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Every Child Ready to Read – Compiled Resources

 

The following resources and supplemental handouts were compiled by Saroj Ghoting, now retired Early Childhood Literacy Consultant.  Her website EarlyLit.net contains a wealth of supporting materials for ECRR practitioners.

• ECRR 2.0 Overview and Project History resources
  • 2010 Literature Review for development of 2.0
• Research and sources
• Research applications birth to 2
• Research applications 2 and 3
• Research applications 4 and 5
• American Academy of Pediatrics, “School Readiness” report, 2019

 

ECRR Resources

• What Can I Say During Storytime
• What Can I Say Asides examples
• Skills and Practices one sheet handout
• ECRR 2.0 5 practices – scanned copy of handout, for reference only, do not print/distribute
• ECRR original 6 skills – – scanned copy of handout, for reference only, do not print/distribute
• Book sharing and ECRR

 

General Storytime Resources

• Storytime Basics webinar from ISL – good intro for new practitioners
• Storytime Basics Resources – created along with the Storytime Basics webinar
• Ideas for incorporating the Five Practices into storytime – compiled by Beth Yates, ISL
  • TALKING during storytime
  • SINGING during storytime
  • READING during storytime
  • WRITING during storytime
  • PLAYING during storytime

 

Science of Reading Resources

• Indiana Department of Education introduction to Statewide Literacy Goals and resources
• Indiana DOE Science of Reading Toolkit
• Webinars about Science of Reading:
  • • Science of Reading Implementation: Indiana’s Priorities for Early Literacy (aka, Science of Reading webinar from IDOE) webinar
  • • Public Libraries & the Science of Reading (with librarian from Carmel Clay PL)
• The Reading League–Decodable Text Sources (recommended by IDOE):  https://www.thereadingleague.org/decodable-text-sources/
• Decodable Texts – Resources compiled by Carmel Clay Public Library, IN:
  • SoR Indiana Resources – resource document from Carmel Clay Public Library
  • Book lists Carmel Clay PL has put together for patrons:
    • https://carmel.bibliocommons.com/list/share/1771283939_ccpl_beginningreaders/2378631269_decodables
    • https://carmel.bibliocommons.com/list/share/1771283939_ccpl_beginningreaders/2433769169_cvc_books
    • https://carmel.bibliocommons.com/list/share/1771283939_ccpl_beginningreaders/1962298239_phonics_and_word_families

 

School Readiness

• Reimagining School Readiness webinars – Part 1 and Part 2
• Bay Area Discovery Museum’s Reimagining School Readiness Toolkit for Libraries
  • RSR Full Position Paper
  • RSR Research Overview
  • Promising Practices: A Guide for Public Library Staff – contains tips for library staff to address the six findings; includes tips for each age group