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From YouTube: Parent Connection November 2016 with Host Teresa Tudor
Description
This month, Teresa speaks with Rebecca Hass, Anne Arundel County Public Library and Melanie Carter, AACPS, About a Literacy Bag and What is in it
A
Thank
you
for
joining
us
on
Parent
Connection.
Today,
we're
going
to
learn
all
about
a
literacy
bag
and
our
guests
are
Rebecca
Haas
and
Melanie
Carter.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
joining
us
thanks
for
having
us
well
before
we
get
started
on
talking
about
the
literacy
back.
Tell
us
a
little
bit
about
yourselves.
What
you
do,
who
you
work
for
sure.
A
C
B
B
Sure
I'm
glad
you
asked
alright,
so
this
is
our
literacy
bag.
Let
me
share
it
with
you.
We
have
a
number
of
great
books,
we
have
baby
faces
and
that's
not
my
bunny
and
a
lot
of
really
fun
materials
and
resources
for
parents.
The
building
of
early
literacy
blocks
healthy
beginnings,
which
is
a
great
tool
put
together
through
the
MS
de
page
about
playing
some
website
resources.
C
Literacy
bags,
the
first
initiative
was
in
2011-12
under
the
direction
of
then
superintendent,
Kevin
Maxwell
and
the
leadership
of
Mary
tell
are
from.
She
was
the
director
of
special
at
at
the
time,
and
the
purpose
in
the
goal
of
literacy
bags
was
to
promote
a
love
of
learning
and
books
and
to
reach
out
to
first-time
parents.
C
A
C
Yes,
absolutely
if
you're
a
first-time
parent,
we
wanted
to
put
books
in
the
hands
of
first-time
parents,
so
that
they
can
begin
that
very,
very
important
journey
of
sharing
a
love
of
language
of
literacy,
of
looking
at
books
and
it
playing
with
language,
because
we
know
how
important
that
is
for
both
school
and
life
success.
So
the
initiative
was
to
put
books
in
the
hands
of
first-time
families,
so
that
was
in
2011-12,
and
the
feedback
was
so
positive
that
again
this
year,
we're
trying
to
revamp
in
and
move
it
out
again
this
year.
Well,.
A
I
love
the
idea
and
I
think
it's
great
that
parents,
first
of
all
I'm
sure,
as
a
new
parent,
that's
really
wonderful
to
get
that
little
gift
with
books
in
it
and
all
the
tips,
because
everyone
is
so
nervous
if
it's
your
first
child
or
if
it's
your
third
child,
but
you
know
I'm,
taking
this
little
child
home
now
and
they're
mine,
so
I
think
that
it's
really
wonderful
and
we're
finding
that
our
parents
really
are
into
researching
and
looking
at
and
trying
to
find
out
what
they
should
do
with
their
children.
So
that's
wonderful!
B
Now
it's
a
partnership
with
the
Anne
Arundel
County,
Public
Schools
and
the
21st
century
foundation,
and
we're
now
going
to
be
doing
a
thousand
bags
Wow
we're
going
from
five
hundred
to
a
thousand
bags
and
also
with
the
library
foundation,
helping
to
support
and
fund
this.
So
Carol
mcmurtrey
is
the
executive
director
and
we
met
and
talked
and
and
yep
we're
all
on
board
to
to
do
it
again
and
do
it
even
better.
Well.
A
I
think
that's
really
great,
and
you
mentioned
your
foundation
and
the
our
foundation,
which
is
the
21st
century
foundation.
So
you
know
our
let
our
listeners
are
hearing
that,
if
you're
giving
to
those
organizations,
this
is
something
that
you're
one
of
the
initiatives
that
you're
actually
supporting
and
a
lot
of
times.
If
we
are
giving
to
a
foundation,
we
want
to
know
where
the
money's
going
so
I
think
that
everyone
would
love
to
hear
that.
What
do
you
feel
are
the
benefits
of
a
literacy
bag
to
the
parent
and
child.
The.
C
Benefits,
of
course,
are
to
the
parent
and
child,
but
they
are
also
benefits
to
the
school
system
into
society
at
large.
The
first
benefit
is
the
bonding
when
a
child
and
a
parent
have
left
reading
and
they're.
Looking
at
a
book,
there's
a
bonding,
a
social
thing
that
happens
only
in
those
intimate
section
so
I
would
say.
