1. 6 By 6, Ready to Read Bradley Debrick debrickb@jocolibrary.org Barbara Brand brandb@jocolibrary.org

2. Research says...

3. What is Early Literacy

4. Early literacy is what children know about reading and writing before they can actually read or write.

5. Libraries are community partners

6. To impact early literacy, parents and caregivers are critical.

7. Ages and Stages Newborn – Two Years Two – Three Years Four – Five Years

8. Comfortable

9. Convenient

10. Have Fun With Books Talk, Talk, Talk Tell Stories About Everything Notice Print Everywhere Look For Letters Take Time To Rhyme 6 By 6 Ready to Read

11. Choosing a book

12. Have Fun with Books!

13. The “Plasticity” of the Brain Effects of Extreme Deprivation Healthy Child Neglected Child Images courtesy of Harry Chugani, MD, Children’s Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University

14. Notice Print All Around You

15. Tip Tip Dig Dig by Emma Garcia Mushroom in the Rain by Mirra Ginsburg Notice Print All Around You

16. Talk, Talk, Talk

17. pantry pantry

19. Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

20. Snowballs by Lois Ehlert Tip Tip Dig Dig by Emma Garcia Talk, Talk, Talk

21. Tell Stories About Everything

22. Encourage stories by asking questions like these: What is happening? What do you think is going to happen? How do you think they feel? What would you do?

23. PET Scans of a Brain Hearing WordsSeeing Words Speaking WordsGenerating Words Images courtesy of Marc Raichle, MD, Washington University, St. Louis.

24. Symbolic play

25. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Mushroom in the Rain by Mirra Ginsburg Tell Stories About Everything

26. Look for Letters Everywhere

27. Snowballs by Lois Ehlert

28. Take Time to Rhyme

30. Find the objects that have the “OO” sound The ability to hear that words are made up of smaller sounds is integral to learning to read.

31. Language of Literacy Phoneme Syllable Phonemic Awareness Phonological Awareness Grapheme Phonics

32. “Willowby Wallowby” Willowby, Wallowby Woo An elephant sat on you. Willowby, Wallowby Wee An elephant sat on me. Make up your own rhymes like these: Willowby, Wallowby Wary, an elephant sat on Mary Willowby, Wallowby Wuzzle, an elephant played with a puzzle. Willowby, Wallowby Woo, an elephant went to the zoo. Willowby, Wallowby Weetah, an elephant ran with a cheetah

33. What’s The Connection?

34. Literacy activities Matching Sequencing Symbolic play Rich Language Exploration Singing Rhyming Tracking Writing Puzzles

35. Advice from Antioch Be patient Count people Be prepared for creativity Make it a whole-staff effort Consider staffing Consider patrons It’s never a failure