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Tap & Touch: Recommended apps for early learning
From left: Endless Alphabet (Originator) ©2013;How Rocket Learned to Read (Random House Digital) Hills ©2010;Go Away, Big Green Monster! (Night & Day) Emberly ©2011 When it comes to children under...
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Get On Board: SLJ Selects A Bevy of Board Books
The production of board books has taken off in recent years with increased attention to early childhood development and multiple literacies. They come in all shapes and sizes and are perfect for...
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Bridging the Gap: Making Libraries More Accessible for a Diverse Autistic...
Courtesy of Project PALS/Photo by Casey Yu. Glenda Rodriguez has long championed children on the autism spectrum—providing services well before the term autism was as widely familiar as it is today. As...
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Incorporating Every Child Ready to Read in Bilingual Storytimes | Libro por...
Illustration from René Saldaña’s Dale, Dale, Dale/Hit It, Hit It, Hit It: Una fiesta de números/A Fiesta of Numbers. Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR) is an initiative that provides librarians with the...
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Texas Superintendent Adopts Digitized Early Learning Program
Dr. Ruben Alejandro Photo courtesy of the Welasco Independent School District A year ago, Superintendent of the Weslaco Independent School District (WISD) Ruben Alejandro signed up his district for a...
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Queens Library to Offer PreK Class in Fall 2015
The Woodhaven branch of the Queens Library will open its doors on September 8 to 18 Pre-K students. Image courtesy of Queens Library. Eighteen school children in Queens, New York are heading to their...
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Mayor Bill de Blasio Keynotes Early Education Summit in NYC’s Scholastic...
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio keynoted the event. On August 5 at New York City’s Scholastic headquarters, Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide access...
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Early Literacy Picture Books for Fostering Lifelong Learners │ JLG’s...
Investing in our children is a primary focus of children’s librarians. Selecting the best literature and developing programs for kids and families also demands our attention. School Library Journal,...
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A National Effort to Read to Kids 15 Minutes a Day Needs Our Support
Remember the adage “An apple a day keeps the doctor away?” Well, pediatricians have a new one: “A book a day builds your brain today!” OK, I just made that little ditty up. But there is a lot of...
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Robert Needlman Keynotes Early Learning Conference | Fostering Lifelong...
Robert Needlman, co-founder and board member of Reach Out and Read, was the SLJ Fostering Lifelong Learners keynote speaker. Photos by Carolyn Sun Robert Needlman, a pediatrician at the MetroHealth...
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Slideshow: Ohio Early Learning Conference | Fostering Lifelong Learners 2014
The signage of the Parma Snow branch of the Cuyahoga County (OH) Public Library, which has benefited from the library's expansive $110 million renovation plan, faces the street as a beacon to those...
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Selecting Children’s Books: A Reader’s Advisory by ‘The Horn Book’ Editors |...
The Horn Book editors Martha Parravano and Roger Sutton. Photos by Carolyn Sun. The Horn Book editors Roger Sutton and Martha Parravano charmed an audience of librarians and early childhood educators...
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Pictures of the Week: Queens Library’s First Pre-K; Joshua David Bellin...
Queens Library in New York began its first-ever pre-kindergarten class at the Woodhaven branch on September 22. The library is the first in the nation to provide formal early childhood education at its...
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Technology in the First Years | Fostering Lifelong Learners 2014
Chip Donohue speaks at the podium during the “Technology During the Early Years: Reality Check” panel. (L to R: Moderator Rebecca Miller, Warren Buckleitner, Celia Huffman) Photo courtesy of Carolyn...
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Teaching STEAM with Lois Ehlert: Preschool isn’t too early to introduce STEM...
Looking over 20 years’ worth of storytime plans that I have created for my toddler and preschool programs, I notice that one author’s name appears quite regularly: Lois Ehlert. Her titles are instantly...
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Taking It to the Stage With Readers Theater
Illustration by Roger Chouiuard At American Library Association (ALA) conferences, librarians expect to see famous authors like M.T. Anderson, Shannon Hale, Linda Sue Park, and Eric Rohmann talk about...
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Family Place Libraries Recast the Librarian’s Role in Early Learning
Photo by Andersen Ross/Thinkstock photos Three toddlers stack plastic plates and cups onto a table while another pretends to wash some forks in a sink. Across the way, a grandmother and her...
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First Class Graduates from Queens Library’s Pre-Kindergarten | Pictures of...
Photos courtesy of Queens Library. Families applauded, took pictures, and cried during the June 25 graduation ceremony for their children who completed Queens Library’s pre-K program at the Woodhaven...
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Perfect Partners: Libraries and the Nationwide Pre–K Movement
Last fall, the Queens Library in New York City became what is thought to be the first library in the country to open a pre–K class, in its Woodhaven branch. Teachers Andrea Clemente and Lisa Bohme...
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Early Learning and “Law & Order”
At the 2015 ALA Annual Conference in San Francisco, Cheryl Space from Providence Community Library talks about prekindergarten outreach and programming designed to help families increase school...
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