Program Spotlight: Play, Learn, & Grow Family Night at Alamosa Library
We’ve asked libraries across Colorado to submit program they’ve run in the last year that…
early literacy
Will We See You at the 2024 CATS Workshop?
CATS is coming to Colorado Springs. . . . The 2024 Children and Teen Services…
2022 Fall Collaborative Summer Learning Program Workshops: Resources
In fall 2022, Colorado State Library and Growing Readers Together held four in-person workshops and…
New StoryWalk Resources
A StoryWalk® is a fun activity that places laminated pages from a picture book mounted…
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…
The 5 early Literacy Practices: PLAY
“This post is one in a series about the five literacy practices of sing, 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…
Getting Ready for Kindergarten with My Library (Part 1)
Getting Ready for Kinder using the “Colorado Day by Day Family Literacy Calendar” And…
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…
“The Library” or La Biblioteca (English version)
For those who don’t know me, my name is Pamela Mejia. I was born and…
“The Library” or La Biblioteca (Spanish version)
Para aquellos que no me conocen, mi nombre es Pamela Mejia, nací y viví toda…
New Year, New Challenge: 500 books before 5!
Parents and caregivers are the first education providers during the 0-5 early critical years. Reading…
Bedtime Storytime
Bedtime is a great time for adult caregivers to read books and comfort children before…