EVERY CHILD READY TO READ: OVERVIEW

Every child is born ready to learn and there are a few simple things parents can do to help. See short tips that will get your child ready for success in school and in life. We thank many people in the community for participating in the filming of this video.

The Public Library Association (PLA) and Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)'s initiative to focus on educating parents and caregivers of children newborn to age five on early literacy so that they can help their children enter school ready to learn to read. If the primary adults in a child's life can learn more about the importance of early literacy and how to nurture pre-reading skills at home, the effect of library efforts can be multiplied many times.

Teaching parents and other caregivers how to support the early literacy development of their children is the basis of Every Child Ready to Read® @ your library®. When the first edition of ECRR was introduced in 2004, the focus on educating parents and caregivers was a significantly different approach for many libraries; one that certainly has proven its value.  

The updated and expanded second edition of Every Child Ready to Read® @ your library®provides a new curriculum and materials to continue the effort, supporting parents and caregivers with the early literacy development of their children birth to age five.

IMLS Project Snapshot Every Child Ready to Read Depends on Libraries Preparing Parents for Lifelong Involvement in Literacy March 30, 2017

Talk, Sing, Read, Write, Play: How Libraries Reach Kids Before They Can Read NPR Dec. 30, 2014

Helpful Items for ECRR2 Implementation

  1. Public Libraries harness the Power of Play by Donna Celano et al. Young Children July 2018

  2. Dialogic Reading

  3. Compare Dialogic Reading and Book Picture Walk

  4. Brochure with Dialogic Reading, Book Picture Walk, and Shared Reading

  5. Early Literacy Components Summary Parent Handout Can be used with item STAR activity below

  6. STAR Activity for Parent/Caregiver Workshops Word | pdf

  7. The Five Practices And The Early Literacy Components Support Each Other Word | pdf

  8. Picture Walk/Shared Reading Handout Word | pdf

  9. Brain Development Slides used in ECRR1 (can be added to ECRR2)

  10. Idaho Commission for Libraries adapted ECRR2 workshops in English and Spanish

  11. Crosswalk ECRR2 and Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework Ages 3-5 (2010)

  12. Crosswalk ECRR2 and Early Head Start Programs (2007)

  13. ECRR2 and Early Learning Standards (North Carolina) Word | pdf

Fun with Science and Math Parent-Child Workshop Aids

  1. Scientific Inquiry handout with ice experiment

  2. Note card format

EVERY CHILD READY TO READ I

Workshop scripts in English

The Every Child Ready to Read @ your library (first edition 2004) initiative was developed by the Public Library Association and the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association. One aspect of the initiative is to offer these scripts for workshops for parents and caregivers of children newborn to age five on early literacy. The scripts were developed by researchers funded through the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the National Institutes of Health. This information is the basis for the applications on this website. These scripts are based on the first edition of Every Child Ready to Read @ your library.

EVERY CHILD READY TO READ I: IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES

English is included with each of the languages.