The Quick Facts are now posted to the Summer Reading page. All those who participated in the Summer Reading survey should have received a pdf of their responses. If you did not, please contact outreach@wlsmail.org.

Early Learning Spaces

Renee McGrath, Manager of Youth Services for the Nassau Library System, gave an excellent program on the importance of creating inviting and engaging learning spaces in our libraries for our youngest readers!

Check out the power-point and handouts from the meeting:

• Early Learning Spaces Power Point Presentation
• Ready to Read at New York Libraries
• Vendor Resources
• Funding for Early Learning Spaces
• Creating Early Learning Spaces – Design Principles
• Elements for Open-Ended Play 
• Libraries, Leaders, & Parent Engagement
• Recent Articles about PLAY
• Smart play spots
• Sample Activity Sheet

A great blog recommended by Renee McGrath to use for design inspiration!: Pop Goes the Blog

A BIG thank you to everyone fore submitting their summer reading surveys. PDFs of your responses will be emailed in early October.

Check out their video at http://www.summerreadingnys.org/2018-teen-video-challenge-winner-new-york-state-and-cslp/

This annual video competition encouraged New York State teens to create and submit a short video based on the yearly slogan to help promote libraries and the Summer Reading program. This year’s slogan is Libraries Rock!

CONGRATULATIONS LARCHMONT!!!

See what’s planned for 2018! View the list of events here.

See the WLS Evanced calendar for scheduled meetings.

Sessions start at 9:00 and run until 11:30 or 12.  Meetings are held at WLS unless indicated otherwise.  View the Evanced entry for confirmed times , new additions to the calendar, and to register for each event.

Hi Everyone!

The 2018 CSLP “Libraries Rock!” Summer Reading catalog was sent out in the mail. For those of you who’d like another peak, click here for the pdf of the scanned catalog!

At this 6/20/17 session two organizations shared information on exams and how they advise students and parents.  (See materials linked here from Eduscape 2017 and The Learning Miracle 2017.)  Additionally, Elena Falcone reviewed the guidance found on FirstFind.org, with a focus on critical thinking and research outlined in Find-Best-Colleges-for-You.

Youth and Family Services Manager, Mary Fellows from the Upper Hudson Library System presented a wonderful program geared towards serving families with young children. If you couldn’t come check it out, click here to view slides from the presentation!