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Learning Organizers

Written on: June 15th, 2009 in Learning Journeys

Annie here: We are pleased to announce our fourth learning
organizer, The Curious Life of Me:  A journal of
my child’s questions…and answers, for parents of preschoolers through 4th
grade or so.  The question journal
contains prompts for parents/caregivers to capture children’s questions and
nurture curiosity.  Learning organizers help individuals to
reflect and build on their learning, and also demonstrate the benefits that library use provides over time.

The bad news is, due to the economy
we’re not going to be able to publish it with a fancy binding like our first
tool, the learning journal.  The good news is, we designed it in pdf so that it can be made available to the world! Download DDL QuestionJrnlPgsRev8 6-10-09

The four organizers,
so far, are:

·         Growth Chart for preschoolers – designed, not yet
printed
·        
Reading Rocks – reading portfolio
for summer reading participants to collect reading logs and certificates
throughout their summer reading years
·        
Question Journal – contains prompts for
parents to capture children’s questions and nurture
curiosity
·        
Learning Journal – our original tool
– all participants who attend the Learning Journeys program receive a free
journal, but are encouraged to use the style of organizer that works best for
them.  The Learning Journal contains suggested prompts and includes space for
reading maps, etc.

It will be interesting to see if the
IMLS 21st Century Skills tool, to be released in July, is in alignment
with Learning Journeys
discoveries – Delawareans got a head start on this one!
 (Delaware
loves being First ;-) 

Still lots more work to do and
opportunities to explore on our
“self-directed learning path about self-directed learning;” please share if you’re
exploring a similar path. 

All things new this week

Written on: June 15th, 2009 in Reviews

Click on the links below to get lists of new items available from the DLC in various formats:

All New Items
New Audio Books
New Books
New DVDs

Weekend Book Reviews

Written on: June 15th, 2009 in Reviews

The Sunday New York Times Book Review showcased some very interesting- sounding titles this weekend:

• A Short History of Women, by Kate Walbert- interconnected short stories about the experiences of a British suffragist and her descendants- including one set at Dover A.F.B.
• Commencement, by J. Courtney Sullivan. The lives of a group of Smith College students in school and beyond- not quite as good as The Group, according to the reviewer, but “an affable first novel”.
• Three different reviews on books about the current financial crisis focusing mainly on J.P. Morgan and Bear Sterns. “Street Fighters” sounds particularly gritty.