CHILDREN LIBRARIANSHIP

What is Children?

•  A young person especially between infancy and youth

• A person below 15 years old

• A student in primary school

• The oldest one in family

Child development theory?

• The process persists throughout every part of people’s
  lives

• The growth and change teenagers

• Child development focuses on human development –
  examine the growth and change in children

• child development theory include 
  one major approaches

What is literacy?

• Children learn by watching their friends and listening to them explaining what they are doing. 

• Defined as knowledge of the written language.

• Process involving the development of language and concepts especially as they begin to be linked together.

• Motivation is not an important component of literacy

Children’s special collection can be found in:

• Grocery store
• Hardware store
• Pet store
• Academic Library

Types of Children Materials in Malaysia

• Categories of Children Materials in Malaysia
• Varieties of Children Materials in Malaysia
• Picture book

• Kinds of Children Materials in Malaysia

Objectives of National Reading Campaign

• To discourage reading among the population
• To promote and encourage reading among the population
• To limit access to books and literature
• To promote illiteracy and ignorance

History of children library:

• The first children's library was established in 2005 by the Chicago Public Library.
• The first children's library was established in 1894 by the Brooklyn Public Library in New York City.
• The first children's library was established in 1800 by the London Public Library.
• The first children's library was established in 1950 by the Los Angeles Public Library.

What is emergent literacy?

• Cooking a gourmet meal
• Pre-reading and pre-writing skills
• Advanced calculus
• Learning to ride a bike