The
major
benefit
is
to
and
courage
and
promote
that
bonding.
C
Language
and
I
have
to
digress
just
a
minute
to
say,
there's
a
lot
of
research
that
supports
the
importance
of
oral
language
and
the
most
telling
or
revealing
research
is
that
which
was
published
in
1995
by
hart
&
risley,
and
it
was
an
exciting
research
for
early
childhood
people
such
as
myself,
because
there's
a
longitudinal
research
for
two
and
a
half
years.
They
monitor
oral
language
in
42
families
and
at
the
age
of
three
they
found
that
children
from
professional
families
heard
11
million
words.
C
Conversely,
children
from
families
of
welfare
or
great
poverty
heard
three
million
words
so
think
about
that
gap
between
11
million
words
and
3
million
words.
The
study
didn't
stop,
then
they
went
back
when
the
children
were
nine
years
old
and
they
had
strong
connections
between
the
gap
that
was
available
in
literacy
continued
when
children
were
nine
years
old
in
their
outcomes
in
school.
So
that
is
a
huge,
huge
piece
of
data
and
makes
significant
oral
language
and
what
can
promote
oral
language
more
than
sitting
with
books.
C
I
did
take
the
liberty
of
lifting
the
conclusion
from
hart
&
risley
1995
study,
because
I
think
it
is
so
powerful.
This
is
from
meaningful
differences.
The
conclusion
says
the
most
important
aspect
for
very
young
children
and
remember
we're
talking
about
children
are
coming
home
from
from
the
hospital.
Is
the
amount
of
talk
actually
going
on
moment
by
moment
between
children
and
their
caregivers
and
what
promotes
talk
more
than
lap
reading
looking
at
books
and
playing
with
children,
I
think.
A
That's
that's
so
significant,
and
especially
in
this
era,
where
we
have
so
many
electronics
and
sometimes
we
tend
not
necessarily
within
but
as
our
children
get
a
little
older,
giving
the
electronics
they're
engaged
and
sometimes
we
think
well
they're
learning
and
there
but
I
think
we're
missing
that
piece
of
talking
to
your
children
all
the
time
and
all
of
us
that
have
had
young
children,
sometimes
at
that
two-and-a-half
age,
where
they're
asking
why?
What.
D
A
And
repeating
everything
sometimes
I
know
that
can
be
stressful
for
parents,
but
maybe
that's
a
good
time
to
just
take
that
break.
Go
to
a
book.
Read
a
book
with
your
child.
Go
through
it
and
talk
it
kind
of
can
maybe
get
some
of
the
questions
a
little
break
for
you
and
I
think
even
for
the
children,
even
if
you're
not
reading
right
at
the
moment,
just
talking
about
the
books
or
having
them
go
and
explore
on
their
own
is.
C
It
important
what
you
say
is
so
significant,
because
language
at
that
age,
two
and
a
half
or
three
really
is
foundation
for
school
readiness,
which
is
a
tremendous
goal
and
also
it
really
extrapolates
into
the
system's
goal:
to
have
every
child
reading
at
second
grade
level
or
beyond,
when
you're
in
second
grade.
So
all
of
the
things
that
we
do
from
birth
through
age,
five
are
fundamental
to
school.
Success
right
so.
A
B
C
B
A
B
B
It
how
you
open
it,
how
it
has
a
spine,
how
it
has
pages
how
the
pages
are
turning
you
know.
All
of
that
stuff
is
just
that
core
foundational
book
knowledge
that
we
take
for
granted,
but
it
needs
to
be
part
of
the
of
the
education
of
our
kids
and
that's
what's
so
important
at
the
library.
Then
too
is
that
you
can
come
into
the
library
it
may
be
on
those
off
days
and
you
need
a
little
extra
support.
The
library
can
be
one
of
those
sources
of
support,
so
you
can
come
in.
B
We
have
our
every
child
ready
to
read
programs
they're
4025.
We
have
the
babies
in
bloom,
two
other
time
and
preschool
storytime,
and
it's
so
much
fun.
It's
really
interactive.
We
have
so
many
different
props.
We
have
puppets
and
felt
boards
and
bubbles,
and
it's
just
a
really
fun
way
to
interact
with
your
kid
and
learn
about
the
love
of
reading.
