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Building a New Generation of Readers

Arizona State Library, Archives & Records COVID-19 Response

What our office is doing

  • Our number one goal is to keep the public and our employees safe
  • The situation related to COVID-19 is rapidly developing, as is the response from this office and the state. Please check back regularly for updates
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A statewide early literacy project designed by the State Library, Building a New Generation of Readers provides public and school librarians with the training and materials to teach parents and childcare providers strategies for preparing children to enter school ready to learn to read and be successful in school.

Trainings and resources for Building a New Generation of Readers projects are supported with funding granted by the Arizona State Library under the Library Services and Technology Act, which is administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Tools include:

  • BNGR Early Literacy Library Team - Serving Family, Friends and Neighbor (FFN) Caregivers in your Communities - The purpose of the BNGR Early Literacy Library Team is to expand access to early literacy programming for Family, Friend, and Neighbor providers (FFN) across Arizona by presenting early literacy programs to caregivers in host libraries with a focus on small and rural communities.  For more information on hosting a FFN early literacy program please contact Donna Throckmorton.
     
  • Launching School Readiness - The Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, a division of the Secretary of State, awarded 50 tribal and public libraries collections of pre-loaded learning tablets and read-along picture books to give children across the state access to safe and secure educational apps and recordings of books without the need for internet access.

    The State Library is committed to supporting Arizona libraries in their efforts to provide informal education opportunities for all. The Launching School Readiness opportunity will provide access to digital content to meet community needs and encourage literacy. These collections will be made available for checkout and added to the selected library’s circulating collection.

    Pre-loaded learning tablets and read-along picture books will provide libraries additional resources needed to promote literacy, bridge the digital divide, and make technology accessible to everyone.

    Libraries Launching School Readiness recipients:

    Learning Tablets
    Ava Ich Asiit Tribal Library
    Benson Public Library
    Buckeye Public Library System
    Chandler Public Library
    Chino Valley Public Library
    Desert Foothills Library
    Eloy Santa Cruz Library
    Fredonia Public Library
    Huachuca City Library 
    Isabelle Hunt Memorial Public Library
    Mammoth Public Library
    Mayer Public Library
    Navajo Nation Library
    Page Public Library
    Payson Public Library
    Pinetop Lakeside Public Library        
    San Carlos Public Library
    San Xavier Learning Center Library
    Sedona Public Library
    Tolleson Public Library

    Read-Along Picture Books
    Ak-Chin Indian Community Library
    Apache Junction Public Library    
    Avondale Public Library    
    Black Canyon City Community Library    
    Camp Verde Community Library    
    Casa Grande Public Library    
    Clifton Public Library  
    Cochise County Library District
    Colorado River Indian Tribes Library Archives    
    Coolidge Public Library    
    Douglas Public Library    
    Duncan Public Library
    Elsie S. Hogan Community Library    
    Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library    
    Fort McDowell Tribal Library    
    Globe Public Library
    Hayden Public Library
    Kaibab Paiute Tribal Library
    Maricopa Library and Cultural Center
    Mesa Public Library
    Nogales Public Library
    Pima Public Library
    San Tan Valley Library
    Show Low Public Library
    Snowflake-Taylor Public Library
    Superior Public Library
    Wilhoit Public Library
    Winslow Public Library
    Young Public Library
    Yuma County Library District

  • Every Child Ready to Read® @ your library® - Every Child Ready to Read® @ your library® (ECRR) is a parent education initiative. It stresses early literacy begins with the primary adults in a child's life. The ECRR toolkit empowers public libraries to assume an essential role in supporting early literacy within a community. ECRR toolkits are provided to every library after attending ECRR training.
     
  • Ring of Rhymes - The Early Literacy Ring Cards, lovingly referred to as Ring of Rhymes, began as a resource for families and caregivers to build pre-literacy skills with nursery rhymes.  The cards provide parent tips and nursery rhymes in English and Spanish, to encourage increased conversation and to incorporate simple practices to help parents and other caregivers develop early literacy skills in children from birth to age five. Rhymes are a wonderful way for parents and caregivers to help babies build the skills to prepare to learn to read and succeed. The Ring of Rhymes cards with rhymes in English and Spanish also provide parents tips on simple ways to add early literacy activities to their everyday routine.

    The Ring of Rhymes have expanded to include tips to teach parents and other caregivers how to support the early literacy development of their children using technology/new media and to develop STEM skills based on Every Child Ready to Read® @ your library® (ECRR) initiative.  Our most recent addition is focused on the math skills needed to be successful in school.  All of our cards use simple activities that parents, and caregivers can easily incorporate into their daily activities to develop early literacy skills in children ages 0-5.

    The current set of Early Literacy Ring Cards includes:

    • Ring of Rhymes
    • Technology Time can be Together Time
    • Build Curiosity with STEM
    • School Readiness and
    • Math Moments - NEW!

    Libraries may request sets of Rings of Rhymes to provide to their library patrons from the Arizona State Library by contacting Donna Throckmorton.
     

  • LSTA Competitive Grants - Funding is granted for libraries to take workshops out into their communities; to provide digital story times with iPads or other e-readers; to furnish early learning spaces; and other early literacy projects.

 

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