California Library Literacy Services Webinar :: Family Literacy

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A California Library Literacy Services Webinar: Family Literacy

Infopeople: 3.29.2019

Webinar 1:

Getting Started: Laying the Groundwork for New Family Literacy Programming.

March 29, 2019 from 10am - 11am PDT

Natalie Cole, Library Programs Consultant, California State Library;

Amy Prevedel, Independent Literacy Contractor;

Kelly Tyler, Managing Librarian, Office of Education and Literacy, Los Angeles Public Library

Webinar 2:

Family Literacy Programming Goes to School: How our programs can help adult learners make a difference in the school lives of their children, from teacher conferences to homework help.

April 10, 2019 from 10am - 11am PDT

Sherry Drobner, Former Literacy Program Manager - LEAP, City of Richmond; Amy Prevedel, Independent Literacy Contractor;

Abigail Sims-Evelyn, Literacy Program Manager - LEAP, City of Richmond

Webinar 3:

Family Literacy 101: From Flyers to Food.

May 2, 2019 from 10am - 11am PDT,

Deborah Bernal, Literacy Coordinator, Fresno County Public Library;

Pat Jarvis, Literacy Services Coordinator, South San Francisco Public Library;

Amy Prevedel, Independent Literacy Contractor

Webinar 4:

Family Literacy on the Wild, Wild e-Frontier: Strategies for Raising Digitally Savvy Families.

June 4, 2019 from 10am - 11am PDT

Kim Noriega, Family Literacy Coordinator, READ/SanDiego - San Diego Public Library;

Amy Prevedel, Independent Literacy Contractor

So, you've got the exciting opportunity to provide new family literacy programming!

How do you even get started? In this webinar you'll take away tools you can use to find answers to this question, within your program and library, and outside of your library, too.

This webinar will be of interest to: the California Library Literacy community, especially literacy program staff people who will offer literacy programming with new CLLS funds.

If you are unable to attend the live event, you can access the archived version the day following the webinar.  View Webinar Archive

Carlsbad Library :: Library Learning Center 10-Year Anniversary

Library Learning Center 10-Year Anniversary

Carlsbad News Updates: 8.21.2018

The City of Carlsbad is proud to announce the 10-year anniversary of its Library Learning Center on Aug. 23, 2018. The Library Learning Center is located at 3368 Eureka Place. Services and programs are free.

The Library Learning Center was the third library to open its doors in Carlsbad and serves nearly 5,000 children, teens and adults each month.

The Library Learning Center features a Spanish, English and bilingual library collection for all ages.

The Library Learning Center offers an average of nearly 30 free programs in both English and Spanish each month, including story times, homework help, concerts and a Spanish-language book club.

Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Fridays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Library Learning Center is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

“The Library Learning Center is integral to the city’s mission to provide community members of all ages with convenient access to high quality resources and services to enrich their lives,” said Heather Pizzuto, Library & Cultural Arts Director. “Over the past 10 years, we’ve heard countless success stories of how the Learning Center’s programs are making a difference for Carlsbad residents.”

The Library Learning Center offers specialized education programs, such as the Early Literacy Program, where school-age children meet with their parent or caregiver and a volunteer tutor to strengthen reading skills. Currently 10 student-parent teams are working with volunteer tutors.

“One of our young students who participated in the Early Literacy Program improved his reading assessment scores by 60 percent,” said Pizzuto. “In addition to his scholastic improvement, his parents shared that the program helped him gain confidence and make new friends at school.”

Adult programs are also available. Each year in Literacy Services, approximately 100 adults meet one-to-one with a volunteer tutor to improve their reading and writing skills. Past participants have used the program to help them read to their children, read medicine labels and apply for college or new job. All program participants report they have met at least one of their reading or writing goals after working with a volunteer tutor.  READ MORE >>

Carlsbad Library :: Reading to Children :: Family Literacy

Reading to Children

Learning Connection: Nov-Dec 2017 by Carrie Scott

Carlsbad Library Literacy Services

You can read to your child (or any child!) from the time they are babies.

Here are some tips for reading with a child:

*Pick a time when you and your child are happy. That will make reading more enjoyable.

*Cuddle with your child when you are reading. They will associate positive feelings with reading.

*Allow your child to touch and play with the book. That is how they discover their world.

*Read the book over and over again! If your child asks to hear the book again, they are still learning from it.

*Read with expression, make faces and have fun with it!

*With younger children, it is not important to read word-for-word.

Having a conversation is important.

*Let toddlers be active while reading. Have them point to pictures or act out the actions.

*With school-age children, ask who, what, when, where, why questions.

*Keep reading to them even when they go to school, then have them read to you. Praise them!

