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Oct. 12, 2012

Mayor Brad Tabke129 S. HolmesShakopee, Mn. 55379

Dear Mayor Tabke,

Thanks for your support back in March when we made our 1st attempt at the grantfrom the Minnesota Childrens Museum. We werent chosen at that time so over thesummer, staf reapplied for the Smart Play Spot grant. With funding from theMinnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment, Arts and Cultural Heritage Fundand matching community funds ($20,000), the Minnesota Childrens Museum partnerswith community libraries to create and install an early literacy environment. The earlyliteracy Smart Play Spot area promotes dramatic play, storytelling, playing with lettersand sounds, expanding vocabulary and a love for reading and literature. These early

literacy environments foster caregiver and child engagement in pre-literacy activities inan understandable and accessible manner for all community members.

The Shakopee branch of the Scott County Library System is proud to announce that ithas been chosen for the creation of a Smart Play Spot. We are excited for theopportunity to partner with the Minnesota Childrens Museum to design a learningenvironment that reflects the heritage of the Shakopee community and its diversemembers. We wished to inform you of our exciting news and look forward to yourunderstanding and support of the grant process as we seek to expand our services tothe Shakopee community.

Please do not hesitate to contact us.

Cordially,Barb HegforsShakopee Branch Manager235 S. Lewis St.Shakopee, MN 55379952-233-9590 Ext. [email protected]

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Minnesota Childrens MuseumSmart Play Spot Early Literacy Environment Opportunity

Minnesota Childrens Museum is a premier early childhood learning institution with ahistory of creating exciting learning opportunities for young children, their parents andother significant adults in their lives through fun, educational exhibits and programsthat promote and enrich early childhood development.

In 2010, in collaboration with Dakota County, Hennepin County, and Saint Paul Publiclibraries, and with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, theMuseum transformed the childrens areas of three libraries into immersive, interactive,early literacy environments. Combining the best elements of childrens museumlearning environments and libraries intentional interactions, these model early literacyenvironments advance childrens literacy development through three-dimensional,hands-on, multi-sensory learning. The environments are designed around the six pre-reading skills defined by the Public Library Association and the Association for LibraryService to Children.

Playful environments engage children in dramatic play, storytelling, playing with lettersand sounds, vocabulary development and high quality literature, all designed topromote a love of reading and build pre-reading skills. Engaging adults in childrensearly literacy learning is also of primary importance in the environments, with the goalof making early literacy development and the pre-reading skills more understandableand accessible for a broad audience. To that end, graphic messages throughout theenvironments encourage adults in specific ways they can support children's earlyliteracy development


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Smart Play SpotNathan Bergstedt / Herald Review | Posted: Saturday, August 25, 2012 6:00 am

The new Smart Play Spot at the Grand

Rapids Area Children's Library features a replica of the Peter Pan Tree which once stood at Central School and was a popular children's play

spot.

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