Early Childhood Classes in Ellsworth
Leah Langby
September 26, 2014
Keeping Up With Kids
Kids enjoy super hero storytime in Eau Claire

I just had a conversation with Julie from Ellsworth.  She was recovering from a particularly exciting and wild storytime.  Each fall, students taking an Early Childhood class at the high school come to her library to observe (and sometimes help with) storytime.  The teacher contacted her years ago to find out if students could come and observe–isn’t that cool?  The teacher recognizes that her students have a lot to learn from a library program.

Do you have a class like this offered in your school?  It might be worth offering the students a chance to come and observe you, and if that isn’t possible, I bet it would be worthwhile for you to offer to come over and do a little presentation about early literacy and libraries…

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