You don’t have to be “teaching” something to have your child learn. When you talk, sing and read with your child, you are building their brains. This will make a big difference in their lives!  READ MORE >>

Dec 05 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation  12 N

Dec 14 Adult Literacy Tutor Orientation  6 pm

Learners Grow Their Home Libraries

The theme of our Fall display encouraged learners to build a home library, featuring consumable fiction books. Each learner could choose two free books from a varied selection. Many learners took advantage of the giveaway to add to their book collection. Books are still available in the tutoring rooms, so take yours home today!

Thanks to a generous state grant, we have three free items to offer you and your learner:

*Free books to take home and keep to build a home library

*A reusable insulated mug to bring with you to the Learning Center

*A planner to keep track of your lessons

Please be sure to pick these up!

Tweetest :: GED | PBs | Best Heroines | Read Aloud | Slang | MadLibs :: Superlatives from SCLLN

Tweet – Tweeter – Tweetest

Superlatives from SCLLN

#GED scoring changes rolled out in January

what exactly does the change mean for adult learners?

http://ow.ly/Z280x

@natlitdirectory 10 Mar 2016

Why Picture Books

5 Reasons Why They Belong in Every Classroom http://wp.me/p3Lwy8-Rh

@pernilleripp 8 Mar 2016

50 of the Best Heroines of Middle Grade Books

from Anne to Malala to Matilda

http://bit.ly/1LbdZOk 

@BookRiot 8 Mar 2016

The results of our nationwide survey on how America reads aloud to its children http://www.readaloud.org/surveyreport.html … #readaloud

@ReadAloud_org 9 Mar 2016

Awesomely Useful Slang Words for ESL Learners - http://www.fluentu.com/english/blog/u

@FluentUEnglish 9 Mar 2016  

MadLibs:

Two Tablet Apps to Engage Students with ELA Skills

#ipaded #androided http://wp.me/p42mcK-1J2 

@ClassTechTips 9 Mar 2016

Glendora Library :: Parent and Teacher Phonics Workshop | Sep 26

Parent and Teacher Phonics Workshop

Glendora Public Library -- Bidwell Forum

September 26

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Have you or your child ever read a word and thought, "Well, English is just crazy, that is a word that just has to be memorized?” If you have, we have good news for you: English is not crazy and there is a way to investigate words along with your child or students (dyslexic and non-dyslexic) to learn the true underlying structure, and never utter those words again!

You are invited to attend a Community Literacy Program on Structure Word Inquiry featuring Dr. Kelli Sandman-Hurley and Tracy Block-Zaretsky.  Dr. Sandman-Hurley is a published author and researcher of dyslexia and received her doctorate in Literacy with a specialization in reading and dyslexia from San Diego State University and the University of San Diego. Ms. Block-Zaretsky is a trained Special Education Advocate assisting parents and children through the Individual Education Plan (IEP) and 504Plan process and has tutored children and adults with learning disabilities for the past 18 years. Together, they formed the Dyslexia Training Institute in San Diego.

Presented jointly by the Glendora, Azusa, Covina and Monrovia Public Library Literacy programs, as well as Glendora Public Library Friends Foundation, this program is offered free to all community members, including teachers, parents, students and anyone interested in adult and family literacy.

•Learn to find the sense in English and “sight words”.

•Become a word detective by conducting word hypothesis and creating word sums.

•Learn about the interrelationship between morphology, etymology and phonology.

The Glendora Public Library is located at 140 S. Glendora Ave., Glendora CA 91741. To register for this program, please call the Library at 626-852-4891.

UOP Beyond Our Gates Dialogue Focuses on Importance of Early Literacy

Forum focuses on importance of early literacy

Record Net: 9.10.2015 by Almendra Carpizo

The average home in San Joaquin County only has two books.

That is “startling” information University of the Pacific President Pamela A. Eibeck recently learned, she told about 175 people gathered Thursday for the annual Beyond Our Gates Dialogue event.

The forum, which is attended by educators, elected officials, nonprofit organizations and business leaders, was focused on the importance of early literacy, cultivating community partnerships to help students succeed and encouraging parents to engage their children and ensure that they attend school.

San Joaquin County Office of Education Superintendent James Mousalimas said at the start of the program that if the community wants to make progress in student achievement, literacy has to start before kindergarten.

“A rule of thumb we heard is that if a child is able to read by the end of third grade, they will have the tools to read and learn as they go forward,” Eibeck said.

According to a 2014 San Joaquin Literacy Report Card, only 34 percent of 3- and 4-year-olds are enrolled in preschool. The percentage dropped from 46 percent in 2011. Statewide, enrollment is at 50 percent, according to the report.

