergarten: A Complete Guide to Creating a School Readiness Program for Your Community Edited by R. Lynn Baker [Learn More!] Shop the ALA Store for a full selection of eLearning opportunities! ALA Store purchases fund advocacy, awareness and accreditation programs for library professionals worldwide. [https://g.twimg.com/about/feature-corporate/image/followbutton.png] [ALA Publishing Logo] [http://ala-publishing.informz.net/clk/red6d.aspx?mi=6624669&u=0&b=4634] ________________________________ Katie Anderson Youth Services Consultant katie.anderson at state.or.us | 503-378-2528 | www.oregon.gov/osl/ld Follow us: Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr | Pinterest [cid:image002.png at 01D2D9E7.0F5AB000] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 22483 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: