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<div><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font color="#0000ff" size="4">Register soon for these two, fun & hands-on continuing education workshops----great choices for future youth librarians OR anyone who works in a public library:</font></span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><strong><font color="#ff0000">The ABC's of Emergent Literacy: The Building Blocks for Infusing Early Literacy Strategies into Preschool Storytimes (1 graduate credit)</font><br>
</strong>The purpose of this workshop is to inform youth services library practitioners and pre-service practitioners of emergent literacy basics, the role that librarians play in preschoolers' literacy development, and examples of children's literature that
facilitate demonstration of basic skills in emergent literacy development. Students will look at and practice incorporating specific strategies within preschool storytimes and will create a six-week series of programs that infuses emergent literacy strategies.<br>
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<em><strong>NOTE:</strong> Students cannot receive credit for both this workshop and the workshop Library Programming for Families with Young Children
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><font color="#3366ff"><b><span style="COLOR: red">Friday, July 6</span></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: red"><font color="#000000" size="3" face="Tahoma">*At Kent State, 311 Library: Reinberger Children's Library Center</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="COLOR: red"></span><font size="3" face="Tahoma">9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. both days</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Tahoma">Instructor: Dr. Celia Huffman</font></p>
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<font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b>Cost:</b> $454</font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b>To Register:</b> Call 330-672-3100</font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b>OR, Kent Students</b>: Register using FlashLine (enter CRN 15180)</font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="COLOR: red"><font size="3" face="Tahoma">Toys in a Library? Toys, Play, and the Literacy Connection (1 graduate credit)</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Tahoma">A ball, a baby's rattle, a puzzle: what do these items have to do with learning to read and write? Participants will examine how play and toys have a vital role in the development of reading and writing skills
for all young children, including those with disabilities. In addition, participants will identify current uses of toys in Ohio library settings and examine ways to collaborate and access existing community resources involving play and young children.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b><span style="COLOR: red">Friday, July 13</span></b> (at Kent State)</font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b><span style="COLOR: red">Saturday, July 14</span></b><span style="COLOR: red">
</span>(at Cuyahoga County Public Library, Brooklyn Branch)</font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Tahoma">9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. both days</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Tahoma">Instructor: Nina Hillery</font></p>
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<font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b>Cost:</b> $454</font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Tahoma"><b>OR, Kent Students</b>: Register using FlashLine (enter CRN 15185)</font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Rhonda S. Filipan, M.A., M.L.S.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Academic Program Coordinator</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Kent State University</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">School of Library and Information Science</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">330-672-0013</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.slis.kent.edu" target="_blank">www.slis.kent.edu</a></span></p>
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