“How can we make sure a young child arrives in school ready to learn and by the third grade is able to read?” Eibeck asked.

Featured speaker Greg Lucas, who was appointed state librarian by Gov. Jerry Brown in March 2014, opened by saying that “the most cost-effective investment of taxpayer money is in helping people to read or read better.”

It keeps people out of prison, it helps them obtain better jobs and, he added, “if I’m a mommy, the No. 1 indicator of my kids’ academic success is my literacy rate.”  READ MORE !

Read Aloud Day :: March 4

Read Aloud

Read Aloud Day :: March 4

#WRAD15

Children who are read aloud to by parents get a head start in language and literacy skills and go to school better prepared.

"Reading aloud to young children promotes emerging literacy and language development and supports the relationship between child and parent," concludes a review in this month's Archives of Disease in Childhood.

Reading bedtime stories develops vocabulary, improves ability to learn to read, and fosters a lifelong love of books and reading.

Reading aloud is, according to the landmark 1985 report "Becoming a Nation of Readers," "the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading."

15 Minutes :: Every Child Every Parent Every Day

ReadAloud.org

Take Your Child to the Library Day : : February 7

Take Your Child to the Library Day

February 7

Take Your Child to the Library Day (TYCLD) encourages families everywhere to take their children to their local library. Launched in 2011 right here in Connecticut by librarians Nadine Lipman (Waterford Public Library, retired) and Caitlin Augusta (Stratford Library) with artist Nancy Elizabeth Wallace.

TYCLD raises community awareness about the importance of the library in the life of a child, and promotes library services and programs for children and families.

470 Libraries in 3 countries and 2 Caribbean islands, 42 US states, 1 Canadian province, 2 school libraries and counting!

National Young Readers Week: November 10 - 14

National Young Readers Week

10: Rattletrap Car

11: Jamaica Louise James

12: If The Dinosaurs Came Back

13: Grandfather's Journey

14: Seven Silly Eaters

an annual event that was co-founded in 1989 by Pizza Hut and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. To make this week special, many schools recruit local "celebrities" to read aloud a favorite children's book to classrooms. Classrooms can also listen to a free story each day courtesy of BOOK IT! and One More Story. To fire up reading for the entire school, principals are encouraged to take one day out of the week and read from bell to bell for the Principal Challenge.

Read Aloud - 15 Minutes A Day

Read Aloud

Book Giving Day: February 14

Book Giving Day: February 14

A day dedicated to getting new, used and borrowed books in the hands of as many children as possible.

Three simple ways to celebrate International Book Giving Day!

1. Give a Book to a Friend or Relative.

Celebrate International Book Giving Day by giving a child a new, used or borrowed book.

2. Leave a Book in a Waiting Room or Lobby.

Choose a waiting room where kids are stuck waiting and there are few to no good books available. Purchase a good book, and deposit your book covertly or overtly in your waiting room of choice. The goal here is to spread the love of reading to kids, so choose a fun book, nothing controversial.

3. Donate a Book.

Wrap up a box of children’s books that your kids have outgrown and get them in the hands of children who could really use a book or two. Donate your books to your local second hand store, library, children’s hospital, or shelter. Alternatively, donate your books to an organization working internationally to get books in the hands of kids, such as Books for Africa.

How will you celebrate International Book Giving Day?

Newport Beach Library - Mother learns to read to teach kids

Mother learns to read to teach kids
Newport Beach program helps adults beat self-doubt and learn to read
OC Register: 9.16.2013 by Nicole Shine

For so long, Marna Lee Lopez called herself dumb.

She couldn't read, although, ironically enough, for 13 years she worked at the Orange County Department of Education. Her employer never caught on because her co-workers helped her get by, she said. She became a good mimic.

“I could sound sophisticated and bright without knowing anything,” said Lopez, 44, of Costa Mesa. She didn't expect more from herself.

.       .       .       .       .

For some, like Lopez, their kids inspire them to learn. Others, like Anna Kwon, an Irvine resident, have a goal in mind. The Korean-born immigrant said she wanted to become a U.S. citizen.

Both women learned to read thanks to Newport/Mesa ProLiteracy, a program at the Newport Beach library that enlists the help of more than 100 volunteers, mainly retirees, who spend a few hours a week tutoring these students. The program's annual budget of roughly $100,000 is cobbled together from city funds, donations and grants. Their tools include a room at the Central Library filled with books perfect for beginning readers.

Last year, the program helped more than 200 adults, from about age 25 to upwards of 70, to read and reach their goals.

Kwon recently passed the U.S. citizenship test. Lopez is so proficient that she now home-schools her triplets.  READ MORE !

