Are Mother Goose Programs™ the same as Every Child Ready to Read (ECRR)?
MGP complements ECRR. For example, VCB is working in Vermont with the Department of Libraries on a joint statewide early literacy initiative (ELI). Thirty public librarians are attending a two-day training workshop. On the first day ECRR trainer Saroj Ghoting will conduct the workshop and VCB will be using MGP materials to conduct the workshop on the second day. A follow-up workshop in November will focus on how librarians can work with childcare providers in their communities. The Executive Director of VCB, Sally Anderson, is a librarian by trade. As a member of ALA, ALSC and as an ALSC committee member, Sally is well-versed in the ECRR program and its concepts. MGP’s emphasis on math and science as well as literacy along with MGP guides, manuals and hands-on materials supplement and expand the ECRR model. Librarians familiar with ECRR will be particularly impressed with MGP.
