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From YouTube: Well Read - Ames Public Library
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Learn about all the events going on in April in conjunction with Ames Literacy Festival.
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A
It
takes
a
village
to
have
a
child,
learn
how
to
read
and
be
successful
in
that
reading.
So
today,
I've
invited
a
couple
members
of
our
community
that
are
involved
with
raising
readers
and
well-read.
Oh
well
read
range
wreaths
and
all
in
the
library,
their
library
lovers
as
well.
To
talk
about
some
of
the
wonderful
things
that
we
have
going
on
in
April,
and
but
let's
take
one
step
back
because
there's
some
very,
very
special
things
that
have
been
happening
in
ames
and
it's
called
ames
reads
and
Carolyn.
A
B
Ames
reads
is
really
a
grassroots
effort
and
people
who
care
about
reading,
who
believe
literacy
is
important
about
two
years
ago,
got
together
and
established
a
vision
for
Ames
as
a
city
of
readers,
and
they
decided
those
of
you
who
read
Alexandra,
Haynes
editorial
she
said
and
3rd
grade
reading
is
a
good
place
to
start
so.
They'd
established
first
goal
of
all
children
coming
to
school,
ready
to
learn,
to
read
and
all
children
by
the
end
of
third
grade
reading
and
comprehending
at
or
above
grade
level.
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A
Going
to
be
a
kind
I
have
great
confidence
that
that
will
happen
as
well,
and
so
you
talked
about
the
ready
to
read
in
at
kindergarten
going
to
school
and
then
that
third
fourth
grade
level
reading,
can
you
kind
of
expand
on
that?
Why
is
the
third
grade
that
tipping
point
or
that
important
watershed
in
a
reader?
Yes,.
B
A
If
they're
not
ready
at
third
grade
or
fourth
grade
to
be
reading
to
learn,
then
they're
going
to
fall
behind
and
it
kind
of
goes
or
it's
going
to
be
a
struggle
for
them
to
learn
the
thing
that
they
need
to
learn
throughout
the
rest
of
their
school
time.
But
it
does
also
go
back
a
couple
years
to
you
know,
I
always
like
to
clarify
that
you
know
your
child
shouldn't
know
how
to
read
when
they
go.
Is
we're
not
pushing
for
that
reading?
B
A
Can
accomplish
a
lot
of
things
if
you
have
that
love
of
reading,
and
you
have
positive
experiences
about
that,
and
so
it's
a
wonderful
collaboration
there.
The
Ames
reads
group
is
and
I
would
imagine
that
our
viewers
will
both
recognize
both
of
you
with
our
raising
readers
in
storey,
County
organization
as
well,
and
so
Mona
I
know
that
you're
doing
some
wonderful
things
with
some
curricula
to
help.
You
know
its
walk
side
by
side
and
some
of
the
goals
of
the
Ames
reads.
One
of
those
is
is
called
thrive
by
five.
Yes,.
C
It's
called
thrive
by
five
storey
County,
it's
a
comprehensive
early
reading
and
school
readiness
program
and
just
like
you
said
it
complements
the
aims,
reads,
goals,
and
so
for
the
past
three
years
we
put
together
some
parent
education
classes
that
helps
support
parents
about
what
they're
already
doing
at
home
and
just
giving
them
more
ideas
to
use
children's
books
and
everyday
activities
to
help
prepare
their
child
for
reading
and
writing
at
school
success.
And
so
what
we've
done
is
currently.
C
We
have
four
different
units
where
parents
can
either
take
a
parent-child,
interactive
class
or
they
could
do
learning
online
and
we
hope
to
continue
to
build
more
units
overall,
just
giving
parents
ideas,
simple
things
they
could
do
at
home.
One
unit
is
the
language,
language
and
literacy
skills.
The
vocabulary,
development
playing
with
sounds
the
print
motivation
which
we've
talked
about
and
print
awareness.
The
other
unit
is
using
children's
books
to
teach
about
healthy
eating
and
physical
fitness.
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Physical
fitness
is
tied
in,
for
example,
with
children,
have
strong
fine
motor
skills
that
helps
with
writing
and
turning
pages
of
books.
So
we're
always
looking
for
connections
of
how
to
use
books
to
enhance
children's
early
learning
as
well.
Another
unit
is
about
early
using
books
to
encourage
early
math
skills
and
this
year
we're
working
on
focusing
on
how
to
use
children's
books
and
everyday
activities
to
encourage
the
healthy
social,
emotional
development
and
tying,
and
just
that
public
awareness
of
anti
bullying
and
teasing,
which
can
start.
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And
all
of
it
is
very
important
is
amazing
how
books
and
reading
and
being
able
to
turn
that
in
we.
