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<p>At home, our toddler is really excited about shapes and colors.
This morning, he wanted to sing “Old MacDonald,” and after we sang
verses about a sheep and a goat and a chicken, he made up a verse about
the color red. <em>With a red-red here and a red-red there.</em> </p>
<p>He flips through the same books about colors, pushes around the
same alphabet magnets, sings the same songs about shapes almost every
day. It’s cute and sometimes wearing (especially when the singing starts
at 6 a.m.), and it’s not easy to see what he’s learning on a daily
basis.</p>
<p>But from being in an <a
href="http://www.earlylit.net/workshops/index.shtml">early literacy
workshop</a>, I know these different forms of repetition are really
productive play. Reading books is important, of course, but so are these
sensory experiences. Understanding that that play is valuable helps
caregivers bring more variety to learning play time; that’s valuable for
adults as well as kids.</p>
<p>I’m sure you know this already, but lots of first-time parents
don’t. Having kids brings people back to libraries. Teaching them about
early literacy skills helps them teach their children, and it also helps
establish librarians as important sources of knowledge. Don't forget to
teach the parents, too!<br>
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<p>If you’re looking for more activities or books to select for early
literacy programs, I found lots of interesting examples at the <a
href="http://growingbookbybook.com">Growing Book by Book</a> website.
Lots of things I want to try. If it gives the <em>I’m a circle, I’m a
circle</em> song some competition, that’s certainly a plus.</p>
<ul>
<li>Nathan Swartzendruber, Technology Educator</li>
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<h2 id="atswons2014picturebookread-in">At SWON’s 2014 Picture Book
Read-In…</h2>
<p>We’ll have hundreds of books for you, and quiet time to page
through them. We’re also bringing in Tricia Twarogowski, a branch
manager at Akron-Summit County Public Library who has created a <a
href="http://northwestakronbranch.akronlibrary.org/programs/sensory-story-time/">Sensory
Story Time</a> designed for children with special needs. These are
activities you can do with other young audiences as well. Learn more
about Tricia at the <a
href="http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=896">Read-In
event page</a>.</p>
<p>Put August 26th on your calendar and your name on our registration
list for the Picture Book Read-In, today: <a
href="http://bit.ly/2014pbri">http://bit.ly/2014pbri</a></p>
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Conference</a></strong> - (6/5–6/6/2014) - Toledo, OH</li><li><strong><a
href="http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=2932">Finding,
Supervising, and Motivating Community Library Volunteers</a></strong> -
(6/5/2014) - Online</li><li><strong><a
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Executive Board Meeting</a></strong> - (6/6/2014) - SWON Meeting Room</li><li><strong><a
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Lab: Introducing Personality Theory</a></strong> - (6/9/2014) - SWON
Meeting Room</li><li><strong><a
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and Tablets in Children’s Programming: A How To</a></strong> -
(6/10/2014) - Online</li><li><strong><a
href="http://swon.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails.aspx?EventId=2934">Cover
to Cover: Redefining Books and Library Collections in Learning</a></strong>
- (6/12/2014) - Online</li><li><strong><a
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Children’s Book Review (SIG) Meeting</a></strong> - (6/12/2014) -
Kenton County PL, Covington Branch</li><li><strong><a
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Children’s Book Review (SIG) Meeting</a></strong> - (6/12/2014) - SWON
Meeting Room</li><li><strong><a
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Paper, Scissors ~ Finding a Decision-Making System That Works for You</a></strong>
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