B
A
B
A
Well,
I
know:
I'm
I
taken
my
youngest
grandson
just
recently
to
story
time
and
it's
interesting
to
see
because
he's
just
turned
one,
but
then
you
have
all
of
the
other
different
ages
and
everyone
is
doing
something
a
little
different.
I
know
with
the
bubbles
they're
all
running
around
and
the
dance
times
that
it's
really
engaging,
and
you
want
them
to
see
the
library
and
really
see
the
library
as
a
place
that
they
love
to
go
to
foster
that
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
we
need
to
think
about.
A
Maybe,
as
some
of
our
people
are
hearing
it
and
they're
thinking,
well
literacy
bags
at
baby
showers,
you
get
a
lot
of
books,
but
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
don't
understand.
There
are
families
who
don't
have
books
in
the
home
and
that
is
really
significant
in
early
literacy.
Do
one
of
you
want
to
speak
to
that?
Well,.
C
D
C
Five,
that's
making
them
aware
of
the
habits
of
mind
the
skills,
the
behaviors
of
thinking,
dispositions
that
they
need
for
school
readiness,
because
school
met
ready.
This
really
comes
from
the
Maryland
model
for
school
readiness,
and
it's
about
making
sure
the
children
are
equipped
with
the
attitudes
that
they're
ready
for
the
learning
experiences
that
are
being
offered
in
the
school.
So
the
literacy
bags
are
just
the
stepping
stone
into
that
journey.
C
I
also
think
another
important
piece
is
while
the
bag
can
be
used
for
all
kinds
of
things,
the
books
don't
go
away
once
an
infant
kairos
them.
They
can
use
them
to
play
house
when
they're,
three
and
four
new
siblings
may
come
along.
Who
may
see
the
books
again
is
first
time,
so
it
creates
that
culture
and
it
begins
the
community
connections
so
that
parents
don't
feel
isolated,
that
they
know
that
there
are
organizations
and
community
outreach
there
to
support
them
and
and
their
children
and
who
care
about
them
and
their
children.
Well,.
A
I
think
that's
so
important
and
I
love
the
idea
that
the
literacy
bag
really
is
a
partnership
between
lots
of
different
people
in
the
community
that
realize
how
important
reading
is.
Literacy
is
early
childhood
and
really
that
fostering
that
love
of
learning
so
early
and
the
the
skills
that
are
needed.
C
How
children
kind
of
assimilate
experiences
make
new
connections
to
new
ideas?
So
it's
the
talking
with
the
talking
about,
and
we
know
in
this
hurried
world
if
our
faces
aren't
on
our
technology
in
our
hand,
we're
rushing
someplace
and
it's
very
quick
to
say
no
sit
down.
Let's
go
if
we
start
to
say
no
I
can't
do
that
right
now,
because
or
sit
down
it's
important
because
then
children
start
to
understand,
cause
and
effect
relationships.
C
You
spoke
about
partnerships
and
I
think
we
would
be
remiss
and
I'm
sure
Becky
would
say
the
same
thing
if
we
didn't
speak
to
the
animal
counties,
early
childhood
coalition
and
the
tremendous
stewardship
of
our
friend
and
colleague
sue
Powell,
who
was
pivotal
in
rolling
out
those
five
hundred
bags
the
first
time
she
often
speaks
about
packing
those
bags
by
having
those
bags
and
what
the
warehouse
experience
was
like,
and
she
has
certainly
been
a
great
asset
as
we're
moving
forward
with
this
year's
initiatives.
So
well.
A
People
that
are
dealing
with
all
of
the
children
at
a
very
young
age,
so
I
think
I've
worked
with
them
before
and
it's
just
amazing
when
you
talk
to
them
and
you
hear
about
different
resources
that
even
someone
that's
lived
in
the
community
for
a
long
time-
and
it
has
children,
may
not
really
know
about
so
I
encourage
people
to
find
out
more
about
them
and
to
find
out
more
about
what's
going
on
and
how
you
can
help
you
know.
Even
there
we
have
people
who
want
to
volunteer
all
the
time.
A
C
I
would
concur
that
it's
the
connections
not
only
the
resources
that
they
can
offer,
but
if
they
have
one
they
can't
offer,
they
know
someone
who
can
so.
The
connections
are
huge,
and
that
is
because
the
variety
of
stakeholders
that
kind
of
congregate
around
that
early
childhood
coalition,
so
I
concur
so.
B
Hopefully,
we're
encouraging
that
everybody
comes
into
the
library.
