Low-Cost Professional Development Opportunity from Virginia

Early Literacy and Books
Taught by Saroj Ghoting

To Register go to http://host5.evanced.info/lva/evanced/eventcalendar.asp change month to FEBRUARY and click on event (February 17)

Cost $25.00

Course Materials

Ages and Stages by Karen Miller – the Library of Virginia will provide
Llama, Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney (available online)

The goal of “Early Literacy and Books” (offered February 17 – March 21, 2014) is to introduce you to early literacy components and practices as set forth in the second edition of Every Child Ready to Read®, an initiative of the American Library Association. By the end of the class, you should be able to recognize what the early literacy components look like for each age-level of children, newborn to two-year-olds, 2 and 3 year olds and 4 and 5 year olds, and to demonstrate how the components and practices can be applied while sharing books with young children.

Overview of the Course

Session 1: Introduction, Information on Brain Development and Stages of Early Childhood Development
Session 2: Overview of Reading Research, Reading Process, Five Early Literacy Practices
Session 3: Oral Language, Three Ways to Engage Parents and Children in Interactive Reading, Overview of Early Literacy Components
Session 4: More in-depth information on four early literacy components, development over the age levels, and relating to books
Session 5: More in-depth on background knowledge component--development over the age levels, and relating to books; Relate components and practices to each other and to books and activities to extend books

For more information at Moodle please see: http://www.vpl.virginia.gov/ce-training/moodle.html  Moodle courses are designed for busy library staff schedules.  You work at your own time and pace, but complete assignment by the weekly deadline.  It is not in- personal emails are assignments are looked at by Saroj Ghoting who comments within 24 hours. 

The Library of Virginia has a two session free Introduction to Moodle course which is required to take before Early Literacy and Books.  The purpose of Introduction to Moodle to test out all functions on the system you will be using for the course.  When you sign up for Early Literacy and Books you will be automatically signed up for Introduction to Moodle. 

Saroj Ghoting is an early childhood literacy consultant. She presents trainings on early literacy, Every Child Ready to Read®, and on various aspects of storytimes at national, regional, and state conferences, and for library staff and their partners. She has a B. A. from Oberlin College in Ohio and her MLS from Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. She has been a children's librarian for over 35 years. She is co-author of two books published by the American Library Association: Early Literacy Storytimes @ your library, The Early Literacy Kit: A Handbook and Tip Cards which includes tips for all the school readiness domains, and Storytimes for Everyone: Developing Young Children's Language and Literacy which applies the updated research and approach of the second edition of Every Child Ready to Read® including supporting scientific and mathematical thinking to storytimes.

Questions please contact Enid Costley at 804.692.3765 or enid.costley@lva.virginia.gov