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Eliza Dresang, Beverly Cleary Professor of Children and Youth Services, headed a three-year study, VIEWS2, to discover the impact of incorporating early literacy skills in library storytimes.
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VIEWS2 Introduction
If adults take advantage of informal learning situations children are more likely to succeed.
The goal of this site is to help librarians, educators, parents, caregivers, and others increase the effectiveness of their read-alouds, storytimes, and daily interactions by adding simple behaviors that will have a large impact.
Valuable Initiatives in Early Learning that Work Successfully 2 (VIEWS2) explored the research-based idea that children progress faster when they are around adults who provide opportunities for them to develop early literacy concepts.
The VIEWS2 Team set out to find simple ways to increase or emphasize early literacy techniques while maintaining the delight inherent in storytime, thus encouraging and motivating children to read on their own. Research shows that if children haven’t heard certain sounds or languages by the time they are nine months old they have difficulty emulating them. The most successful readers are those who are exposed to literacy concepts throughout infancy and childhood.
The goal of this site is to help librarians, educators, parents, caregivers, and others increase the effectiveness of their read-alouds, storytimes, and daily interactions by adding simple behaviors that will have a large impact.
Valuable Initiatives in Early Learning that Work Successfully 2 (VIEWS2) explored the research-based idea that children progress faster when they are around adults who provide opportunities for them to develop early literacy concepts.
The VIEWS2 Team set out to find simple ways to increase or emphasize early literacy techniques while maintaining the delight inherent in storytime, thus encouraging and motivating children to read on their own. Research shows that if children haven’t heard certain sounds or languages by the time they are nine months old they have difficulty emulating them. The most successful readers are those who are exposed to literacy concepts throughout infancy and childhood.
Dr. Eliza T. Dresang was the Beverly Cleary Professor in Children and Youth Services at the University of Washington Information School from 2009 until her death on April 21, 2014. Dresang, a longtime professor of library science, devoted her career to literacy and children, revolutionizing the field. Her research, teaching, and service focused on the information behavior and resources of digital youth. She was perhaps best known for her 1999 book, Radical Change: Books for Youth in a Digital Age. Its discussion of boundary-pushing titles altered how librarians looked at literature. Dr. Dresang chaired the Newbery Award, Pura Belpré Award, Batchelder Award, and the Notable Children’s Books committees, and served on the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award, Caldecott Award, Great Websites for Children, and Notable Audiobooks committees. Dresang’s work had an enormous impact in the field, with both professional publications and library leaders extolling its strengths. She was the Principal Investigator and impetus behind Project VIEWS2 until her death. Now the research team she developed is working hard to realize her vision for VIEWS2.
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Project VIEWS2 was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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