While she was a student, my mother was required to memorize the part of the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence. She recited it to me when I was a child: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all citizens…
September 2015 Research Review: The Words Children Hear
This post was co-written by Erica Zippert and Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen This month’s article describes a research study about talking vs. reading picture books to children. “The Words Children Hear: Picture Books and the Statistic for Language Learning” by…
Adapting MGOL Programs for Children with Visual Impairments
Julie Ranelli, Children’s Librarian from Queen Anne’s County Free Library in Stevensville, MD just sent in the following question: I’ve had a blind boy at MGOL for the past two weeks. I have used as many of the adaptations from…