[Ipg-smz] Front-Loading Literacy | American Libraries Magazine

[Gabe Goldberg]

Laundry: It’s got to be done. And if you’re in a family with small 
children and no washer or dryer at home, it’s got to be done at the 
neighborhood laundromat—probably every week, probably on the same day 
every week, and probably with those children in tow.

That’s why, in 1989, Chicago Public Library (CPL) Children’s Librarian 
Elizabeth McChesney (now CPL’s director of children’s services and 
family engagement) visited a local laundromat to introduce herself to 
families. How she responded to what she saw there would help change the 
landscape of children’s literacy initiatives for decades to come.

https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2019/05/01/front-loading-literacy-laundromat-storytime/

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Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc.       gabe at gabegold.com
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