Date: July 16, 2015
Time: 1pm - 5pm
Hours Completed: 3 (61 total)
1000 Books:
Today I worked on research for the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program. I sent out a survey last week through the wispub distribution list and worked compiled all of the answers. I am still waiting for more responses, but I created a response list and spreadsheet in excel to keep track of the information.
I created two pinterest pages to keep track of ideas and research for the program and resources for parents and caregivers:
I also started a blog page where I will be keeping all of my research and ideas on the program, as well as actual documents that I created for the program.
While I was looking into different program and for information, I found a wide variety of articles, blog posts, resources on library websites, documents, and pictures of program. I found that most libraries had a theme. Some examples of themes included: road to reading, dogs, bumble bees, the circus, growing/flowers, caterpillars, trains, and reading or books.
I also located this really neat Google Map that tracks each library that has an 1000 Books program:
After spending sometime looking for information on various programs, I visited several libraries around the area to get an idea of their 1000 Books program. I took my 5-month old daughter along as well so we could sign up for the programs and so that I could get an idea of what each program was like both from the administration end and also from a parent's perspective. I also was able to talk to someone at the children's desk about the program when we signed up. I told them about the project that I was doing and asked how their program worked and how it was going. Everyone was very helpful and offered a lot of suggestions on having a successful program!
The list of libraries I visited included:
Fond du Lac Public Library
Fond du Lac Public Library
I am planning on getting together all of the registration information, reading logs, and handouts.
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