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early literacy

Resource Sharing

2022 Fall Collaborative Summer Learning Program Workshops: Resources

In fall 2022, Colorado State Library and Growing Readers Together held four in-person workshops and…

Cristy Moran, January 9, 2023
CSL News

New StoryWalk Resources

A StoryWalk® is a fun activity that places laminated pages from a picture book mounted…

Beth Crist, February 3, 2021
CSL News

Rocky Mountain PBS Partnership Opportunity

Rocky Mountain PBS (RMPBS) and the Colorado State Library (CSL) are partnering to support RMPBS’…

Beth Crist, August 27, 2020
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Webinar Archive: Bright by Text

If you weren’t able to our April 27th discussion with Tara Stingley, Program Associated for…

Marisa Wood, May 12, 2020
CSL News, Lifelong Literacy

2019 Early Literacy Tour Recap

This post was written by Sharon Morris, Director of Library Development for the Colorado State Library….

Marisa Wood, November 25, 2019
CSL News, Lifelong Literacy

New Grant Opportunities

Grants Encourage Innovative Projects to Enhance the Lives of Young Children Caplan Foundation for Early…

Regan Harper, August 2, 2019
CSL News

Early Literacy Expansion in Colorado Public Libraries

Because of the significant work of the public libraries involved in Growing Readers Together (GRT)…

Marisa Wood, July 25, 2019
CSL News, Lifelong Literacy

Growing Readers Together Initiative Receives Preschool Development Grant

Public libraries are early literacy leaders in their communities. In recognition and expansion of this…

Marisa Wood, March 12, 2019
Lifelong Literacy

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…

Regan Harper, February 15, 2019
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
Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, 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
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