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Fifteen Years of Día: Every Day is a New Día

Fifteen Years of Día: Every Day is a New Día. Día’s Current Reach. Texas first state to provide statewide support for Día. Florida and California now also support Día on the state level. 1000s of libraries celebrate.

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Fifteen Years of Día: Every Day is a New Día

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  1. Fifteen Years of Día:Every Day is a New Día

  2. Día’s Current Reach • Texas first state to provide statewide support for Día. • Florida and California now also support Día on the state level. • 1000s of libraries celebrate.

  3. Día’s mission is to spread “bookjoy” every dayby linking children from all cultureswith books, and celebrating together on and around April 30. • The Día goals are to honor children and their cultures and languages, to foster literacy, and to promote library collections and programs that reflect America’s plurality.

  4. Rainbow of Languages

  5. The Future of Día Our goal is to promote the observation of Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros in public and school libraries not only in April but throughout the year.

  6. Día moves beyond the library community • regularly observed literacy promotion event like Teen Read Week, Children’s Book Week, and Drop Everything and Read Day (D.E.A.R). • Incorporates other “literacies” like into programming • Health • Financial • Computer • Reaches beyond the Latino community to other cultures and languages without losing sight of its roots. • Brands other cultural programs as part of Día celebrations • Holidays • Community events

  7. Partnerships • Create a Día team • PTO/PTA • Immigration services agencies • Local businesses • Cultural associations • Cultural and language-specific media • University language departments

  8. Resources Available

  9. Add Día to What You Are Doing • Preschool Storytime • Afterschool Programs • Holiday Celebrations • Traditional Library Celebrations • World languages • Cultural programming • Holidays from other countries • Multilingual components

  10. World Language Storytime • Pio Pio: A Traditional Italian Nursery Song • Pizza for the Queen • Craft: Paper pizza www.mamalisa.com www.infanzia.com/divertiamoci/

  11. Simultaneous Readings • Large format • Brief text on each page • Bold pictures • Available in multiple languages Provide books to participants in advance.

  12. Gardening Program The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin Demonstration: Foods from different cultures Craft: Plum Blossoms

  13. Holi: The Festival of Colors • Here Comes Holi: The Festival of Colors by MeenalPandya • My Hindu Year (A Year of Religious Festivals) by CathSenker • Serve brightly colored Mango Lassi and Indian food • Invite dancers

  14. Children’s Book Week Emphasize books from all of the countries represented in your community Work with the national theme but modify Connect to Día celebration; one leads to the other. May 7-13, 2012

  15. More More Ideas? • South Carolina State Library Day by Day Calendar • International Children’s Digital Library • Texas Dia • Dia California • ALSC • Pat Mora • ALA Office for Literacy & Outreach Services El día de los niños/El día de los libros: Building a Culture of Literacy in Your Community through Día Handout has urls or email larsonlibrary@yahoo.com

  16. The concepts remain…. • Libraries promote the power of books and reading to change lives for all children with an emphasis on bilingual and multiculturalchildren. • Every day can be a great día!

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