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Literacy 360

Special Collection

The Literacy 360 Alliance is comprised of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, Sirius Thinking, Ltd., the Success for All Foundation, and WGBH Educational Foundation. We are working to achieve a breakthrough in enhancing literacy and language development for at-risk children, by creating a community to disseminate our partners’ media into different settings, and by making sure that children will be able to benefit from a continuous program of literacy activities throughout the day that are intentionally related and supported by a caring adult.

This collection shows examples of the types of resources that the Alliance might gather into a Literacy 360 portal powered by Teachers' Domain, to support the literacy activities promoted by the project.

Funding for the Literacy 360 pilot was provided by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

RESOURCE	GRADE LEVEL	MEDIA TYPE
Abiyoyo In this video segment from Between the Lions stars Theo the Lion reading aloud the story of Abiyoyo, a South African tale packed with suspense, heroic characters, and new words.	Pre-K-1	Video
The Amazing Adventures of Equiano This online book from the International Children's Digital Library traces the journey of Equiano, a young African boy of the Ibo tribe, from his capture by Africans to his life in the Americas. It describes his arduous adventure from slavery to becoming a free man.	4-6	Interactive
Axle the Freeway Cat In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, a lonely cat meets a new friend in a traffic jam.	Pre-K-4	Interactive
Between the Lions Digital Den in Action In this video from Sirius Thinking, Ltd., a librarian uses the Digital Den software prototype to engage children in reading and vocabulary skills development.	Pre-K-1	Video
Black Ear, Blond Ear In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, relations between the blonde cats and the black cats, who live on different sides of the river, learn about each other when they exchange ears.	Pre-K-4	Interactive
The Blue Sky In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, a sad and lonely little girl dreams of seeing her mother again as she watches the clouds in the sky.	Pre-K-4	Interactive
Busterfield Library A-Z This video segment from Between the Lions uses an alphabet song to review the ABCs, matching each letter with the name of a character from the show.	Pre-K-1	Video
Family Literacy Experiences in the Reading Den In this video from Sirius Thinking, Ltd., parents and kids explain how the Between the Lions Reading Den has enriched their family’s literacy activities — both at the library and at home.	Pre-K-1	Video
Finbo In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, Finbo the whale is sad when he finds he cannot play hide and seek with his friends because he is too big to hide.	Pre-K-4	Interactive
Fred Says: rocket This video segment from Between the Lions shows the practice of sounding out the word "rocket" part by part, blending sounds together to form a word.	Pre-K-1	Video
Gawain’s Word: box This video segment from Between the Lions features the Knights of Blending Fields demonstrating an important element of phonemic awareness: blending word parts to make a word.	Pre-K-1	Video
Hard "c" Words This video segment from Between the Lions uses an animated road sign to illustrate and spell familiar words that begin with the /k/ sound that the letter "c" makes.	Pre-K-1	Video
Hop ‘Til You Drop This video segment from Between the Lions uses a cheer—"Hop 'Til You Drop"—to build letter knowledge, and to demonstrate how movement and letter chanting can illustrate the words being spelled.	Pre-K-1	Video
I Wouldn't Tell a Lie In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, Monty the raccoon lies, breaking the trust his friend, Fritz the rabbit, had in him.	Pre-K-4	Interactive
Little Big Mouse This video segment from Between the Lions features Aesop's fable, The Lion and the Mouse, and illustrates how children can learn by talking about a book as it is read aloud.	Pre-K-1	Video
The Little Weaver of Thái-Yên Village In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, a young Vietnamese girl maintains her own cultural identity while struggling to adjust to America.	3-6	Interactive
Look It Up This video segment from Between the Lions features a catchy song that celebrates an important function of literacy: access to information. It also shows the wide world of print, and all of the knowledge that can be gained from it.	Pre-K-1	Video
Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, the magic dogs that protect Salvadorean villagers are pursued by wicked soldiers. But with the help of two ancient volcanoes, they triumph.	Pre-K-4	Interactive
Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash This segment from Between the Lions features a funny rhyming story, reading aloud, and children learning through talking about stories as they are being read.	Pre-K-1	Video
Rocket-Doodle-Doo This video segment from Between the Lions presents an animated rhyming song to help tune the listener’s ear to language sounds, and it incorporates strategies for building vocabulary and fluency in reading.	Pre-K-1	Video
Setting Up a Book Corner In this Between the Lions teacher training video segment, learn how to set up a book corner in a preschool or early elementary setting.	Pre-K-2	Video
Seya's Song In this online book from the International Children's Digital Library, a young American Indian describes the natural surroundings and activities of her people, the S'Klallam, through the seasons of the year.	Pre-K-6	Interactive
Verbal Blending with the Between the Lions Knights In this video from Sirius Thinking, Ltd., a father and son play a "short-i" word-blending game while visiting the Between the Lions Reading Den at their local public library.	Pre-K-1	Video
What’s Your Name? This video segment from Between the Lions uses a fun hip-hop song about names to highlight the /uh/ sound that the letter "u" makes and to boost phonemic awareness—an understanding of the sounds within words.	Pre-K-1	Video