Groundwork Ohio, a statewide organization that advocates for high-quality early learning and healthy development strategies, sponsors the Early Childhood Leadership Fellowship, a one-year learning leadership opportunity. The second cohort of this program wrapped up in December 2022. One of the cohort’s project groups created a set of brief videos demonstrating early literacy practices in real-life, everyday settings.
The Day By Day Ohio Family Literacy Calendar provides young children and their caring adults a song, video, activities, and book suggestions for every day of the year. Each day, visitors to DayByDayOH.org will see a new set of activities for today's date.
A service of the State Library of Ohio in collaboration with Ohio Ready to Read, Day By Day Ohio supports early literacy skills, helps young children get ready for school, and is available 24/7.
Storytime 101: Storytime for Beginners is a 5-hour self-paced tutorial developed by the Idaho Commission for Libraries. This interactive course covers basic skills such as preparing for storytime, reading books out loud, using props and music, and engaging adults and children. It is free for anyone to take, but you must have (or create) a Niche Academy account before taking the course.
Groundwork Ohio, a statewide organization that advocates for high-quality early learning and healthy development strategies, announces the third annual Early Childhood Leadership Fellowship cohort.
If you have a passion for services to young children and their families, consider applying for this statewide leadership opportunity!
The 2021 Ohio Library Council Convention and Expo is October 13-15 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Columbus.
This year's Convention and Expo features an outstanding line-up of speakers and award-winning authors, plus a wide variety of professional development sessions with a targeted Youth Services track. Visit Ohio Ready to Read and the Children's Services Division at OLC Connects in the expo hall throughout the Convention!
An interactive online event hosted by Ohio Ready to Read and the State Library of Ohio
This workshop is part of the Reimagining School Readiness initiative. Attendees will gain insights into the current research behind the skills and conditions that matter most for a child’s success in school and life.
Workshop topics include:
The A. Sophie Rogers School for Early Learning and the Statewide Family Engagement Center at the Ohio State University are collaborating on RealTalk, a webinar series for families of young children. Webinars take place monthly in and are recorded for anytime viewing. Topics include conflict resolution, storytime at home, race awareness, and more. These webinars are free and open to all.
The Ohio Library Council hosted a webinar in spring 2021 with First Lady Fran DeWine and representatives of the Ohio Governor's Imagination Library, Ohio public library systems, and the State Library of Ohio on the Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library (OGIL) and how public libraries are incorporating the program into their Summer Reading and fall programming
The Ohio Department of Education’s Office of Early Learning and School Readiness has released a plan to revise Ohio’s Early Learning and Development Standards (Ohio ELDS). The standards were adopted by the State Board of Education in October 2012 to describe key concepts and skills that young children develop from birth to age 5.
School Library Journal maintains a list of publisher permissions for read-aloud use of their books in your online storytimes and programs. This list is updated as new information is received from publishers:
Registration is open:
Early Literacy 101 Online Workshop
Thursdays, February 17 and 24, 2:00-4:00 pm each day
This workshop is free for any Ohio public library worker. Register here:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/EL101_Feb22
See the Early Literacy 101 page for more information about this workshop!
Groundwork Ohio, a statewide organization that advocates for high-quality early learning and healthy development strategies, sponsors the Early Childhood Leadership Fellowship, a one-year learning leadership opportunity. The second cohort of this program wrapped up in December 2022. One of the cohort’s project groups created a set of brief videos demonstrating early literacy practices in real-life, everyday settings.
The Day By Day Ohio Family Literacy Calendar provides young children and their caring adults a song, video, activities, and book suggestions for every day of the year. Each day, visitors to DayByDayOH.org will see a new set of activities for today's date.
A service of the State Library of Ohio in collaboration with Ohio Ready to Read, Day By Day Ohio supports early literacy skills, helps young children get ready for school, and is available 24/7.
Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR), a national parent/caregiver outreach initiative, empowers public library workers to share early literacy knowledge with the caring adults in young children's lives. It was first rolled out in 2004, and is very familiar to children's services specialists. But what if you're a new children's librarian or specialist and you're hearing about ECRR for the first time? You've come to the right place!