We
don't
always
think
about
the
the
direct
connection
that
there's
a
direct
connection
everywhere
with
reading
in
in
everything
that
we
do,
whether
or
not
we're
adding
numbers
together
reading
story
problems
or
trying
to
deal
with
some,
the
social
emotional
issues
that
we
might
have.
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A
C
This
is
a
fun
book,
llama,
llama
matter,
mama,
love
and
so
in
acknowledging
that
all
emotions
are
okay,
there's
positive
emotions
and
negative
emotions,
but
no
emotion
is
is
wrong
or
bad.
It's
just
how
you
how
you
handle
it
and
deal
with
it.
So
that's
when
area
we
really
want
to
encourage
parents
is
knowing
that
you
model
how
to
deal
with
emotions,
but
just
acknowledging
your
child's
emotions
and
talking
about
that
and
using
books
is
a
wonderful
way
to
do
that
in
another
area
we
want
to
focus
on
is
just
friendship,
skills.
C
How
do
dinosaurs
play
with
their
friends
talks
about
cooperation
and
sharing
and
using
kind
words
and
again
playing
on
how
it
is
to
be
a
positive
friend
and
in
just
acceptance
of
individual
differences?
And
that's
really?
The
focus
with
talking
about
the
anti-bullying
or
teasing
is
to
develop
empathy
or
just
if
children
are
different.
This
is
a
book
called
floppier
where
it's
about
a
rabbit,
his
ear,
one
of
them
hangs
down,
and
so
other
rabbits
tease
him
because
he's
different
not
like
them,
and
so
he
just
really
discouraged
about
his
his
his
ear.
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That's
different,
but
along
the
book.
The
rabbits
do
accept
him
for
being
different
and
that's
one
thing
to
of
teaching
children
at
a
young
age
that
empathy
and
knowing
that
teasing
is
hurtful
and
that
it's
okay
to
be
different,
that
we're
all
different
in
one
way
or
another.
No
one
is
like
I
say
perfect:
we
all
have
our
differences
and
that's
okay,
right
and
so
again
this
is
another
way
of
just
using.
We
can
use
children's
books
conversations
everyday
activities
to
talk
with
children
about
getting
along
with
others
using
kind
words
and
in
cooperating
and.
C
A
A
A
lot
of
these
things
and
I
see
you've
chosen
chrysanthemum
to
about
the
name
and
and
I
still
remember,
because
my
name
is
Jerry,
which
is
also
a
boy's
name,
and
you
know
I
still
remember
all
through
my
school
years.
You
know
that
and
at
that
time,
because
it
was
years
ago
that
boys
out
on
one
side
of
the
room
and
girl
on
the
other
side
and
I
always
hated
the
very
first
day
of
school,
because
the
teacher
always
looked
at
the
boy
side
of
the
room.
I'm
like
oh.
A
It's
okay
to
have
an
atan
doing
and
a
tool
to
use,
and
and
but
now
there's
one
of
those
books
that
you
use
their
the
ABC
yes
I.
Like
me,
we
we
have
a
special
program
going
on.
April
is
the
month
of
the
young
child
and
we
have
lots
of
different
literacy
types,
events
and
I'm
going
to
jump
around
the
month.
A
Obviously,
that's
okay,
because
I'm
the
ABC
I,
like
me,
is
one
of
the
very
important
days
that
we
have
going
on,
because
the
library
and
the
raising
readers
are
partnering
together
with
some
businesses
downtown
in
the
downtown
cultural
district
and
I
can
tell
about
it
but
I'll.
Let
you
tell
about
it
is
that
was
held
together
before.
C
We
have
put
together
different
activities
to
support
healthy
social,
emotional
development
in
Story,
County,
and
also
just
building
that
love
that
for
reading
and
building
a
city
of
readers.
So
for
and
all
this
information
is
on
the
raising
readers
in
story,
county
website
and
that's
raising
hyphen
readers,
org
and
the
events
are
from
the
broken
up,
but
from
april
eighth,
through
13th,
we
are
having
a
book
drive
called
new
homes
for
books,
and
we
have
several
sites
in
the
aims
community,
where
families
or
community
members.
C
What
we're
doing
is
we're
collecting
amused
and
gently
used
books
which
we
will
provide
for
children
in
need
reason.
Readers
has
a
gift
book
program
in
which
we
provide
books
for
children
at
the
WIC
clinic
the
dental
clinic
food
and
clothing
pantries,
and
then
also
for
we
work
with
United
Way
in
story
county
for
backpack,
their
backpack
program,
which
they
provide
food
for
children
for
the
weekends
and
they
will
like.
