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Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Meet Delaney Ford, an intern in the Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives Office at the Library of Congress and her work to make our teacher resources more accessible to teachers with younger students.
Posted in: Young Learners
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Children’s Book Week (April 29 to May 5, 2019), the Library of Congress has launched a unique online collection of 67 historically significant children’s books published more than 100 years ago. Drawn from the Library’s collections, Children’s Book Selections are digital versions both of classic works still read …
Posted in: Poetry and Literature, Young Learners
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
To kick off our celebration of Children’s Book Week (April 29-May 3), we invite you to tune into our live stream on Monday, April 29th, beginning at 10 am EDT. We will be livestreaming a special program from the Young Readers Center in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. Local authors who are members of the Children’s Book Guild of Washington, DC, will be reading twenty special children’s books from the Library’s collections.
Posted in: News and Events, Poetry and Literature, Young Learners
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
I love getting to see the students in Teresa St. Angelo's kindergarten classroom engage with the films and photographs and carefully identify evidence, of course. But the photos and stories in this post are also a valuable reminder that primary sources are powerful teaching tools at any grade level.
Posted in: Teaching Strategies, Young Learners