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Introducing the Digital Edition of the Every Child Ready to Read® (ECRR) Second Edition toolkit! Now available for instant digital access, this edition mirrors the content and resources of its paper counterpart.
Every Child Ready to Read® (ECRR) Second Edition is a toolkit of resources that enables public libraries and other early literacy centers to present workshops that help prepare parents/caregivers for their critical role as their child's first teacher. The workshops demonstrate how parents, grandparents, childcare providers, and preschool teachers can use five simple research-based practices—talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing—to develop language and pre-reading skills in children from birth to age five. Now these invaluable resources are conveniently available in digital format.
Every Child Ready to Read ®2nd Edition Digital Toolkit Contents:
- Introduction and early literacy background
- PowerPoint presentations and talking points for 8 workshops
- Instructions to customize presentations
- Participant handouts to reinforce workshop content
- Booklists
- PDF files to print your own bookmarks, posters, brochures.
Workshops Include:
- Staff Workshop PowerPoint: This workshop provides early literacy information, introduces the five simple early literacy practices, and offers instructions for conducting the ECRR presentations, using the Parent Workshop as an example.
- Early Literacy and Learning Spaces Workshop: This workshop discusses how to use design principles to create an environment that supports and encourage early literacy skills.
- Community Partner Workshop: This workshop is for library staff and community partners and prompts a conversation on how the library and partners can use the new ECRR materials to promote early literacy in the community.
- Parent Workshop: This workshop is for parents, grandparents, childcare providers, preschool teachers, and other caregivers. It provides information to help parents and caregivers understand the importance of early literacy education at home and offers practical fun tips they can use to help their children get ready to read.
- Fun for Parents and Children Workshop: This workshop presents the five early literacy practices along with activities that parents/caregivers and children can enjoy together.
- Fun with Letters: This workshop presents the five early literacy practices along with activities that parents/caregivers and children can use to help children learn letter names and sounds.
- Fun with Words: This workshop presents the five early literacy practices along with activities that parents/caregivers and children can use to help children learn new words and their meanings.
- Fun with Science and Math: This workshop presents the five early literacy practices along with science and math activities that parents/caregivers and children can use to help children learn more about the world, acquire new vocabulary, and develop other early literacy skills.
Also included are PDFs so you can print:
- Bookmarks - Hand out this informative bookmark to promote ECRR workshops and to inform patrons of the importance of early literacy education at home.
- Poster - Display this engaging poster at your library to promote ECRR workshops and remind parents/caregivers of the five simple early literacy practices.
- Brochure -This colorful brochure is a handy take-home item that explains the five simple early literacy practices. It includes practical ideas and activities to help parents/caregivers get their children ready to read.