C
C
A
box
pace
yeah,
it's
a
box
about
this
big
that
looks
like
a
house,
and
so
they
will
be
on
a
little
table
with
hearts
and
you'll,
see
those
in
its
during
the
week
of
April.
The
13th
and
the
sites
are
aimed
racquet
and
fitness,
both
south
and
north
sites,
the
first
national
bank
and
aims,
and
the
cupcake
emporium
duckworth
wearing
dolls,
päivi
drugstore
and
both
the
m
fairway
stores,
and
so
anyone
can
drop
off
books
make
donations
at
those
sites
them
during
the
business.
The
stores,
business
hours
and.
A
C
So
grateful
for
the
ames
public
library
to
collaborate
with
us
and
then
mage
the
main
street
cultural
district
and
prints
copy
center
18
different
stores.
They
will
we're
focusing
on
ABC.
I
like
me,
and
this
book
will
have
maybe
like
just
two
pages
and
then
there'll
be
some
open-ended
questions,
and
these
pages
will
be
mounted
on
story
boards,
which
participating
stores
will
have
hanging
on
their
front
window,
and
so
the
story
we're
encouraging
families
and
prayer
and
child
care
providers.
A
C
To
third
grade-
and
we
are
inviting
participants
to
start
out
at
Tom,
Evans
plaza
and
there
will
be-
there-
will
be
a
guest
book
and
I'm,
probably
a
little
clear
plastic
bin.
And
then
there
will
also
be
these
route
maps.
So
then
they
could
start
I,
believe
there
and
then
the
next
door
would
be
killin
time
studio
and
then
they
could
walk
around
and
then
again
the
storyboards
have
opening
a
question.
So
it's
an
interactive
and.
A
The
the
research
says
that
it's
not
only
just
reading
the
story,
that's
important,
but
it's
also
that
conversation
that
you
have
with
with
your
child,
while
you're
reading
that
stories,
which
is
kind
of
a
change
of
philosophy
in
some
people's
lives
as
well.
So
that
conversation,
those
open-ended
questions
that
that
you're
providing
on
that
is
a
very
essential
part
and
in
that
you're
not
talking
to
your
child
you're
having
them
open.
B
B
B
C
Along
with
research
is
that
children,
when
you
have
that
conversation
and
what
do
you
talk
about
illustrations
and
you
make
that
connection
to
the
chart,
your
child's
life.
It
makes
it
more
meaningful
and
also
builds
their
knowledge
base,
which
will
help
with
comprehension
once
they
do
start
reading.
C
The
goal
is
for
families
or
community
members
to
come,
will
be
in
the
basement
of
First,
National
Bank
and
say:
if
their
child
has
outgrown
10
or
12
books,
they
can
exchange
those
books.
If
they're
gently,
we
preferred
books
that
are
gently,
worn
and
board
books,
picture
books,
chapter
books
up
to
grade
4
or
6th
grade.
If
you
know
we're
open
to
anything,
but
we
already
have
a
set
of
books
that
are
gently
use
report.
You
say
you
bring
12
books
and
you
get
a
little
slip
of
paper.
C
C
B
C
C
B
B
C
Do
we
are
thrilled
to
have
dr.
Amy
poppy
on
and
Randy
camp?
They
are,
will
be
doing
a
presentation
on
april
twenty
third
and
this
sponsored
by
the
ames
public
library
at
the
city
auditorium,
aim
city
auditorium
at
seven
pm
and
it's
called
promoting
healthy
social,
emotional
development
through
children's
books.
C
Maybe
it's
max
and
ruby
and
ruby
Max's
upset
about
being
separated,
so
they
for
that
age
I'm
a
toddler,
then
you
could
talk
about
the
experience
that
max
is
going
through
and
then
relate
it
to
your
child's
experience.
So
again,
it's
so
sensitive
issues,
learning
about
how
to
deal
with
your
feelings,
appropriately,
learning
about
cooperation
or
teasing
or
being
bullied
that
you
can
again.
This
presentation
emphasizes
that
and
that's
open
to
everyone,
but
also
we're
able
to
provide
childcare
providers
with
training
credits
ceus.
Yes,.
A
C
C
Think
it
again
adults
can
pledge.
If
you
just
read
a
book
or
a
poetry,
it
could
be
any
age.
But
again
it's
just
a
fun
way
to
have
that
community
of
readers.
But
then
you
know
focusing
on
building
the
social-emotional
skills
and
then
the
other
thing
that
the
Ames
reads
planning
team
put
together
is.
We
are
really
grateful
for
community
businesses
and
volunteers
who
are
building
10
free
little
libraries,
and
this
is
a
national
movement
where
people,
usually
it's
private
homes
or
residents.
