Read, Play, and Learn: Make Early Learning Interactive and Fun! Theresa Hadley & Mandee Manes.

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Read, Play, and Learn:

Make Early Learning Interactive and Fun!

Theresa Hadley & Mandee Manes

“The More We Get Together”

The more we get together, together, together,

The more we get together, the happier we’ll be.

For your friends are my friends,

And my friends are your friends,

The more we get together, the happier we’ll be.

Read, Play & Learn!Focus on Children

Session overview and goals:

Defining Early Literacy/Early Learning

Every Child Ready to Read: • Talking, Singing, Reading, Writing, Playing

Public libraries have a long tradition of helping

children get ready to read.

How can public libraries support your work with children ages birth – 3 years?

Early Literacy = Early Learningbecause

Children are born learning

ThereforeLearning to read begins at birth

Let’s examine what the research says.

Children start to develop early literacy skills beginning at birth.

Children who begin school with well-developed early literacy skills have greater success learning to read and generally have greater success throughout their school years.

Reading = learning the code and understanding the meaning.

Decoding Skills• Noticing Print• Knowing Letter Names and Sounds• Recognizing the sounds that make up words (Phonics)

Comprehension Skills• Narrative Skills• Vocabulary• MotivationNot all skills are equal.

Why Is Early Learning so Important?

"The single most significant factor influencing a child’s early educational success is an introduction to books and being read to at home prior to beginning school."

- National Commission on Reading, 1985

About 85% of the human brain develops in the first three years of life. (Thrive by Five)

1 in 3 children entering Kindergarten is not prepared for school.

“Change the beginning and change the whole story.” - Department of Early Learning

Five simple practices help childrenget ready to read.

Play and Learn! BPL/WCLS All Staff Learning Day 2012

The Six Skills are now the Five Practices!

TALKING

Children learn about language by listening to adults talk and joining in the

conversation.

Use new words.

Take turns.

Make connections.

Let’s practice!

2014 TALKING

Group Practice: Take a Picture Walk•Using the book provided, talk about the book!

• TIP: Remember, a picture walk is not reading the book, but talking about the pictures.

• TIP: Walk through the book, page by page, talking about what is happening.

• TIP: Remember to take turns talking!

Singing helps childrenget ready to read.

SINGING

Songs are a natural way to learn about language.

Songs break down worlds into individual sounds and syllables.

Songs develop listening skills.

Language is processed on the left side of the brain, melody on the right. Nursery rhymes and songs put those functions together.

Nancy Stewart: Sing With Our Kids Website

Free stuff to make singing with kids fun and easy!• Songs• Ideas• Printables

Ideas for using books to sing:

Books based on songs or using a beat can work magic on a restless group of children, and they are especially good for building language and early literacy skills.

“Quite simply, children need music to fully develop.”-Nancy Stewart

Fingerplays and Lap Rhymes

TIP: If you don’t know the tune to a fingerplay or lap rhyme, make it

Tunes are catchy and movements help children to focus, and get the wiggles out!

Many rhymes have the same tune!

PRACTICE: “On My Toe There Is a Flea”

Reading is the single most important way to help children get

ready to read.

READING

Reading together or shared reading:• Develops vocabulary and comprehension.• Nurtures a love for reading.• Motivates children to want to learn to read.

Tips for reading to babies and toddlersRead, Play & Learn!

Focus on Children2014

Be expressive, silly and make it FUN!

Do not force it…but do not give up.

Have lots of books around for children to encounter on their own.

Keep reading FUN!

Dialogic ReadingRead, Play & Learn!

Involve children in the stories!

Have a conversation about a book while you are reading it. •Ask “what” questions.•Build on the child’s answers.•Ask open-ended questions that relate to their life.

Writing helps childrenget ready to read.

WRITING

Reading and writing go together.

Tip: Ask children to sign their drawings!

WRITINGRead, Play & Learn!

Partner Practice: Scribble, Narrate and Scribe!•Decide who will be the 2 year old, and who will be the adult.•The 2 year old will scribble/draw something. The adult will ask the 2 year old to describe what they drew.

