Reading with Babies

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Reading with Babies
Early Literacy Skills and Web Video
PLA Talk Table March 28, 2008 Ann Melrose,
Hennepin County Library
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Hennepin County Library

• Merged with Minneapolis Public Library in 2008
• 41 libraries, 1.1 million residents
• Websites include Bookspace, Birth to Six,
  KidLinks, TeenLinks, WorldLinks, 55plus
• Birth to Six website use averages 2,500/week

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Description

• Birth to Six, a Hennepin County Library website,
  incorporates video to show parents and caregivers
  how to read to babies and toddlers.
• Enhance your librarys early literacy program
  with Web video. Technology will be discussed.
• www.hclib.org/Birthto6
• www.readtomeprogram.org

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Focus

• Identify the value of video vs. text in early
  literacy training.
• Explore how video is used on a public library
  website.
• Identify components needed to incorporate video
  on your library website.

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Babies use all their senses to understand books
Click to start video
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Your baby loves your voice
Click to start video
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Once babies start to move, everything changes
Click to start video
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This doesnt look like reading, but it is
Click to start video
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Asking questions keeps you connected
Click to start video
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Reading is a conversation between you and your
child
Click to start video
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Sometimes following your babys lead means saving
reading for later
Click to start video
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Los bebés utilizan todos los sentidos para
entender un libro
Click to start video
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Tu bebé adora tu voz
Click to start video
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Cuando los bebés empiezan a moverse, todo cambia
Click to start video
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Components

• Define and focus content for video
• Identify target audience
• Create or identify a video source
• Create your own video, OR
• Contract for use of professionally produced video
  clips
• Solve technical issues
• Choose video file format
• Identify server to host video clips
• Develop effective video display on Web

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Resources

• Birth to Six - Hennepin County Library
• www.hclib.org/Birthto6/readtome/
• First Five Years - Brooklyn Public Library
• www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/first5years/r
  eadtome
• The Read to Me Program
• www.readtomeprogram.org
• Media College - Video Tutorials
• www.mediacollege.com/video

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Thank you
For more information contact Ann Melrose, Web
Services Librarian Hennepin County Library,
Minnesota amelrose_at_hclib.org Susan Straub,
Director The Read to Me Program, New York City
susan_at_readtomeprogram.org