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<p class=MsoPlainText>Hello! Those of you looking for new ideas for
engaging families may be interested to read the following article about what
the Healthy Start and library are doing in Bend. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Those of you who want to get ideas about what to say to
reporters or media to promote your programs may also be interested. This
article is a great example of how to integrate research into personal stories
that are really the motivating factor for many people. I’ve
highlighted the key early literacy messages in orange to point out that you
only really need to say a few sentences about the importance/research. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Remember, if you have success stories or ideas you want
to share with other RFHF participants please do so!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Katie<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'>Katie Anderson,
Library Development Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'>* Youth Services
Consultant * Oregon Center for the Book Coordinator *<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'>Oregon State
Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'>katie.anderson@state.or.us,
503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:20.0pt'>Bonding with books: Bend
library teams up with program for first-time parents to cultivate early literacy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>By Lillian Mongeau<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The Bulletin<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Mary Gillogley, 21, remembers getting prizes from the
Bend Public Library for reading a certain number of books when she was young.
Now, she has a child of her own and decided last week that it was time for his
first trip to the library. The fact that her son, Dominic, 4 months old, can't
read a word yet, is beside the point, Gillogley said. "I think it's just
good to expose them to it at first," Gillogley said, "and to meet
other mothers and kids."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Gillogley is part of the Healthy Families of the High
Desert (HFHD) program that helps first-time parents from Deschutes and
Jefferson Counties who may need a little extra support in the first months and
years of parenting. The nonprofit program gets state funding and is
administered by the High Desert Education Services District. It connects
parents to services in the community and encourages parenting practices like
regular exercise, good nutrition and early literacy activities. In addition to
weekly home visits, HFHD support workers organize events like the monthly
"Strollers and Stories" walk from Harmon Park to the Bend Public
Library for "Baby Steps" story hour.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Though "Baby Steps," a story hour for children
from birth to 18 months, is part of the library's regular weekly offerings,
HFHD works with the library every first Thursday to gear the hour towards HFHD
families. Participants walk to the story hour together, receive a healthy snack
and get a free book for attending. They also learn about the importance of
early literacy and how to prepare an infant or toddler to enjoy reading.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Recently, the walk was canceled at the last minute due to
weather, but the meeting room at the library was full. Gillogley and Dominic
joined a dozen other families with infants and toddlers to sing silly songs and
listen to Children's Librarian Paige Bentley-Flannery read simple board books. "The
Baby Goes Beep," by Rebecca O'Connell, was the first book of the day and
Bentley-Flannery asked the group to help her with the story. Each two-page
spread had a picture of a baby making a new noise. On the first page, the baby
is sitting in a car seat with a toy steering wheel. "The baby goes
beep," Bentley-Flannery said animatedly, showing the group the picture and
pushing her hand forward as if she was honking a car horn. "The next one
is two beeps," she said as an aside to the parents, who took their cue and
joined in for the next line, "the baby goes beep, beep." By the third
line, which called for four "beeps," the kids who were old enough
were pushing imaginary horns and saying the "beeps" along with their parents.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>This might sound like all fun and games, but for very
young children, it can be the first step in becoming a successful reader, said
Heather McNeil, youth services manager for the Deschutes Public Library system.
<b><span style='color:#E36C0A'>"Early literacy is about what a child needs
to know in order to be ready to learn to read,"</span></b><span
style='color:#E36C0A'> </span>McNeil said. "<b><span style='color:#E36C0A'>This
is not teaching reading. It's getting children to understand that books are
fun; that it's about their interests; that you can be silly with books or quiet
with books. Research has shown that when you read aloud to a child the brain
development that goes on is incredible."</span></b> Just the act of
cuddling with and speaking directly to your child is beneficial from a
parent-child bonding standpoint, McNeil said, but <b><span style='color:#E36C0A'>it
also helps babies to connect with books, begin to decode letter sounds and
expand their vocabularies at an early age</span></b>. Even children who are too
young to speak benefit from hearing stories and songs and learning to turn the
pages of a book, according to the Early Literacy pamphlet distributed at Thursday's
event.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Amanda Gribble, 21, is part of the Angel's Wing program
for single moms who are over 18 run by Grandma's House, a residential facility
for teen mothers in Bend. Gribble said he and her daughter Aslin, 1, join the
Grandma's House group on their monthly field trip to the library in conjunction
with the HFHD event. Many of the girls living at Grandma's House have support
workers<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>in the HFHD program. Gribble said she can't remember
reading with her parents as a child, but said she knew reading with her
daughter was important "for the learning skills. (Reading) increases her
ability to talk and communicate more often," Gribble explained.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Aslin clapped and smiled from her mother's lap while
Bentley-Flannery read stories and sang songs, clearly engaged. It was less
obvious what four-month old Dominic was getting out of the reading, though he
was wide-eyed and alert for the whole program. Gillogley, who works for TRG
Customer Solutions in Bend and is going back to school to become a nurse, knew
the reading hour had been good for her infant son though. So far, Gillogley
said, she'd just been singing to her infant son, but now it was time to start
reading to him. "I think we're just going to start," she said,
"now that we have a free book."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Lillian Mongeau can be reached at 541-617-7818 or at <a
href="mailto:lmongeau@bendbulletin.com">lmongeau@bendbulletin.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'>- MORE INFORMATION
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<p class=MsoPlainText>If you go "Baby Steps" Story Time is offered at
the Bend Public Library on Wednesday and Thursday at 11 a.m. and at the Redmond
Public Library on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.. For a complete listing of story
times for all of the Deschutes Public Libraries call 541-617-7050 and ask to
speak to someone from your local library or go online to <a
href="http://www.dpls.lib.or.us/events/">www.dpls.lib.or.us/events/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Healthy Families of the High Desert also offers a
"Welcome Baby" group for all local families welcoming a new child
into their homes. The group meets the fourth Wednesday of every month at the
Bend Public Library's meeting room at 10:45<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>a.m. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Grandma's House and Healthy Families of the High Desert
are always looking for donations of baby clothes and books. Monetary donations
and volunteer efforts are also welcome. To find out more call Grandma's House
at 541-383-3515 or HFHD at 541-749-2137.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText>From bendbulletin.com - published daily in Bend, Oregon,
by Western<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Communications, Inc. <o:p></o:p></p>
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