There's
also
going
to
be
a
library
card
in
here
that
has
all
of
our
information
about
all
those
programs
that
I
just
described
and
a
lot
of
other
fun
things
that
we
have
at
the
library.
We're
also
going
to
be
supporting
that
every
child
ready
to
read
initiative
that
we
have
at
the
library
and
our
spaces
are
getting
changes
all
the
time
we
have
new
furniture
coming
in
new
resources,
so
yet
check
out
the
library
it's
it's
getting
better
every
day
and
it's
just
fun.
B
A
Think
I
know
we
have
some
of
our
schools
that
are
starting
students
at
a
very
young
age,
actually
taking
them
to
the
library
or
the
library,
are
coming
to
the
school
and
getting
their
first
library
card.
And
talking
about
the
importance
of
that
that
that
partnership
between
the
school
system
in
the
library
I
think
it's
really
really
meaningful,
because
I've
been
in
schools
before
where
students
may
be
in
the
second
grade,
where
they've
taken
it
and
that's
the
first
time
they've
been
in
the
library
or
it's
the
first
time.
B
We
met
last
week.
She
even
got
out
her
son's
library
card.
The
old
yellow.
With
his
little
hand,
writing
I
mean
those
things
are
just
so
wonderful,
but
until
you
have
that
experience,
you
might
not
have
that
same
level
of
value.
So
you
know
inviting
people
into
the
library
is
so
important
for
us.
Well,.
A
I
I
really
love
that
the
literacy
bag
is
something
it's
a
starting
point
and
it's
a
starting
point
at
birth,
I
mean
I,
think
that
is
so
important.
Let's
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
literacy
and
other
things
that
parents
are
listening
now
they
could
do
some
ideas
as
from
birth
right
on
up
to
maybe
some
of
the
older
children
that
you're
thinking
of
well.
B
At
the
library
we
emphasize
five
simple
skills,
saying
talk,
read/write
play
and,
and
you
don't
think
about
it,
but
those
things
are
foundational
to
early
literacy.
So,
even
something
like
that's,
not
my
bunny
right
using
it
to
play
like
touch
the
little
puzzles,
really
fluffy.
You
know
so
playing
with
the
books,
it's
just
a
simple
way,
but
but
getting
them
to
interact
with
it.
Thinking
of
it,
touching
it
learning
different
vocabulary.
You
know
my
paws
are
too
rough
right,
so
learning
all
those
fun
right.
A
C
See
right
into
best
practices
for
early
childhood
and
dr.
our
lotto,
our
superintendent,
his
passion
and
his
emphasis
for
early
childhood
and
early
literacy
cannot
be
understated.
As
you
said,
we
have
children
as
young
as
three
some
children,
maybe
even
younger
thinking,
early
childhood
intervention
or
I
Asian
language,
but
we
welcome
the
support
of
young
children
and
support
to
young
children
at
a
very,
very
early
age,
and
you
speak
about
read,
write
things.
C
Is
the
way
children
make
sense
of
the
world,
especially
little
children
and
early
childhood
educators
in
the
reading
office
and
the
math
office
and
the
special
at
office?
Right?
Oh,
that
the
characteristics
of
young
children
are
unique.
It's
a
unique
phase
of
human
development
and
when
you
can
bring
experiences
to
them
that
matched
their
level
of
relevant
you're,
going
to
maximize
and
optimize
the
chance
that
they're
going
to
walk
away
with
something
we
know
little
children
or
egocentric,
it's
all
about
them
and
how
they
make
sense
of
the
world.
B
C
Way
than
setting
a
Mama's
lap
looking
at
a
book
with
mom,
and
how
does
this
feel
to
me?
How
does
this
look
to
me?
We
know
that
little
children
are
locked
in
the
perceptual
world.
Seeing
is
believing
so
they
want
real
things
to
die
in
to
play
with
and
and
the
board
book
to
chew,
on
and
to
manipulate
and
to
and
to
ripon
to
tear,
because
all
of
that
is
is
sensory.
Two
young
children
as
they
mature.
C
We
find
that
young
children
learn
by
doing
and
they
may
take
an
idea
from
there
and
test
it
out
with
their
parent.
If
they're
looking
at
a
book,
pat-a-cake
babies
have
you
ever
had
a
patty
cake,
let's
go
make
a
patty
cake,
and
so
those
experiences
that
are
kind
of
representational
in
books
become
real
through
Play
and
through
hands-on
activities,
which
are
the
underpinning
of
what
our
early
childhood
office
promotes.
