1. FIESTAS DE ALFABETIZACIÓN TEMPRANA EN ESPAÑOL
EARLY LITERACY PARTIES IN SPANISH PROGRAM:
AN OUTREACH MODEL FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITIES
King County Library System
2. What are the Fiestas?
Early Literacy Workshops sponsored by the KCLS and
conducted in Spanish for families with children age 0-5
years.
Families learn about how to prepare their
children for Kindergarten through a series of
8 weekly workshops.
Children are welcome and included in the program
statistics.
Fiestas is sponsored in part by the King County
Library System Foundation.
3. What are the Fiestas?
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http://www.youtube.com/kingcountylibrary
4. KCLS - Fiestas Distribution
KCLS service
area:
48 Libraries
16 sites are
chosen to host
Fiestas
workshops each
year
5. 128 Fiestas workshops per year
• Summer
Series
( July – August)
• 8x 4 = 32
workshops
• Fall series
( September –
November)
• 8x 4 = 32
workshops
• Spring
Series
( April – May)
• 8x 4 = 32
workshops
• Winter
Series
( January –
March)
• 8x 4 = 32
workshops
6. Cumulative Statistics
From 2007-2013:
We’ve served over 13,700 patrons
We’ve offered over 900 workshops
We’ve given away over 5,750 books
We’ve offered over 1,350 hours of education
12. Presentation techniques
Interaction
• Debate
• Discussion
• Matching
• Sequence
• Fill in the blanks
• Questionnaire
• Contest
• Role play
• Narrative
Involvement
• Participants
engagement
• Children
entertainment
techniques
• Crayons and paper
• Prompts
• Puzzles
• Modeling clay
• Scratch paper
• Laces
Structure
• Song
• Movement
• Presentation
• Reading
• Song
• Craft activity
• Giveaways
13. Curriculum: Topics by Week
1. Importance of raising bilingual children
Introduction to the five Early Learning
components
2. Talking
3. Playing
4. Singing
5. Letters and Sounds
6. Reading / VLS services
7. Writing
8. Understanding how the school system works
in
14. FIESTA : Importance of raising bilingual children
Introduction to the five Early Literacy components
Craft activity:
I spy game /
Veo –veo
Song:
Veo Veo by
Teresa Rabal
Book:
Veo. Un libro de
adivinanzas
ilustradas / I
Spy (Spanish
Edition)
15. FIESTA 2 Talking
Craft activity:
Feelings
and
Emotions
Vocabulary
Flashcards
Song:
Los pollitos
dicen (The
Little Chicks
Say)
Book:
The Kissing Hand /
Un beso en mi
mano by Audrey
Penn
16. FIESTA 3 Playing
Craft activity:
Chef´s hat
Song:
I am the
chef / Soy el
chef
Book:
Minji's Salon /
by Eun-hee
Choung. El
salón de Minji /
por Eun-hee
Choung
17. FIESTA 4 Singing
Craft activity:
Maracas
Microphone
Song:
Los Pollitos
dicen / the
baby chicks
sing
Book:
Los Pollitos dicen /
the baby chicks sing
by Nancy Abraham
Hall and Jill Syverson-
Stork
18. FIESTA 5 Letters and Sounds
Craft activity:
Spanish
alphabet
Flashcards
Song:
Marcha de
las vocales
de
Cri -Cri
Books:
ABeCedarios : Mexican
folk art ABCs in English
and Spanish / by Cynthia
Weill
Abecedario salvaje by
Yanitzia Canetti
19. FIESTA 6 Reading / VLS services
Craft activity:
Dog
Song: Ten Little
Puppies /
Diez Perritos
Book:
Harry the dirty
dog /Harry el
perrito sucio by
Gene Zion
READY TO READ GUIDE
20. FIESTA 7 Writing
Craft Activity:
The cloud
Song:
The Indian
cloud song/
canto indio
de las
nubes
Book:
Cloud boy /
Niño nube by
Rhode Montijo ;
21. FIESTA 8 Understanding how the school
system works in the US
Graduation and
Certificate
of
attendance
Song:
Ya la Fiesta
termino /
The party
ended
Book:
First day jitters /
!Que nervios! El
primer día de
escuela By Julie
Danneberg
22. Staff structure
Two
facilitators
per site:
Paid trained
contractors
Early
literacy
Fiestas
Coordinator
25hrs
Early
literacy
Fiestas
Supervisor
KCLS staff
Program
supervisor
Program
coordinator
Facilitators
KCLS Staff
23. Staff responsibilities
Coordinator
Facilitators
Library staff
•Recruit, train, manage and support
facilitators
•Acquire materials and incentive books
•Plan and coordinate yearly schedule
•Promotion and Outreach
•Report statistics
•Conduct Fiestas
•Promote Fiestas
•Communicate statistics
•Attend training session
•Communicate schedule preferences and
reserve room
•Publish workshops in Library calendar
•Post flyers
•Assist with Library tour and VLS
presentation as well as talk about Early
Learning
•Assist with program logistics: storage,
room set up…
24. Program cycle
Planning
• Scheduling
• Facilitators
hiring/
training
Implementation
• Workshops
are hosted
• Workshops
advertised
through
Outreach
Evaluation
• Program
evaluation/
statistics
• Annual
Report
25. Planning
Scheduling
with
community
Libraries
• Preference form /
Children's librarians
• Requests are revised
• Sites are assigned
Rooms are
reserved for
all dates
• Coordinator
communicates with
community libraries to
secure meeting rooms
and organize program
logistics
Facilitators
hiring/ training
• Facilitators on
roster or new
facilitators are
contracted
• Facilitators are
trained
26. Implementation
Workshops
are
advertised
• Outreach strategies are
implemented
Workshops
are hosted
• Curriculum is
implemented by
facilitators
• Reports are sent
Workshops
are
supported
• Coordinator visits
• Supplies are
acquired:
giveaways
books, crafts…
28. Outreach / Publicity distribution
Newsletter / Distribution list
KCLS website
KCLS Facebook
Word of mouth / On site Outreach: Latino markets and
restaurants, churches, Food banks, Public Health clinics…
Take Time to Read - Quick Read Locations (DOL, Medical
Centers, Boys and Girls clubs…)
Outreach events: Literacy night at local schools or community
organizations
Radio interviews, Local newspapers
Websites with event calendars / Early Literacy websites as
Early Learning community
http://www.earlylearningcommunity.org/events
Any events or locations where target audience can be found
30. Program evaluation tools
• Given at the end of each
series
• Participants fill form
Participant
evaluation
• Given at the end of each
series
• Facilitators fill form
Facilitators
evaluation
• At the end of the year
• Program Coordinator writes
Annual report
Annual
report
31. For more information
Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/user/kingcountylibrary
ALA article: Programming Librarian
http://www.programminglibrarian.org/library/plan
ning/early-literacy-parties-in-spanish.html
Pinterest: Early Literacy Parties in Spanish
