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Building Relationships, Building Bridges is designed to help libraries begin or improve targeted outreach to Latino and Spanish-speaking communities. Updated to reflect the realities of doing this work in the Trump era, this workshop uses current research and front-lines voices to develop best practices for respectful and responsive outreach. Emphasis is particularly placed on serving first-generation, primarily Spanish-speaking, Latinx immigrants and their families.

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Both using and expanding on the early literacy information in the Every Child Ready to Read® initiative (from ALA’s Public Library Association and the Association for Library Service to Children), you will become familiar with the early literacy skills (phonological awareness, print awareness, letter knowledge, vocabulary, and background knowledge) and practices (talking, singing, reading, writing, and playing). Building on this knowledge, we will explore ways to apply them to your work, including ways to make library environments supportive of staff sharing early literacy information and activities with parents and caregivers.

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Become a certified Stories, Songs, and Stretches!® facilitator! This online training utilizes professional videos, recorded lecture, interactive discussions, and group / individual assignments to provide a distance-learning certification option, without sacrificing the quality of the in-person experience. Continue reading “Stories, Songs and Stretches 1: Science and Standards”

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In this class, you will learn how to create both high-energy and low-energy storytimes to meet the sensory, social-emotional, physical, and cognitive needs of children who have special needs. Class content will include strategies for reaching out to families who may struggle with attending traditional storytime programs, as well as best practices for promoting Sensory Storytimes in a socially and culturally sensitive way.

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