CA & National Literacy / Library Event Calendar: November 2012

California Literacy & Library Events:
November 2012

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Southern California & California November 2012 Calendar
National Picture Book Month

Nov. 1 National Family Literacy Day
Nov. 2+ California Library Association Conference, San Jose
Nov. 2+ Literacy Poster Sessions @ California Library Association
Nov. 3 Literacy Interest Group @ CLA
Nov. 3 Intl Gaming Day @ Your Library
Nov. 3 Comic Con - Long Beach
Nov. 3 Fall Gala: Children’s Literature Council of Southern California
Nov. 3 San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival
Nov. 10 Autism Sensory Friendly Film WRECK-IT RALPH 10am AMC Theaters
Nov. 10 Learning Disabilities Adult Support Group, Providence Tarzana Medical
Nov. 13 Fall Literacy Conference - South Bay Literacy Council
Nov. 15 PETER PAN - San Diego Council on Literacy
Nov. 16+ CA School Library Assoc Conference, San Jose
Nov. 28+ Literacy Research Assoc Conference, San Diego
Nov. 28+ Zero to Three Institute, Los Angeles

National Literacy & Library Events: November 2012
National Picture Book Month

Nov. 1 National Family Literacy Day
Nov. 1 National Author’s Day
Nov. 1+ Read Write Act Conference – Cyberspace
Nov. 3  Intl Gaming Day @ Your Library
Nov. 3+ Library 2.012 Virtual Conference - Cyberspace
Nov. 10 Autism Sensory Friendly Film WRECK-IT RALPH 10am AMC Theaters
Nov. 14+ National Black Storytelling Festival, Baltimore
Nov. 17 Tellabration - Nationwide
Nov. 28+ Zero to Three Institute, Los Angeles

San Diego Public Library

READ/San Diego
- has a new URL

Adult and Family Literacy Services

Why Literacy Matters !
More than 150 people are on a waiting list for this free literacy program! Become a Volunteer Literacy Tutor. Your volunteerism can help change lives! See real life stories:

Maria Gonzalez
Following her participation in the Library's READ/San Diego program, Maria Gonzalez passed her GED, found a job and became active in her children's education. Read more about Maria Gonzalez (PDF).

Bob Perez
At eighty-eight-years old, Bob Perez proves you can gain literacy skills at any age. Read more about Bob Perez (PDF).

See real life stories about how Families' lives have been changed:

Maria Federico brings her youngest children to the Library twice a month to attend the Families for Literacy programs - an activity that is making a big difference for her son, Oscar Acevedo. Read more about Maria's story (PDF).

Erika Sayas
"Thanks to this wonderful program, my kids have become early readers, all of them!" Read more about Erika's story (PDF).

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.

Literacy . . . Info . . . News . . . Questions: Big Picture

The Big Picture: Rethinking Dyslexia
James Redford, Director
Oct 29 @ 7pm on HBO

By conservative estimates, one in five people are dyslexic. Although very bright and often highly creative, they have a difficult time making sense of written language. I know a little about this. My son, Dylan, is dyslexic.

Like many dyslexics, Dylan is intelligent, thoughtful and intellectually curious – a “big picture” thinker. But at the age of ten, he was barely able to read and write. To say that school was difficult for him is beyond understatement. Now that he is grown and thriving, there are many things that I wish I had known about dyslexia at that time – things that would have helped me understand that his struggle in lower and middle school was not the final verdict on his academic or intellectual ability or ambition. When I was given the extraordinary opportunity to make a film about understanding dyslexia, the mission was simple: make the movie I wish my family could have seen when Dylan was functionally illiterate in 4th grade.

The film also shares some of the more practical – and occasionally humorous – tips on how to deal with dyslexia on a daily basis. Hopefully, this film will help dyslexics and their families realize that the challenges of early education will be behind them one day, and that the future can – and should – be brighter for dyslexics.

Drs. Salley and Bennett Shaywitz, co-directors of the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity, discuss how scientific advances illuminate the diagnosis and treatment of dyslexia. Dr. Bennett Shaywitz explains how advances in functional magnetic resonance imaging has made visible what previously was a hidden disability. Dr. Sally Shaywitz explains the "Sea of Strengths" model of dyslexia which emphasizes a sea of strengths of higher critical thinking and creativity surrounding the encapsulated weakness found in children and adults who are dyslexic.

Super-achieving dyslexics revered in their fields – from Sir Richard Branson and financier Charles Schwab to politician Gavin Newsom and attorney David Boies – confirm what the children, experts and families suggest: dyslexia carries with it as many rewards as frustrations. READ MORE !

Other HBO Dates:
Nov 4 @ 1:00 pm
Nov 8 @ 10:00 am
Nov 13 @ 3:30 pm
HBO2
Oct 31 @ 4:30 pm
Nov 7 @ 8:30 pm
Nov 11 @ 6:00 am

Orange County Library - READ Writes Sep/Oct 2012

READ Writes
September/October 2012
READ OC Newsletter

ADULT LEARNERS ARE WAITING FOR YOUR HELP! BECOME A VOLUNTEER TUTOR . . . 1
LEARNING BLOOMS ALL YEAR LONG! CELEBRATE LEARNING SUCCESSES . . . 1
READ/ORANGE COUNTY CELEBRATES 20 YEARS . . . 2

Oceanside Library - Women’s Club Boosts Future Educator

Women’s Club Boosts Future Educator
Oceanside READS Newsletter: Fall 2012

“My goal in life is to become a university professor of English,” says Felipe Lagunes, 22, recipient of this year’s $500 award to a READS student from Oceanside Women’s Club.

Felipe, a 7 Eleven store employee, has been working with tutor Andrea Spolidoro since September, 2011.

He intends to use his award money to assist with college expenses; he began classes at MiraCosta College in August. “I honestly feel warm deep in my heart from all of the people who have taken time to help me out and reach my dreams,” he said. “I am really glad that I met Andrea and [READS Coordinator] Corrie Miles . . . They have been such important and helpful people who are willing to go with me through this.”

Felipe also gives his thanks to the Women’s Club, led by Maggie Owen, and the Oceanside Public Library.

Monterey Park Library - Walk 4 Literacy

Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library
LAMP
Walk 4 Literacy
October 20

Yes !

It’s that time of year once again when we all come together to walk for literacy and to raise funds for our literacy program - LAMP! Please plan on attending this annual walk and support our program by raising awareness of literacy needs in the community. Ask your friends and family to sponsor you or bring them with you the morning of October 20, 2012 at Barnes Park. Preregistrations will be taken in the LAMP Office. Register early to reserve your free t-shirt. For more information and to register, please call the LAMP office at (626) 307-1251.

Online donations are also be available.