Register for the SRP Planinng Workshop by Feb. 10th!

Fizz, Boom & Read Into Summer Reading Planning
9 am - 3 pm   
Thursday, February 13
Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve
(2024 Lakeview Dr. Suamico)

9 - 9:30 am: Registration
9:30 - 12 pm: Mary Tooley's Art in a Suitcase
    Writer, artist and educator Mary Tooley will showcase program themes and ideas.  Art in a Suitcase programs are based on the idea that learning, creativity,     imagination, sharing and fun go together.
12 - 12:45 pm: Lunch
12:45 - 1:15 pm: Growing Wisconsin Readers Update
    Tessa Michaelson Schmidt of the DPI will join us virtually to talk about the Growing Wisconsin Readers initiative. 
1:15-1:45 pm: Cindy & Molly Team Up
    Cindy Tuschy of the Gillett Public Library and Molly Senechal of the Brown County Library will team up to provide more antics and fun.  
1:45 - 2 pm: Break (with S'mores!)
2 - 2:30 pm: Super Science    Former science teacher and librarian Ann Best will share some explosive ideas. 
2:30 - 2:50 pm: Jim Lenz Science Show Snippet
    Summer Entertainer Jim Lenz will provide a snippet of his summer performance.
2:50 - 3 pm: Door prizes and Wrap Up
3 - 4 pm: Optional Showshoeing
    Get some fresh air, throw on some snow shoes and trek on one of the beautiful outdoor trails. (Cost: $4)
    Register by Monday, February 10th! 

Picture Book Organization Webinar

This webinar is being offered from the Indianhead Federated Library System, and I thought it might be of interest.

Picturing a New Way to Find Children’s Books

Friday, February 21

12- 1 pm

Librarians across the country have been rearranging their libraries into different organization schemes to help their patrons browse for books. Find out how a Kathy Larson in Bloomer incorporated non-fiction into her picture book collection and rearranged them all into large sections based on major categories. She'll discuss the process and early results.  If you missed Kathy's session at WLA, you won't want to miss this one!

Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/458120086

Web Conference Recordings

The Wild Wisconsin Winter Web Conference took place on January 15 and 16. While all of the sessions were well done and had something to offer, two in particular were geared toward youth services. They were called "Unprogramming: Recipes for Successful Programming with School-Age Children and Teens" and 'Tech Services for Target Audiences."

I strongly encourage you to view the recorded sessions if you haven't seen them.  Marge presented at our Summer Reading workshop a few years ago, and she focuses on some the same ideas. Claire Moore is doing some pretty amazing things, tech-wise, at her library in Connecticut.

You can view them, as well as the other sessions, on the NFLS Facebook page.

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

Bonduel Receives Nature Backpack from DNR

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has developed family nature backpacks that will be available at libraries as a pilot test to assess the response of families and adults who use them to take children outdoors and explore nature.  In partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, seventeen libraries have been chosen from a list of over 150 who showed interest by e-mail or at the Wisconsin Library Association annual conference.  One library has been selected from each of the systems in the state.  Librarians will receive their backpacks and a set of instructions in early 2014.  Congratulations to the selected libraries!

·         Stacey Schultz, Milton Public Library

·         Betty McCartney, Elkhart Lake Public Library

·         Christine LaFond, Clear Lake Public Library

·         Rebekah Raleigh, Community Library (Kenosha)

·         Jennifer Wharton, Matheson Memorial Library (Elkhorn)

·         Paula Newell, Cudahy Family Library

·         Barbara Weber, New Holstein Public Library

·         Carolyn Wey, Lake Mills Public Library

·         Allison Schultz, Bonduel Public Library

·         Karen Weber-Mendham, Land O' Lakes Library Youth

·         Shay Foxenberg, Black Creek Village Library

·         Carey Kipp, Baraboo Public Library

·         Erin Isabell, Platteville Public Library

·         Michelle Plunkett, New Berlin Public Library

·         Stephanie Grigg–Remillard, Campbellsport Public Library

·         Lynette Vlasak, Kendall Public Library

·         Denise Korenuk, Western Taylor County Public Library

For those librarians who wish to replicate the backpack, please see the attached materials list to get you started.  Please note that the DNR provides many educational publications and posters for free that can be ordered through Education Connection.  This pilot project is funded through a grant from the Wisconsin Environmental Education Foundation.  Thank you for your interest in sharing nature with families and children in your community. 

For more information on this project, please contact Janet Hutchens at (608) 261-8453 or by email: janet.hutchens@wisconsin.gov or Carrie Morgan at (608) 267-5239 or by email at: carrie.morgan@wisconsin.gov.

Re-Thinking SLP Webinar Archive

This webinar was presented last week on how we can and should start thinking differently about SLP services.  If you did not view it, I recommend watching. 

Find the recording online under “Professional Development” on the DPI Youth Services page: http://pld.dpi.wi.gov/pld_ys-sn#prof-dev

Here is the description:

Does SLP feel more like an 8 week long birthday party than a reading program? Discover how your literacy efforts can be more sustainable and effective after hearing inventive ideas from around the state.
Hosted by Tessa Michaelson Schmidt, Youth and Special Services Consultant and a panel of Wisconsin youth services librarians.

·         Discover how libraries in SCLS have abandoned traditional rewards and incentives

·         Learn how Waupaca Area Public Library developed a year-round literacy program

·         Find out how Hedberg Public Library created a multi-year program theme

·         Explore how Read On Wisconsin can be part of your on-going literacy offerings

Tessa Michaelson Schmidt

Public Library Youth and Special Services Consultant

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction