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Santa Barbara Public Library
Nov 2014 – Oct 2017
Read Together Project IMLS National Leadership Grant
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services grant # LG-07-14-0039-14.
Our “Light Bulb” Moment
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Some parents may have run out of time to “catch up” to their eldest children.
Our Pilot Year: the Siblings Project March 2013-Feb 2014
Summer Activities
Classroom Homework
Project
Reading Ambassador Afterschool
Program
Targeted Outreach
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Summer Activities
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Lesson Learned:
Incentives that
promote sibling or buddy reading
change children’s
reading habits.
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Summer Campers: Bring them to the Library!
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Classroom Homework Project*
*Siblings Classroom project developed with the assistance of project scholar Marcia Baghban of CUNY Queens College and with the Santa Barbara Unified School District curriculum staff
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Why not read with a sibling during homework reading time?
Reading Ambassadors Afterschool Program*
*Reading Ambassador afterschool program developed with the assistance of project scholar Marcia Baghban of CUNY Queens College and with the SB School District curriculum staff
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Promoting sibling reading can be quick, easy, and effective.
Siblings Project Lessons Learned
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Social Reading Increases Reading Motivation…especially for reluctant
readers and at-risk students.
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Children who like to read Reluctant readers
% Children reporting increased reading motivation
Classroom Project
Afterschool Project (At-Risk Students)
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• Include formal recognition and encouragement of social reading as part of the summer reading program.
• Work with schools, after-school programs, and summer camps to include “story-teller” or “reading ambassador” training as a school-age component of outreach programming.
Siblings Project Recommendations for Libraries
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Juntos Leemos/Read Together
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Read Together
Outreach
Summer Reading
Learn Together
Reading Ambassadors
Evaluation
Ideas for New Collaborations
After school programs
Summer Camps for low-income
students
City and County TV
stations
Spanish Language
Media
Community transportation
agencies
Housing Authority Family
Programs
Reach out to:
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• Marcia Baghban, CUNY Queens College
• Marisa Miller, Santa Barbara Unified School District
Thanks to:
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