Babies & Books Beyond the Library
June 24th, 2007 by Kristen Kirk8:00 Bright and shiny, or at least awake, I arrived at the convention center for the first session of the day. Babies and Books Beyond the Library.
Rachel Payne, Coordinator of Preschool Services at the Brooklyn Public Library, spoke at the program Brooklyn Reads to Babies. She was followed by Susan Straub, author and director of the Read to Me program, and Sally Anderson, executive director of Mother Goose.
There are a number of initiatives to promote and foster early literacy, but the two I hear the most about at conferences are Mother Goose and Read to Me. The three most important things everyone needs to know about reading to babies:
- it is important to language development
- it helps children enter school ready to succeed
- it is an opportunity for parent/child bonding
The basics were covered, but they also talked about how to get the word out, saturating the area with publicity (e.g. beauty parlors, places of worship, messages on ATM screens). Sally Anderson spoke about working with smaller populations and less money than Brooklyn Public was blessed with, giving suggestions of who to invite to the table when planning an early literacy initiative.
Though not all the information was new it was a good session, and I’ve got a couple ideas I’m looking forward to utilizing.
10:30 From that session I tried moving across the hall to Bringing in the Boys: Using Multiple Intelligencces to Plan Programs that Appeal to Boys, but when I got there the room was packed, without any room left on the floor.
Tags: ALA2007, children, children's books, PLA Blog
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