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Lifelong Literacy

CSL News, Lifelong Literacy

One Book Colorado Voting has Started.

One Book is back for its 8th year!   The One Book Colorado program launched its 2019…

Regan Harper, December 10, 2018
CSL News, Lifelong Literacy

2018 Colorado Teen Video Challenge Winners

This post was written by Beth Crist, Youth & Family Services Consultant. The 2018 Colorado…

Amy Hitchner, June 21, 2018
Lifelong Literacy

5 Early Literacy Practices for Babies

For: Caregivers/Parents Ages: Birth-2 Years The love of books and reading starts when we are…

Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez, June 6, 2018
CSL News, Lifelong Literacy

Summer Reading 2018: Libraries Rock! The Importance of Music in Early Child Development

The 2018 Summer Reading theme is “Libraries Rock!” This theme gives us plenty of opportunities…

Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez, May 8, 2018
Lifelong Literacy

Creating Full Brain Activities

You’ve probably heard that our brains have a left and a right side. The left…

Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez, May 4, 2018
CSL News, Lifelong Literacy

Let’s Grow Readers this Summer!

The best thing about summer reading is the weather. The longer and sunnier days make…

Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez, May 1, 2018
CSL News, Lifelong Literacy

Parents are a Child’s First and Most Important Teacher

This blog post originally appeared on CO4Kids.org The early years — from a child’s birth…

Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez, April 23, 2018
Lifelong Literacy

The 5 Early Literacy Practices: Talk

“This post is one in a series about the five literacy practices of sing, play,…

Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez, April 19, 2018
Lifelong Literacy

Getting Ready for Kindergarten With My Library : Language Development

Getting Ready for Kindergarten using the “Colorado Day by Day Family Literacy Calendar“ And our…

Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez, February 14, 2018
Lifelong Literacy

Reading Aloud at Home: Connecting books with Early Literacy Activities

We talk so much about the five early literacy practices: Read, Talk, Write, Sing and…

Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez, February 9, 2018
Lifelong Literacy

The 5 early Literacy Practices: PLAY

 “This post is one in a series about the five literacy practices of sing, play,…

Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez, February 2, 2018
Lifelong Literacy

To be Bilingual; Benefits of knowing two languages

In this country where I’m living now, or to be more specific, the state where…

Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez, January 29, 2018
Lifelong Literacy

Getting Ready for Kindergarten with My Library (Part 1)

   Getting Ready for Kinder using the “Colorado Day by Day Family Literacy Calendar” And…

Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez, January 25, 2018
Lifelong Literacy

The 5 Early Literacy Practices: Sing

“Gallina=chicken, puerta=door, ventana=window y pluma=pen” Those are words of a traditional rhyme back in my…

Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez, January 23, 2018
CSL News, Lifelong Literacy

Take Note Colorado meets Libraries Rock for a summer full of music

This summer, two statewide programs will combine forces to spread the joy of music and…

Amy Hitchner, January 16, 2018
Lifelong Literacy

“The Library” or La Biblioteca (English version)

For those who don’t know me, my name is Pamela Mejia. I was born and…

Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez, January 15, 2018
Lifelong Literacy

“The Library” or La Biblioteca (Spanish version)

Para aquellos que no me conocen, mi nombre es Pamela Mejia, nací y viví toda…

Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez, January 15, 2018
Lifelong Literacy

New Year, New Challenge: 500 books before 5!

Parents and caregivers are the first education providers during the 0-5 early critical years. Reading…

Pamela Mejia de Rodriguez, January 8, 2018
CSL News, Lifelong Literacy

2018 One Book 4 Colorado Voting is Open!

We’re excited to launch the One Book 4 Colorado (OB4CO) voting period today! Each spring…

Regan Harper, December 1, 2017
CSL News, Lifelong Literacy

2018 Colorado Teen Video Challenge

The 2018 Colorado Teen Video Challenge has launched! Sponsored by the Collaborative Summer Library Program…

Amy Hitchner, November 29, 2017
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