Upcoming CLEL Webinar: News You Can Use with Pamela Martin-Díaz
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Volunteer opportunities for free registration for the virtual 2021 CLEL Conference
Would you like to receive free registration for the virtual CLEL (Colorado Libraries for Early…
Upcoming GRT Quick Bites: A-B-Cs AND 1-2-3s!: Numeracy & Early Literacy
Did you know numeracy actually strengthens print literacy? Modeling early math skill development in your…
New StoryWalk Resources
A StoryWalk® is a fun activity that places laminated pages from a picture book mounted…
CLEL Leadership Institute and Conference, Oct 8-9, 2020
Each year CLEL–Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy–hosts a conference focused on serving children birth-6 and…
Rocky Mountain PBS Partnership Opportunity
Rocky Mountain PBS (RMPBS) and the Colorado State Library (CSL) are partnering to support RMPBS’…
Webinar Archive: Bright by Text
If you weren’t able to our April 27th discussion with Tara Stingley, Program Associated for…
2019 Early Literacy Tour Recap
This post was written by Sharon Morris, Director of Library Development for the Colorado State Library….
New Grant Opportunities
Grants Encourage Innovative Projects to Enhance the Lives of Young Children Caplan Foundation for Early…
Early Literacy Expansion in Colorado Public Libraries
Because of the significant work of the public libraries involved in Growing Readers Together (GRT)…
Growing Readers Together Initiative Receives Preschool Development Grant
Public libraries are early literacy leaders in their communities. In recognition and expansion of this…
State Library Renews Support for ReadingRecord Summer Reading Tracking Software
The Colorado State Library has once again renewed their support for ReadingRecord summer reading tracking…
5 Early Literacy Practices for Babies
For: Caregivers/Parents Ages: Birth-2 Years The love of books and reading starts when we are…
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…
Creating Full Brain Activities
You’ve probably heard that our brains have a left and a right side. The left…
Let’s Grow Readers this Summer!
The best thing about summer reading is the weather. The longer and sunnier days make…
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…
The 5 Early Literacy Practices: Talk
“This post is one in a series about the five literacy practices of sing, play,…
Getting Ready for Kindergarten With My Library : Language Development
Getting Ready for Kindergarten using the “Colorado Day by Day Family Literacy Calendar“ And our…
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…