City of Orange, Orange Public Library – Read for the Win! June 18 – July 30 Summer Reading Club (SRC) for children 6th grade and younger. June 18 – July 30 Summer reading program for teens, grades 7 – 12. June 18 – July 30 Summer Reading Club for adults. City of Rancho Cucamonga – Read for the Win Summer … Read More
How to Write a Children’s Book for Elementary Students
How to Write a Children’s Book for Elementary Students If you are thinking about writing a high-quality children’s book for elementary school students, it’s important that you consider your audience. Children of different ages and abilities can absorb, be read to, and independently read different levels of books. Elementary school is a time when children pass through several stages of … Read More
Promoting an Anti-Bias Curriculum in Elementary Schools
Today’s world reflects many faces. Implementing a curriculum that acknowledges and supports the significant diversities among culture, race, gender, and socioeconomics, just to name a few, in elementary schools fosters a positive development of tolerance from a young age. Children can be perfectly blunt in their assessments and they are able to perceive differences between people who are like them … Read More
ELL Support and Programs in Nevada
With an approximate ELL enrollment of 17.4% among grades K-12, Nevada has 77,559 English Language Learners in the state public school system as of years 2012-2013. 79.5% of ELL students in Nevada speak Spanish, with Tagalog, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Amharic making up the majority of the common languages spoken throughout the state. The following is a list of useful resources … Read More
White House Supporting Dual Language Learners in Early Learning Settings
The White House has a new Federal policy statement from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Education on better supporting our country’s youngest Dual Language Learners (DLLs) in early childhood programs. The White House is joined by public and private sector organizations that are also committed to support DLLs. Additionally, the White House, in collaboration with Too … Read More
Raising Bilingual Kids
Raising bilingual children can seem daunting but can be exciting and rewarding as well. The path to bilingualism varies greatly depending on your child’s exposure to their native language as well as the new language in their lives and the opportunities for bilingual development you both experience. As a parent, you can support your child’s bilingualism by using your home … Read More
Read Alouds with Preschoolers
Preschool aged children can develop a strong, positive relationship to books and reading time with consistent exposure and encouragement. One way to make reading time meaningful is through repeated, interactive read alouds. These are reading sessions in which the adult presents the same book multiple times with varying types of augmentations and interactions that encourage the children’s understanding of the … Read More
Bilingual Infant & Toddler Book Collection Wins FIVE Awards!
We all know that there is a shortage of quality bilingual infant & toddler books to meet the needs of our growing Hispanic community. That’s why we thought we would share the news with you that our Baby Talk Bilingual Board Books®, which is a collection of five books, is now a FIVE TIMES award-winner! Artist Noêl Ill brings these … Read More
Creating a Diverse Library at Schools
Library services that cater to children are in danger of becoming obsolete without turning a keen eye toward diversifying their collections. The world today has never been more culturally diverse and, as the country embraces so many different customs and values of people from all around the world, it’s important that our school libraries reflect these rich ancestries and traditions. … Read More
Three Traits of a Good Children’s Book
Children’s books quite literally come in all shapes and sizes, as well as all tones of voice, types of plots, and levels of vocabulary. The questions of what makes one book more important, popular, or simply better than another is widely debated—but here are three characteristics that many good children’s books possess. 1. An Interesting, Relatable Story The story in … Read More