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1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Cindy Wall's program to promote literacy for children aged birth to four won a CLA's Publicity Award for the Southington Library and Museum. Sound like a lot of books? It's only FOUR a week!
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A research-based approach to supporting preschool language and literacy in
Present research that will enable librarians to:
* Identify what preschoolers need to know to become successful readers
* Develop and monitor research-based strategies for story hour
* Model early literacy strategies to parents and care-givers
* Communicate the value of library preschool programs to administrators, town officials and educators
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Bristol Public Library's Superhero Club
Winner of the 2008 ALSC/Tandem Library Books Literature Program Grant award.
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Connecticut Libraries... It's Never Too Early
"Connecticut Libraries…It’s Never too Early" is an ongoing emergent literacy initiative. Activities include three workshops, development of four early literacy information brochures for parents, caregivers, and library literacy partners, development of publicity materials promoting libraries as a key community resource for early literacy information and development of a webpage of early literacy resources to support public library early literacy programming.
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Danbury Public Library Empowers Teen Mothers
The Danbury Public Library implemented a literacy-based early child development program with a special emphasis on educating teenaged mothers on the basics of becoming their child’s first teacher.
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East Hampton Public Library's Kids Who Read Succeed @ Your Library sum
The East Hampton Public Library developed the "Kids Who Read Succeed @ Your Library" summer reading outreach program in order to bring high-interest literacy materials to children in grades K - 6 during summer school vacation..
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Family Literacy at the Thompson Public Library
Describes a successful family literacy program at the Thompson Public Library, financed in part with LSTA grant funds.
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Hartford Public Library's Smart Start Family Literacy Program
The goal of the Hartford Public Library's Smart Start family literacy program is to enable Hartford preschoolers to be ready to read when they enter kindergarten. The project provides parents and caregivers the information and assistance they need to create environments that support literacy skill acquisition.
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Ladder to Literacy at the Canterbury Public Library
The Canterbury Public Library is helping local youngsters be ready to learn when they enter kindergarten with techniques that aren’t magic but sure seem like it.
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New Britain Public Library's Reading Readiness Project
The New Britain Public Library's reading readiness project is a collaborative effort helping local pre-schoolers' emergent literacy skills.
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Raising a Reader preschool literacy project at Booth & Dimock Library
"Raising a Reader" helped the Booth & Dimock library positively impact the behavior of parents, raising the frequency with which they read to their children.
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Read, Rock, and Rhyme program at the Jonathan Trumbull Library in Lebanon
An emergent literacy program funded in part by a LSTA grant.
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Reading on the Road
New Haven Free Public Library's 2003 bilingual Literacy Program for Pre-School Children, introduces inner-city, pre-school children to books and to the joys of learning.
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Websites and Internet Resources on Emerging Literacy
A list of external links
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Websites and Internet Resources on Emerging Literacy
A list of external links
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