ACTIVITIES (EARLY CHILDHOOD)
ACTIVITIES (ENTIRE FAMILY)
ACTIVITIES (LITERACY)
Below are several such items of interest in case you or your organization would like to share these with your networks or the families you serve. You can also refer them to The Literacy Cooperative’s Facebook page, @Imagination Library Greater Cleveland on Facebook, the Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library’s Facebook page, @literacycoop, our website, etc. Please consider signing up for our newsletter and other special communications by visiting our website at literacycooperative.org.
- As you may have heard (if you watched the Today Show today or have “liked” the Imagination Library Facebook page), Dolly Parton will be reading bedtime stories starting this evening and 9 more times (I think all on Thursdays). Families can learn more below and on the Facebook page. I believe these will be available to view on YouTube at any time after the first reading.
The newly created landing page, which will also feature fun and inspiring music and content: https://imaginationlibrary.com/goodnight-with-dolly/
Today Show link:
- PRE4CLE has gathered an array of helpful resources for families and caregivers on their website https://pre4cle.org/coronavirus/
- Online story time from WKYC with Cleveland Public Library (on CPL’s Facebook page):
- For teachers who would like to read books from Imagination Library or Penguin-Random House to their students remotely:
Here is PRH's official statement:
In these uncertain and unsettling times, many of you are wondering how we can collectively continue to share our books and stories with students and readers everywhere. As a company, we are heartened by the role that books and reading can play to help connect us when we are physically apart. As you may know, our teams at Penguin Random House have been working quickly to enable virtual learning environments and livestreamed story times for educators, librarians, and booksellers, as well as our authors and illustrators. Today, we are pleased to share our plans for the open license we designed as an immediate measure to directly connect our books with students and readers while protecting the long term value of our authors’ and illustrators’ intellectual property. You’ll find all the details here.
Thank you for your shared commitment to storytelling and reading, and to our collective belief in the power of books to connect us—especially during times like these.
Open license document: https://bit.ly/3b9PAad
- Suggestions for physical activity during this time from the American Heart Association.
- Another colleague shared the following that she said provides “comforting messaging for littles.”
Time to Come In, Bear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA_SsZFYw0w
A quick read about it: https://www.popsugar.com/family/time-to-come-in-bear-children-story-on-social-distancing-47339277
- Webinars for families on how to manage during this difficult time from some respected experts. The first is for families with younger children and the 2nd is for children 6-12.
- The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes is offering “Your Outdoor Classroom: Live” on their Facebook page with classes about nature for interested families.
- And of course, we all need to be helping maximize the 2020 Census count and of course, that just became much more difficult with the library closings, etc. If you don’t already have it, the website for information is CompleteCountCle.org. We’re helping to get the word out to Imagination Library families.
- A blurb for you to use in any of your communications with families to encourage Imagination Library enrollment:
Free books for children from birth to age 5 are available in our community from The Literacy Cooperative and the Ohio Governor’s Imagination Library!
Did you know that “the single most important factor influencing a child's early educational success is an introduction to books and being read to at home before starting school”? (National Commission on Reading). As a parent or caregiver, snuggling up and reading daily with your child is one of the most important actions you can take to help set them up for future success.
Help us build stronger brains and promote a love of books and reading among children in our community by spreading the word about this wonderful book gifting program that mails free, new, age appropriate, high quality to books to registered children's homes from birth to age 5.
There is no cost or obligation to the child’s family. It truly is a FREE GIFT!
To enroll, parents of children age 4 ½ years old and younger can enroll online at www.ohioimaginationlibrary.org Books arrive eight to ten weeks after registering.
Note: The program is available to every under the age of 5 in Cuyahoga County.
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Imagination Library. The Dolly Parton Imagination Library is a unique early years book gifting program that mails a brand new, age-appropriate book to enrolled children every month from birth until five years of age, creating a home library of up to 60 books and instilling a love of books and family reading from an early age.
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I take heart from being connected to all of you, even if only virtually right now, and knowing you too are striving to help our community survive this latest challenge. I wish you and yours strength, good health and hope.
Take care and thank you,
Joan Spoerl, M.A.T.
Director, Imagination Library| The Literacy Cooperative | Office: 216.776.6186
1422 Euclid Avenue, Suite 248 | Cleveland, OH 44115 | www.literacycooperative.org
