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Every Child Read to Read (ECRR) is an early literacy program that focuses on building literacy skills in children from birth to age five.

Through funding made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services library staff throughout Indiana had the opportunity to gain instruction from nationally recognized literacy consultants Saroj Ghoting and Susan Bard. In addition all 239 public libraries received an ECRR kit and all libraries and 201 branches received a copy of the book Early Literacy Storytimes @ your library: Partnering with Caregivers for Success.

Story Times Applications Workshops

The Indiana State Library will offer eight Story Times Applications Workshops in each ILF District for public library children’s services staff between April 29 and May 22.

Staff will learn how to take the six skills from Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library® and apply them to library programming designed for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers.

PARTICIPANTS will need to bring the following to the workshop:

A favorite story time activity for children (aged birth to 5 yrs) that they have used in their library system (It would be helpful if they could bring 6 copies of the activity to share during small-group activity time.); and
At least two books from that story time
A Stuffed animal or puppet

Workshop Locations:

DISTRICT 3: 4-29-08 Huntington City-Township Public Library
DISTRICT 2: 4-30-08 Frankfort-Clinton County Cont. Pub. Library
DISTRICT 1: 5-1-08 Porter County Public Library System
DISTRICT 6: 5-7-08 Jeffersonville Twp Public Library
DISTRICT 7: 5-8-08 Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library
DISTRICT 8: 5-12-08 Fayette County Public Library
DISTRICT 4: 5-13-08 Carmel Clay Public Library
DISTRICT 5: 5-22-08 Vigo County Public Library

The workshops will meet from 9-2:30 with registration beginning at 8:30 a.m.

For more information, contact Marcia Smith-Woodard at mwoodard@library.IN.gov, (317) 232-3719 or (800) 451-6028

If your library was unable to attend an ECRR workshop and would like assistance in presenting programs in your community, check out the list of ECRR trainers for contact information and areas of coverage.

Every Child Ready to Read website: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/ECRR/ECRRHomePage.htm