Reading Intensive Care

On Sunday, December 9, The Charlotte Observer reported on a new approach Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools is putting into practice to support reading success with its younger students. "Reading intensive care" incorporates the use palm pilots used to track reading progress along with old fashioned low-tech practices such as washable markers to help letter recognition. Read the full article here.

Dia De Los Ninos

Does your library celebrate Dia De Los Ninos/Day of the Child? Here's the "official" description of the initiative:

Children's Day/Book Day, also known as de los niños/El día de los libros (Día), is a celebration of children, families, and reading held annually on April 30. The celebration emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

El día brings attention to the importance of reading and inclusion in a way that few initiatives do. This single initiative sums ups so much of what libraries are all about.

So, what would it take to encourage all public libraries in North Carolina to embrace El día and what it stands for? Learn more about El día and share what you've done or dream of doing in your library to celebrate and support literacy and inclusion with us here!