Early
childhood
special
ed,
our
early
childhood
math
and
science
is
just
the
way
the
children
come
to
know
the
world.
A
Is
really
wonderful
because
we're
we're
trying
to
all
as
a
community
work
together
and
be
on
the
same
page
and
be
saying
the
same
things,
and
so
that
we're
really
clear
for
parents
we're
not
trying
to
make
it
difficult
for
them
to
understand
or
afraid
to
do
things?
Sometimes
you
know
there
may
be
a
little
bit
if
I'm
not
wasn't
a
really
good
reader.
Maybe
as
a
child
or
I
didn't
have
that
experience
with
my
own
parents,
then
we
might
have
parents
first
time
that
are
just
nervous
about
that
or
don't
feel
comfortable
with
that.
C
Expanded
view
of
what
it
means
to
be
literate,
very
often
parents
run
to
the
grocery
store
and
they
buy
that
workbook
and
they
went
through
a
child
writing
the
letter
A
for
some
children
at
some
ages,
that
is
appropriate,
but
that
is
not
the
beyond,
and
all
of
literacy
literacy
is
all-encompassing.
It
is
about
speaking
it
is
about
reading.
It
is
about
thinking
it
is
about
writing.
C
A
Right
and
we
we
got
that
cut
that
reading
bug
or
that
love
for
reading
and
reading
is
so
critical
to
everything.
You
know
if
you're
doing
math,
if
you're
doing
social
studies,
no
matter
what
the
subject
matter
reading
is
that
fundamental
piece
that
we
all
really
need,
and
we
want
our
children
to
love
it
and
to
love
exploring
reading,
and
that's
why
I
know
there
are
people
who
think
well,
they
shouldn't
be
reading
magazines.
They
should
be
reading
books
and
at
different
ages.
C
That
takes
us
back
to
that
play
is
the
work
of
children
play
as
the
way
children
make
sense
of
their
world
and
move
into
it
for
a
dog's.
We
don't
say
we
play
anymore,
but
we
find
joy,
it's
fun
or
it's
our
passion.
We
use
a
different
word,
but
really
it's
that
essence
of
play,
something
that
we've
gravitates
you
because
it
brings
us
purpose
and
meaning
and
joy
right.
A
And
so
we
really
want
them
to
see
kind
of.
What's
in
your
community
look
around
your
community
find
the
resources
you
don't
have
to
be
able
to
afford
the
most
expensive
books.
That's
great!
If
you
can,
but
you
don't
have
to
there's
free
books
for
you,
you
could
check
them
out.
You
bring
them
back,
there's
just
no
end
to
the
things
that
you
can
get
at
the
library
and
the
resources
and
talking
to
your
child
with
their
starting
the
school
system
talking
to
them
talking
about
resources,
if
you
need
more
at
home,
you
know.
A
Teachers
are
always
really
anxious
to
help
parents
with
that
and
to
make
sure
that
the
student
has
what
they
need
at
home.
So
again,
I
think
this
all
falls
back
to
the
partnership.
So
were
you
know
wrapping
this
up
a
little.
Let's
talk
again,
let's
just
remind
everybody
who's
involved
in
the
literacy
bags
and
the
partnerships
so.
B
C
B
A
That's
an
important
force
too,
so
just
bringing
all
of
that
business
owners,
educators,
the
library
system,
bringing
everyone
together
to
do
one
thing
and
that
one
thing
all
is
based
around
literacy
and
really
I
think
this
is
so
important
helping
parents
new
parents
understand
the
value
of
literacy
talking
to
your
children,
singing
to
your
children,
everything
that
you
all
have
talked
about
today.
It
I
think
it's
really
eye-opening
and
I
hope
that,
as
our
listeners
are
hearing
about
it,
they
don't
have
to
young
children.
A
A
That's
it
that's
a
perfect
way
to
end
this
segment.
I
really
appreciate
both
of
you
taking
the
time
today
to
be
here
and
share
all
this
knowledge
with
us
and
thank
you
so
much
for
what
you're
doing
for
our
young
children
our
pleasure
and
thank
you
for
joining
us
today
on
Parent
Connection
until
next
time.
D
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Jodie
Russi,
the
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standards
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D
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