Day By Day Ohio Family Literacy Calendar Offers Early Learning Experiences
The State Library of Ohio just launched its Day By Day Ohio Family Literacy Calendar. Day By Day Ohio is a web-based tool that families, caregivers, educators, and librarians can use at home, at the library, on the go, and in the classroom. With a perpetual calendar featuring songs, activities, book suggestions, and videos, Day By Day Ohio offers resources to further develop early literacy skills that help young children prepare for, and to do better in, school. A toolkit is available on the State Library website to help you promote this resource with families and organizations in your community.
Milestones are important! The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has a helpful app that tracks a child's milestones from age 2 months to 5 years. CDC's Milestone Tracker Appprovides reminders of things parents and caregivers may want to ask the pediatrician as well as videos and photos demonstrating the milestones. The app is available in English and Spanish.
Enjoy this infographic from Love and Logic for parenting toddlers through hard moments. If you like traveling and can get away from Summer Reading, there is a three-day summer Educator and Parent Retreat in Colorado June 29-July 1, 2020.
Little hands can develop fine motor skills by learning the proper way to cut paper, but cutting skills take time for children to develop. Being able to use scissors to cut well is important for many Kindergarten activities. Check out this article for some craft ideas that incorporate using scissors.
Long before children pick up the scissors, they can be working on activities to strengthen the small muscles of the hands and fingers. Check out this article on activities to get fingers and brains ready for cutting.
We impact children positively and sometimes don't get to hear the success stories. Enjoy this blog post about a child's happy relationship with his local library.
Dr. Scott the paleontologist on the PBS kids series Dinosaur Train wrote a book called How to Raise a Wild Child: The Art and Science of Falling in Love with Nature. If the book would be too long for you to read, there is a 20-minute TED talk. Listen for ideas that may influence program planning, parent tips, or local partnerships.