C
They
put
it's
like
an
oversized
birdhouse
where
they
put
that
in
their
front
yard,
and
they
could
they
have
books
where
people
can
come
and
take
a
book
or
leave
a
book
or
return
a
book,
and
so
we
are
focusing
on
children's
books
and
so
on.
Our
website
it'll
lists
these
ten
different
sites,
along
with
the
sponsors
and
then
the
grand
finale
is
our
5th
annual
step
into
storybooks
event,
which
will
be
on
Saturday
April
27th
from
10
to
noon,
and
we
are
for
the
first
time
we've
moved.
C
We've
been
usually
at
the
aims,
high
school,
but
now
we'll
be
at
the
Ames
middle
school,
and
so
we
have
again
it's
called
the
theme
as
I
can
be
a
super
friend
and
so
the
we're
again
having
you
probably
see
most
of
these
children's
books
there
but
they'll
be
come
to
life
with
a
parent-child
interactive
station
and
we're
excited
to
have
your
good
friend,
Dan
Wardell.
A
C
A
I
brought
the
library
station
the
rainbow
fish
that
we
all
have
the
interaction
with
the
the
flannel
board
and
the
book
itself,
and
then
we've
got
some
craft
activity
that
they
will
be
able
to
make
their
own
rainbow
fish,
which
happens
to
be
well.
I,
always
say
that
you
know,
member
worried
was
my
favorite
book
rainbow.
C
C
There's
two
well
one
other
new
thing
is:
we
are
going
to
have
hopefully
volunteer
readers
at
each
of
the
stations,
so
they'll
be
wearing
dr.
Seuss
hats,
so
the
and
they'll
invite
children
too.
They
can
read
rainbow
rainbow
fish
to
them.
It's
not!
You
don't
have
to
have
the
book
read
to
you,
but
it's
nice
to
have
the
book
read.
Sorry,
I
did
have
it
come
to
life
and
then
we've
also
would
be
collaborating
with
iowa
state
university.
C
There
verb
summer
program
where
they
are
going
to
be
in
the
ames
middle
school
cafeteria
and
they're
having
a
leap
into
summer
festival
will
the
provide,
I
believe,
just
different
information
about
summer
programs
for
school-aged
children
focusing
on
healthy
eating
and
exercise.
So
that's
something
new
that
we're
collaborating
with
them
this
year
as
well.
So
that's
so.
A
Of
wonderful
things
going
on
at
the
middle
school
and
and
I
when
you
said
that
for
the
first
seven
hundred
children,
you
know
I'm
thinking.
Oh
that's
a
lot
of
books,
but
I
know.
Last
year
we
had
over
a
thousand
people
at
that
event
and
in
a
two
hour
period
of
time,
that
is
a
lot
of
families
and
a
lot
of
City
support
for.
A
B
A
And
we're
sending
out
emails
as
well.
So
if
you
haven't
gotten
an
invitation,
it
doesn't
mean
that
you're
not
invited.
We
want
everybody
to
come
and
have
a
good
time
and
and
see
what
you
can
do
with
with
a
32-page
book
and
and
how
important
that
is,
but
kind
of
to
go
back
around
to
go
swing,
full
circles
there.
You
know
all
this
has
taken
a
lot
of
work
among
a
small
group,
but
also
the
whole
community
to
help
us
with
that.
A
C
B
This
is
Thursday
April
25th,
Ralph
Smith,
who
is
the
senior
vice
president
of
the
ante
casey
Foundation,
and
the
acting
the
manager
of
the
grade
level.
Reading
campaign
nationally
is
going
to
be
visiting
aims
he's
coming
actually
to
visit.
Six
communities
in
Iowa
aims
will
be
his
third
stop
and
he
is
here
because
of
our
participation.
These
six
communities
have
been
participating
in
this
National
grade-level
reading
network
and
and
they
have
recognized
that
we
are
really
working
hard,
and
so
he
is
coming
to
learn
more
about
what
we're
doing
and
give
us
an
attaboy.
So.
B
C
A
B
A
A
Newspaper
soon,
online
and
I
know
we
talked
about
a
lot
of
things
that
happened
here
and
there's
no
way.
Unless
you
took
notes
during
our
program
that
you
might
you
know
you
would
have
all
the
dates
so
do
know
that
the
Flyers
are
out.
You
know
in
the
community,
at
the
library
or
you
can
access
the
razing
hyphen
readers
org
website
and
find
all
this
information
and,
if
you're
busy
that
Saturday
there's
wonderful
information
on
on
the
raising
readers
website.