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FIESTAS DE ALFABETIZACIÓN TEMPRANA EN ESPAÑOL
EARLY LITERACY PARTIES IN SPANISH PROGRAM:AN OUTREACH MODEL FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITIES
King County Library System
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.
What are the Fiestas?
Watch us on YouTube:
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KCLS - Fiestas Distribution
KCLS service
area:
48 Libraries
16 sites are
chosen to host
Fiestas
workshops each
year
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
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
Total Attendance 2007- 2012
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Attendees: Adults and Children
attendees
340
1756
2078
2356
2713 2695
1620
Attendance per Workshop
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
0
5
10
15
20
25Average Attendance per Workshop
per Year
individuals
21.1 21
6
12.613.7
21.6
18.6
Giveaways / Books
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Giveaway Books distributed
Books
Giveaways / Books
We’ve given
away over
5,750 books
thanks to
support from
the KCLS
Foundation!
Fiesta components 1.5hrs
15 min.
20
min.
10
min.
15 –
20
min.
15
min.
15
min.
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
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
the U.S. / Graduation
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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 ;
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
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
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…
Program cycle
Planning
• Scheduling
• Facilitators hiring/ training
Implementation
• Workshops are hosted
• Workshops advertised through Outreach
Evaluation
• Program evaluation/ statistics
• Annual Report
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
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…
Publicity: Flyers
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
Statistics gathering
List of attendees completed
by facilitators
Fiesta workshop
is held
• # of adults & children
• # books distributed
• Anecdotes
• What is needed
Report is sent weekly
• Library, number of hours
• Weekly statistics
Statistics are entered
monthly
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
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
Questions?
Teresa Luengo Cid
Early Literacy Parties in Spanish
Coordinator
Phone: 425-369-3443