[kids-lib] Early Literacy Expertise Wanted for Library Focus Group Wednesday, November 6th 1-2:30

[BERGQUIST Greta * SLO]

Calling all early literacy experts!

If you are working at a library with kids ages birth to five, if you design library storytime or programs for birth to five, if you work with parents and caregivers of littles ages birth to five, or if you partner with community groups who are doing this work at your library, you're invited: Please join Oregon Kitchen Table for a focus group just for Oregon libraries.

The focus group will be on Wednesday, November 6th, from 1-2:30, and the zoom link is: https://pdx.zoom.us/j/84282553480

Come share ways you are working to meet early literacy needs at your library and in your community, what early literacy needs you are seeing, and what you wish was better/easier for the families you are serving.

Some of you participated in the spring in a similar focus group geared toward K-3rd literacy for the Department of Education. This focus group is one small part of a great deal of work going into the Department of Early Learning and Care's Birth Through Five literacy plan coming out next year<https://www.oregon.gov/ode/earlyliteracysuccessinitiative/pages/birth5.aspx>. I know many of you have excellent things to share about how libraries are impacting early literacy in Oregon!

You can learn more about Oregon Kitchen Table's work with the Early Literacy Success Initiative here<https://www.oregonskitchentable.org/results/early-literacy-community-and-home>. Big goals for Oregon early literacy include increasing early literacy support across the state<https://www.oregon.gov/ode/earlyliteracysuccessinitiative/pages/default.aspx> for our youngest learners and their families.
Let me know if you have any questions!


Best,
Greta

Greta Bergquist, MLIS, MAT (she/her/hers)
Youth Services Consultant
State Library of Oregon
greta.bergquist at slo.oregon.gov<mailto:greta.bergquist at slo.oregon.gov>  | 971-375-3549
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