Sunshine, Stories, and Artful Play for Our Youngest Friends
What is Sunshine & Stories? Sunshine & Stories is a Colorado State Library podcast dedicated to all things summer in public …
early literacy
Reimagining School Readiness Kits
About CSL Kits The State Library kits collection is our “library of things” for Colorado libraries. While it is fairly …
Will We See You at the 2024 CATS Workshop?
CATS is coming to Colorado Springs. . . . The 2024 Children and Teen Services (CATS) Annual Workshop will take …
New StoryWalk Resources
A StoryWalk® is a fun activity that places laminated pages from a picture book mounted on posts along an outside …
5 Early Literacy Practices for Babies
For: Caregivers/Parents Ages: Birth-2 Years The love of books and reading starts when we are born. As care providers, parents, …
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 to create full brain activities …
Creating Full Brain Activities
You’ve probably heard that our brains have a left and a right side. The left side of the brain is …
Let’s Grow Readers this Summer!
The best thing about summer reading is the weather. The longer and sunnier days make this the warmest season of …
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 to age eight — are …
The 5 Early Literacy Practices: Talk
“This post is one in a series about the five literacy practices of sing, play, read, talk, and write.” What …
Getting Ready for Kindergarten With My Library : Language Development
Getting Ready for Kindergarten using the “Colorado Day by Day Family Literacy Calendar“ And our Libraries Part 2: Language …
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 Play, and their importance to …
The 5 early Literacy Practices: PLAY
“This post is one in a series about the five literacy practices of sing, play, read, talk, and write.” Play …
To be Bilingual; Benefits of knowing two languages
In this country where I’m living now, or to be more specific, the state where I am now living, Colorado, …
Getting Ready for Kindergarten with My Library (Part 1)
Getting Ready for Kinder using the “Colorado Day by Day Family Literacy Calendar” And our Libraries Part …
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 country. Even though I didn’t …
“The Library” or La Biblioteca (English version)
For those who don’t know me, my name is Pamela Mejia. I was born and lived all my life in …
“The Library” or La Biblioteca (Spanish version)
Para aquellos que no me conocen, mi nombre es Pamela Mejia, nací y viví toda mi vida hasta los 27 …
New Year, New Challenge: 500 books before 5!
Parents and caregivers are the first education providers during the 0-5 early critical years. Reading has been associated as an …
Bedtime Storytime
Bedtime is a great time for adult caregivers to read books and comfort children before going to sleep. In this …