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Today’s guest post comes from two youth services librarians at the Beaverton City Library in Oregon. Carson and MacKenzie are here to share their Ready, Set, Kindergarten series for preschoolers. I really like how they incorporate social emotional learning into the design of the program which sets out to give families a safe space to… Continue reading Guest Post: Ready, Set, Kindergarten
In my first post about repetition I discussed what happens in the brain when we repeat information to young children and how repetition can benefit learning and language acquisition. In Part 2 I’m going to explore how we can incorporate repetition in storytime. What does it actually look like? How much is too much? Will… Continue reading Repetition in Storytime, Part 2
The other day on Jbrary’s Instagram account I put a poll out asking people to vote on my next blog topic. 61% of you voted for repetition in storytime! I’ve been thinking about repetition a lot lately. Here are some questions I’ve been pondering: What role does repetition play in brain development and language acquisition?… Continue reading Repetition in Storytime, Part 1
Fostering early literacy skills, also known as emergent literacy, is one of my favourite parts about storytime. I’ve written before about how I include early literacy tips in my storytimes here: Early Literacy Messages in Action Early Literacy Messages in Action Blog Post Round Up Storytime Planning: Resource of the Week Planning a Storytime Session… Continue reading Early Literacy Messages: Using Personal Stories
This week on Jbrary we’re talking about how and why we incorporate early literacy messages in storytime. I wrote all about my methods earlier this week, but the extra special part of this conversation is that it is happening on many other youth services blogs! I have been so moved by everyone’s willingness to share… Continue reading Early Literacy Messages in Action: Blog Post Round Up
Understanding and advocating for early literacy is one of the most important aspects of my job. One of the most frequent places I can talk to caregivers about early literacy is storytime. We often get asked where we find our early literacy messages and how we incorporate them into a storytime setting. So this week,… Continue reading Early Literacy Messages in Action