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New England Roundtable of Teen and Children’s Librarians of @NELAlibraries, made up of youth services librarians in ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, and VT

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Please take our short survey about the event at https://t.co/vRSz6dOMcp #NERTCL2019

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Thank you to all our wonderful presenters, our great audience, professional catering group The Party Connection, Nevins Memorial Library for hosting, and our terrific Board for organizing! #NERTCL2019

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Seana Rabbito: Bilingual programming: Rhymes in Spanish and English; lots of movement, maracas etc for storytime #NERTCL2019

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Q&A: @walthamlibrary 's PIE room closes half hour before rest of library to reset #NERTCL2019

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Questions for the early literacity panel? go to https://t.co/1pUIC3BXaA and use the code 96 09 64

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@shumwayrainier Thank you! And thank you for coming to the conference - audience makes an amazing event ^_^

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Katrina Ireland: .@MGotL important part is including telling caretakers *why* you are doing something so that caretakers can take that home with them from the library - at least 2wice per program #NERTCL2019

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Katrina Ireland: @MGotL program is 30 minutes, super flexible, includes repetition and play, builds language skills #NERTCL2019

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Welcome to Katrina Ireland from Northborough Free Library (MA) introducing Mother Goose on the Loose program created by Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen https://t.co/MDQ3p4eNux #NERTCL2019

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Seana Rabbito: You can make this type of space in a corner, with murals, with egg shakers, any interactive set up #NERTCL2019

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Seana Rabbito: PIE room careful to incorporate Spanish to include more of the community and patron base #NERTCL2019

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Seana Rabbito @walthamlibrary introduces PIE Room: Play, Imagine, Experience - immersed space and play https://t.co/iWDWwNiXM1 #NERTCL2019

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Seana Rabbito: Play also enables children to practice physical skills, building gross motor skills as the drive car and grocery cart in "around the town" room; fine motor skills as they push buttons on the cash register #NERTCL2019

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Seana Rabbito: @walthamlibrary expand around town: Story Walks is around Waltham, signs on trees brings jungle and library outside the library #NERTCL2019

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Seana Rabbito: "In the Jungle" play area has ball pit, carboard trees, canopy tent - when kids go home and retell the stories of what they did, that summarizing skill is foundation for reading comprehension skills #NERTCL2019

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Seana Rabbito: Great conversations and imaginative play: "What do you see through your binoculars?" "Daddy let's build a bridge!" #NERTCL2019

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Seana Rabbito: When playing in each themed play space, children build vocab, increase background knowledge in subject areas, develop problem solving skills, hone communication skills #NERTCL2019

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Seana Rabbito: Caregivers and children playing interactively, encouraged by moveable surroundings empowering patrons to create their own experience #NERTCL2019

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Seana Rabbito: Patrons regularly drawn into a room that has cardboard creations and emphasizes unstructured play - example: jungle has interlocking foam floor that kids can rearrange and create patterns #NERTCL2019