Summer @ the Library p.2
Where you can find events & register for them.
What is the DPLS online calendar?
The term for the learning decay that happens during the months kids aren't in school.
What is the summer slide?
Early Literacy refers to the pre-reading skills children learn during these ages.
What are birth to age 6?
Libraries have a very important role in helping children & adults of all income levels & circumstances by providing this type of access.
What is free?
Where you can find all summer related information for all locations & all ages.
What is the DPLS Summer Reading Challenge Webpage?
This fraction represents the ninth (9th) grade achievement gap between lower & higher income youth which can be explained by unequal access to summer learning.
What is two-thirds (2/3)?
There are currently seven (7) of these types of styles attributed to individuals. Library staff work hard to develop their programs, including summer reading, to make them appealing & accessible to all styles. The styles include Visual, Aural, Verbal, Physical, Logical, Social, & Solitary.
What are learning styles?
By letting kids choose what activities they would like to do versus forced reading, whether they like it or not, we are encouraging them to read & learn through enjoyment. This is to support the critical need of creating these types of reading & learning experiences for kids in order for them to grow into lifelong readers & learners.
What are positive?
King's Island Tickets.
What is the children's SRC grand prize?
The type of learning loss that impacts every student & every teacher every year.
What is summer learning loss?
Research supports the value of this which builds many skills including math, language & communication, fine & gross motor skills, & science. In fact, the American Academy of Pediatricians published a report that states it is essential to the cognitive, physical, social, & emotional well-being of children & youth.
What is play? (What is free play?)
By doing this at the library, patrons can participate in experiences that promote learning such as hearing new vocabulary, improving listening skills, & improving social competencies, just to name a few.
What is attending events?
An adventure in this topic will be taking place at all three (3) locations; first for children with a mock sword fight then for adults at DPL where mocktails will be featured.
What is Pirating/Pirates (Pirating 101)?
Children can lose up to this many months of grade level equivalency in reading skills & other school subjects during the time they are not in school.
What is three (3) months?
Children have the choice of reading or doing activities to complete the Summer Reading Challenge. The purpose of offering a choice is the library's response to the research behind the necessity of providing a collaborative approach to learning & health called this.
What is the Whole Child Approach?
In an effort to transition from a focus on narrowly defined academic achievement to one that promotes the long-term development & success of all children, research demonstrates, that as we educate our children, we cannot simply focus on academics alone. Instead, the focus needs to be a collaboration of academics & this because each can distinctly affect the other either favorably or adversely.
What is health?
An item provided exclusively by libraries but not required to participate in events including SRC.
What is a library card?
A valuable children's learning activity which is lacking in schools but libraries can make available. The Waldorf playhouse is a good example of this.
What is free play?
It is important for us to encourage adults to participate in summer reading as well as to read in front of children in order to encourage this behavior.
What is modeling?
The library is the only place where adults & children can do this together at the same time. (Hint, much of this is done through events & programs.)
What is learn?