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GROWING READERS @ MHLS LIBRARIES: A TOOLKIT FOR LIBRARIANS

The Growing Readers @ MHLS Libraries project focuses on integrating research-based early literacy practices into library storytimes and on providing parent/caregiver workshops that demonstrate instructive methods to help their children from birth to age 5 with reading-readiness skills.

To assist libraries in their early nurturing of future readers, the following resources are available on this site:

• Storytime planning resources
  Storytime ideas for early talkers, talkers and pre-readers
  Communicating literacy skills to parents during storytime
  Storytime Bookmarks for parents
  MHLS materials for storytime sessions
  Planning books available through the MHLS professional collection

• Parent education assistance
  Materials for leading parent education workshops
  Collection development ideas for parenting books/videos
  Booklets available through MHLS to support family literacy skills
  Sources for free books to help families start home libraries
  
  

• Spanish-language support
  Storytime planning resources
  Helpful information for parents, childcare providers & teachers
  Bibliography of Spanish/English children's books and parenting

• Community outreach information
  Links to directories of early childhood service agencies
  Information about why and how to form community partnerships
  Sample childcare provider letter

• Program Promotion
  PR samples

• Evaluation
  Storytime Participant Surveys
  Library Output Data (quantitative & qualitative)
  
  
  
  Funding for this project is provided by the United Way of Dutchess County.
  Site last updated: 9.19.05