This was my part of the CLA's Spring Fling webinar: Every Child Reading to Read 2 in Action with Eva Mitnick and Elaine Meyers

1. ECRR2.0: Apps and
eBooks in Storytime
Cen Campbell, LittleeLit.com

2. more slides- maybe littleelit screen
shot?

3. Engagement
• Parent/Child Engagement
• Child/Device Engagement
• Librarian/Digital Media Engagement

4. Image from Hanna Rosin's Atlantic Article, The Touch Screen Generation

5. Southington Library Museum eTots program from SLJ

6. What we're NOT doing with digital
media
• Replacing paper books
• Replacing other storytelling tools with digital
ones

7. image of llama llama at CDM

9. Options
• Mirrored: projector or screen
o Big groups
o Better visibility
o Hands free for actions
o You need iPad, AppleTV, cables (HDMI or VGA w/
adaptor) and WiFi for both iPad and AppleTV
• Hand-held
o Small groups
o Kids can touch screen
o Walk around the room; Pop-up book
o Flip the screen around

10. Grow a Reader App
• Lullabies, Bounces, Tickles, Finger
Rhymes, Face & Body Rhymes
• Sing, Talk, Play, Read, Write
• Book recommendations (Links directly to
catalog)

11. Five Early Learning Practices
• Singing
• Talking
• Reading
• Writing
• Playing

12. Singing
• Toca Band
• Twinkle Twinkle
• Wee Sing ABC
• Lyrics

16. Talking
• Dialogic reading
• Asking open ended questions
• Ignoring the words and reading the pictures

17. Apps to Talk about
• Byron Barton
• Morris Lessmore
• Press Here

18. Reading
• Dr Seuss
• Sandra Boynton
• Richard Scarry's Busytown
• Beatrix Potter
• How Rocket Learned to Read

19. image of how rocket learned to read

20. Writing
• Children can write sooner with a tablet; they
are not limited by their dexterity with a
crayon, pencil, mouse or keyboard
• Bob Books
• Don't Let the Pigeon Run this App

23. writing app screen shot

24. Playing
• Animal sounds
• Interactive elements
• Print Motivation

25. Playing: Animal games and Sounds
• Animal SnApp: Farm
• Animal Sounds: Fun Toddler Game

26. Playing: Interactive Elements
• Monster at the End of this Book
• Very Cranky Bear
• Blue Hat Green Hat

27. Non-Fiction
• Smithsonian
• National Geographic
• iBooks

28. Numeracy
Bedtime Math
• Toca Store
• Goodnight Moon 123

29. Felt Boards and Storytelling
• Felt Board
• Sock Puppets
• Keynote
• Not intended to REPLACE physical felt
boards, puppets or any other traditional
storytelling tool; they are just another tool in
your toolkit!

30. Review Sources for Apps
• Appitic
• Common Sense Media
• Cybils
• Digital Storytime
• Horn Book: Out of the Box
• Kindertown
• Kirkus: iPad Reviews
• SLJ: Touch & Go
• Smart apps for kids

31. Questions?
Thank you!
@LittleeLit
LittleeLit.com

32. Further Reading/Resources
Mentioned
• Idaho Commission on Libraries Report
• Screen Time (Lisa Guernsey)
• Giving our Children a Fighting Chance (Susan B Neuman)
• The New Co-Viewing (Joan Ganz Cooney Center)
• Pioneering Literacy in the Digital Wild West (Joan Ganz Cooney
Center)
• Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood
Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 (NAEYC/Fred
Rogers)
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood (Screen Free Week)
• Mind in the Making (Ellen Galinksy)
• Parenting the Touchscreen Generation: Do We Need Credible
Fresh Thinking? (Eitan Schwartz)