National Family Literacy Day: Nov 1

National Family Literacy Day
November 1
National Center for Family Literacy

Cultivating Readers is a parent guide to building reading skills in children ages birth to eight. The guide gives tangible tips for parents to implement and also includes a calendar of monthly language activities to stimulate learning throughout the year.
Available: November 12.
Can download or be ordered free of charge for a limited time (in English and Spanish).

Wonderopolis:
Create. Laugh. Imagine. Explore. Learn. Smile. A place where wonder and learning are nurtured through the power of discovery, creativity and imagination. Learning is happening everywhere, all the time! Learn something new, try out an idea, create a masterpiece, imagine possibilities. It’s easy. It’s fun.

Huntington Beach Library - Family Literacy’s Amy Crepeau is presented the July Mayor's Award

Family Literacy’s Amy Crepeau
is presented the July Mayor's Award
Huntington Beach Library

Amy Crepeau is in charge of the Huntington Beach Library’s Family Literacy Program. Amy and her small staff of part-time employees work with local community members who need to improve their English language skills.

These are parents and working people who need better reading, writing and conversational skills in order to help their children in school, communicate effectively with doctors and teachers, get better jobs, and ensure the health and security of their families. It’s a program that changes lives.

From her office at the library’s Oak View branch, Amy recruits and trains (and inspires!) volunteers who work with adult learners to acquire the English skills they need to become active and productive members of the community. Amy writes grants and seeks funding to keep the program alive, encourages both her tutors and her learners at every step, designs programs that meet the schedules and needs of her learners, and greets everyone in the program by name.

To form a closer bond and to communicate better with the families she serves, Amy took it on herself to learn Spanish. Within a very short time she was conducting programs in both languages. She started a bilingual story time for families where two languages are spoken, and hosts an annual awards event that recognizes the amazing accomplishments of both learners and their volunteer tutors.

To see Amy greeting children and embracing their parents, to see the excitement among those who reach their learning goals and to see the affection in which Amy is held by the community is to see the best in what libraries and literacy have to offer.

Beaumont Library - Literacy becomes mobile with Beaumont Library’s ‘Ready to Read’ van

Literacy becomes mobile with Beaumont Library’s ‘Ready to Read’ van
Record Gazette: 7.24.2012

The Board of Trustees of the Beaumont Library District announces the arrival of the Ready to Read Van, provided through a grant from the Federal Library Services and Technology Act.

The $90,000 Community Early Literacy Project was created to take early literacy services out of the library to children from birth to five years old.

The services are designed for children at facilities that provide childcare and at preschools throughout the library district. Nearly 2,000 items will be available on the Ready to Read Van for Childcare providers to select from during each visit by the van.

“The Ready to Read Van gives us an option to work more closely with our community on the critical importance of early literacy skill development for young children,” stated Nancy Wood, Outreach Librarian, “We can deliver books, learning kits, and storytime materials, along with training for their use, in an environment where the message of read early and read often has proven of critical importance to ensure children enter their school years ready to learn to read.”

The Ready to Read Van made its local debut appearance in the annual Cherry Festival Parade and was shown off nationally at the American Library Association’s Annual Conference in Anaheim at the end of June.

“The van displays original art provided by Michael Emberley, a children’s book illustrator, whose artwork so clearly captured the joy of reading and the essence of the early learning experience in the book An Annoying ABC by Barbara Bottner,” said Clara DiFelice, Library Director. “We took a chance and asked him if we could use the artwork and were thrilled when he said sure!”

Childcare providers and preschoolers throughout Beaumont and Cherry Valley are encouraged to contact Nancy Wood at the library at (951) 845-3222, to schedule a visit by the Ready to Read Van.

Escondido Library - Born To Read

Crafty C.A.T.S. Delivering Baby Hats

The Crafty C.A.T.S. have been hard at work for the last few months knitting almost 100 hats for newborn babies and their moms at Palomar Medical Center. We will be delivering these gifts as part of the Escondido Public Library Literacy Department's Born to Read program tomorrow, May 18, 2011.

WHO: It's for tweens and teens ages 11+.
WHAT: Crafty C.A.T.S. (Community Action Teen Service) is the best and most entertaining way to earn community service credit. Here are just a few of our ongoing projects and community partners:
- Beanies for newborn babies at Palomar Hospital with Born to Read
- Chemo caps for cancer patients at Sharp Cancer Center
- Bookmarks to sell at the library
- Snuggle blankets for homeless animals at the Escondido Humane Society
- Gloves, hats, and scarves for troops overseas through the Ships Project
- Squares of Hope to make blankets for African AIDS orphans