Kiki la Mona

Twice now I have tried to use this video, which features children's author Matthew Gollub and a monkey puppet named Kiki, when presenting early literacy and library services information to Spanish-speaking parents, but technology always seems to fail me. It's short, funny, and the best part is that it shows a father reading to his child and emphasizes that the language in which one reads to his or her child is not important. The more words children know, in any language, helps them when learning to read. Case in point: I once had a job as a kindergarten aide in which I was asked to translate a question the teacher was asking: "What is the name of this shape?" It was a circle, and the little girl didn't know what it was called in English or in Spanish.

http://www.matthewgollub.com/video/Kiki.html

It's important to read to your children!