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<div>Here are a couple things to get you thinking today!<br>
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2 paragraphs and a 2 minute video describing "Serve and Return" interaction with babies/caregivers is great and very simple.  A great way to discuss the importance of talking with babies and  I think it would be good addition to Every Child Ready to Read early
 literacy education sessions:<a href="http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/multimedia/videos/three_core_concepts/serve_and_return/" target="_blank"> http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/multimedia/videos/three_core_concepts/serve_and_return/</a><br>
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One page overview of some research on babies' abilities to hear and remember language from the womb:
<a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2013/08/babies-learn-recognize-words-womb" target="_blank">
http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2013/08/babies-learn-recognize-words-womb</a><br>
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16 minute TED talk video on how pregnant mothers prepare their unborn children to deal with the situation they will be born into--i.e. start developing their native language, preference for their culture's food, etc.:
<a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/annie_murphy_paul_what_we_learn_before_we_re_born.html" target="_blank">
http://www.ted.com/talks/annie_murphy_paul_what_we_learn_before_we_re_born.html</a>.
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Enjoy!<br>
Katie<br>
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<a href="http://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/multimedia/videos/three_core_concepts/serve_and_return/" target="_blank"></a>
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<div align="center">Katie Anderson, Library Development Services</div>
<div align="center">* Youth Services Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *</div>
<div align="center">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301</div>
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