ILA Noon Network: Tales From the Goose Mobile: Utilizing Community Partnerships to Bridge Gaps in Kindergarten Readiness

The Champaign Public Library’s Mother Goose on the Loose initiative leverages community partnerships to improve kindergarten readiness. Mother Goose is a part-time staff member who brings engaging storytimes and free books to build home libraries to children in the community, with a focus on those who may not have access to literacy resources.

This webinar explores how to develop outreach storytime programs, identify optimal outreach locations, adapt existing storytime frameworks to maximize community impact, and effectively measure impact and report data.

All ILA Noon Network webinars are free to Illinois libraries, and recordings are available in the Noon Network Archive and on the ILA YouTube Channel shortly after the webinars.

Questions? Contact:

Tamara Jenkins, ILA Communications and Engagement Manager
tjenkins@ila.org