73 public library sites will receive Summer Reading Mini-Grants. Each participating library site will receive $200 towards buying books for the library.
Public libraries in the U.S have been promoting summer library programs since 1898. Reading regularly during the summer helps students to prevent “summer set-back” where students can lose reading gains of the previous school year.
The State Library has been giving out the grants since 2004. Library sites receive $200 to spend on books and materials to support their summer library programming and provide a local match of 25% of the grant. The statewide summer reading theme for 2010 is “Make a Splash, READ!” The teen theme is “Make Waves @ your library.”
For a map of all library sites receiving a grant: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=109363614992294136015.000463611a1305f4ed830&ll=39.010648,-105.413818&spn=4.156806,7.03125&z=7
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February 1, 2010 in
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Tags: early, ECRR, literacy, register, Storytime, workshop.
Want to juice up your library storytime? Make your storytimes better-than-ever? Attend an all-day interactive and hands-on workshop using the 6 skills and techniques of Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR) in your library storytimes.
Experienced trainer Carol Wagstaff (Douglas County Libraries) and Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy (CLEL) will review ECRR resources and coach you through how you can use ECRR techniques and plan a literacy-enhanced storytime. Come prepared to practice dialogic reading and give parent tips.
The workshop will be limited to 25 participants and priority will be given to Western Slope libraries. Additional registrants will placed on a waiting list.
Registration fee: $15.00
Location: Montrose Public Library
Date & Time: March 19, 2010, 8:30am-3pm
Questions: Patricia Froehlich, CDE – State Library, 303-866-6908
Register Now!
- Register for the 2010 summer reading program and request FREE materials. (Libraries that have already registered will receive their materials by the end of January.)
- Apply for a $175 Mini-Grant. Applications are due January 29, 2010.
- Weigh in on the slogan and theme suggestions for summers 2012 and 2013.
Contact Michelle Gebhart or Patricia Froehlich with questions.
Summer Reading 2010 – Mini-Grants application
Deadline; Friday, January 29, 2010
Applications for Colorado Statewide Summer Reading program Mini-Grants are now available NEW! this year is an online application form at http://surveys.lrs.org/respond.php?sid=73
Library sites/branches may apply individually. There may be a limited number of grants given this year, so apply early and write your outcomes-based
evaluation (OBE) statement carefully.
Application criteria:
• Your library jurisdiction completed the 2009 SRP report
• If you received a 2009 Mini-Grant, you completed your 2009 report.
• You have registered for the 2010 SRP “Make a Splash” or “Make Waves” at www.cde.state.co.us/cdelib/SummerReading/register.htm
• Local match of $50 per mini-grant. (yup, I know this is up from last year…)
• Priority will be given to non-metro, small and medium-sized rural/small town libraries.
When in doubt… ask for help. Contact Patricia Froehlich at 303-866-6908 or Froehlich_p@cde.state.co.us.
The Rene Spitz School Library at the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Fort Logan (CMHI-FL) is the recipient of a $2,500 grant from the Lois Lenski Covey Foundation, Inc. Librarian Kate Elder requested the grant to purchase audiobooks to accompany the library’s most popular books, plus additional bundles of books and audio packaged together.
CMHI-FL is one of Colorado’s two state hospitals providing mental health services for persons with complex, serious, and persistent mental illness. Over 85% of students admitted to CMHI-FL’s residential school program read below grade level. For these students, access to audiobooks provides access to age-appropriate vocabulary and content in materials beyond their reading level. In particular, audiobooks can be an extremely useful learning tool to motivate poor readers, reluctant readers, or struggling readers.
The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation, Inc. is a charitable institute whose purpose is to assist organizations in providing books to children who might otherwise lack access to children’s literature. For more information, see http://www.loislenskicovey.org/index.html.
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