Kick-off summer reading 2025 with this presentation about the Collaborative Summer Library Program’s Color Our World “art” theme, including suggested resources for planning and other general information.
Date Recorded: 1/7/2025
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Beth Yates, Children’s Consultant at Indiana State Library
Resources:
Resources for Summer Program Planning
Summer Program Ideas for Current Year
The Indiana Young Readers Center is proud to announce new kits coming in 2025 for check-out to Indiana’s teachers and librarians. Indiana Escape Rooms (in a box!) focus on Indiana history, build on primary resources from the Library of Congress, and were developed with the help of a Teaching with Primary Sources grant. Join this one hour webinar to learn all about the kits and the TPS Grant.
Date Recorded: 10/9/2024
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Suzanne Walker, Indiana State Library
Resources:
New Escape Room Kits from ISL slides (pdf)
Library of Congress: Teaching with Primary Sources
Teaching with Primary Sources Midwest Region
Breakout EDU
Participants will gain a foundational understanding of the Science of Reading and the theoretical models aligned with the Science of Reading. Presented by Shaiya Badgley and Paulina Jarrett, literacy specialists from the Indiana Department of Education Literacy Center.
Date Recorded: 9/18/2024
Format: Archived YouTube Video
Presenters: Paulina Jarrett, Literacy Specialist, IDOE & Shaiya Badgley, Literacy Specialist, IDOE
Resources: IDOE SoR Presentation slides
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