• TIP FOR ADULT: Remember to ask leading/clarifying questions.

• TIPS FOR 2 YEAR OLDS: Remember that you have a limited vocabulary, limited world knowledge and may not like to talk/give details.

Playing helps childrenget ready to read.

PLAYING

“Play is serious learning” – Fred Rogers

PLAYRead, Play & Learn!

GROUP PLAY: Oh, A Hunting We Will Go by John M. Langstaff"Children learn as

they play. Most importantly, in play children learn

how to learn." - O. Fred Donaldson

MOVEMENT

Group Movement: “Walking, Walking”

Walking, walking, walking, walking,Hop, hop, hop. Hop, hop, hop.Running, running, running. Running, running, running.Now we stop. Now we stop.

Children who have little opportunity to explore and experiment with their environment may fail to develop fully the neural connections and pathways that facilitate later learning.

- Hawley, T. (2000). Starting smart: How early

experiences affect brain development.

Use books to move!

Movement stimulates brain activity, and vice versa. Let’s move!

Library services are changing!

Literacy skills are gained beyond reading books

Appealing to and empowering parents

Early Learning Public Library Partnership (ELPLP)

Children who have little opportunity to explore and experiment with their environment may fail to develop fully the neural connections and pathways that facilitate later learning.

- Hawley, T. (2000). Starting smart: How early

experiences affect brain development.

Public Library ResourcesPlay and Learn!

BPL/WCLS All Staff Learning Day 2012

Physical Collection•Books•Preschool Theme Kits, Baby Boxes, Early Literacy Kits•Parent Teacher Resource Collection•Music CDs

Digital Collection•eBooks•Tumblebooks

Storytimes and Class Visits

Summer Reading Program

Talking and reading: We have books for you to take

home and read together.

• Board books• Picture books• Wordless books• Non-Fiction Picture Books• Preschool Theme Kits• Baby Boxes• Early Literacy Kits• Genre Books for the Very Young

Singing: We have music to borrow.

Learn some songs at storytime and sing them all day long!

Find the songs on the libraries’ websites and/or Facebook pages.

Play nd Learn! BPL/WCLS All Staff Learning Day 2012

Writing: We have places where you can write.

• White boards• Heat-sensitive activity wall panels• Crayons, coloring pages and paper• “Creation Stations”

Playing: We have places to play and learn.

Storytimes!

BPL: www.bellinghampubliclibrary.com/children

Little Storytime• Ages birth – 3 years with an adult partner

Preschool Storytime•Ages 3 - 5 years with an adult partner

Time for Tales• Ages 4 – 8 years with families welcome

Baby Time•Pre-walkers (pre-registration required)

Playing: We have places to play and learn.

Pictures of Dodson Room and/or Ferndale Playdate.

Storytimes!

WCLS: www.wcls.org/kids

Toddler Time

Preschool Storytime

Family Storytime

Play-n-Learn

STEM Programs

Play and Learn! BPL/WCLS All Staff Learning Day 2012 Theresa and Mandee’s Takeaway Tips

Learning to read begins at birth.

Parents and caregivers are a child’s first and best teachers.

Early Literacy is developing the necessary skills to be ready to read. Those skills can be learned through talking, singing, reading, writing and playing.

Developing early literacy skills should be FUN for children and adults.

Play and Learn! BPL/WCLS All Staff Learning Day 2012 Theresa and Mandee’s Takeaway Tips

Model the five practices in everyday work and home life.

Be silly and expressive!

“Change the beginning and change the whole story.” - Department of Early Learning

Content and fun is more important than a theme.

Mess = Success

Play and Learn! BPL/WCLS All Staff Learning Day 2012 Contact Information

Mandee Manes (Bellingham Public Library)Email: almanes@cob.orgPhone: 360-778-7240www.bellinghampubliclibrary.org

Theresa Hadley (Whatcom County Library System)Email: Theresa.Hadley@wcls.orgPhone: 360-384-3150 ext. 256www.wcls.org

Read, Play, and Learn: Make Early Learning Interactive and Fun! Theresa Hadley & Mandee Manes.

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