{"id":17878,"date":"2018-03-26T00:01:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T04:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=17878"},"modified":"2018-03-23T19:13:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T23:13:09","slug":"dia-celebracions-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/dia-celebracions-library\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00eda Celebraci\u00f3ns at Your Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>El d\u00eda de los ni\u00f1os, El d\u00eda de los libros or The Day of the Child, The Day of the Book will take place on April 30, 2018.\u00a0 Now is the perfect time to plan your program and be a part of the celebraci\u00f3n!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Created in 1997 by author Pat Mora, D\u00eda is a day to honor children of all cultures and to showcase the importance of literacy. While the official holiday is April 30, D\u00eda festivities can take place at any time during the month of April or even early May.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme is \u201cBuilding STEAM with D\u00eda,\u201d and it\u2019s a great opportunity to think outside the box and present a day of science, technology, art, and\/or math themed activities that include diverse books and speakers.<\/p>\n<p>Need some inspiration?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take a look at the <a href=\"http:\/\/dia.ala.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/150817_BuildingSteamWithDiaToolkit_pages_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D\u00eda Toolkit<\/a> that offers background information on D\u00eda as well as detailed program templates.<\/li>\n<li>Read a Book \/ Share a Book \/ Display a Book from the \u201c2018 Building STEAM with D\u00eda Booklist.\u201d There are separate lists for <a href=\"http:\/\/dia.ala.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/180118-ALSC-dia-booklists-2018-birth-pre-k.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birth to Pre-K<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dia.ala.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/180118-ALSC-dia-booklists-2018-k-grade-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kindergarten to 2<sup>nd<\/sup> Grade<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/dia.ala.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/180118-ALSC-dia-booklists-2018-grades-3-5.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3<sup>rd<\/sup> to 5<sup>th<\/sup> Grade<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/dia.ala.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/180118-ALSC-dia-booklists-2018-grades-6-8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6<sup>th<\/sup> to 8<sup>th<\/sup> Grade<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>And, there\u2019s even more on the <a href=\"http:\/\/dia.ala.org\/content\/free-program-downloads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free Program Downloads<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17883\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17883\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dia.ala.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/Dia2013_12x18PosterSpanish_download_0.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17883 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dia2013_12x18PosterSpanish_download_0-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dia de los ninos 2018 poster in Spanish.\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dia2013_12x18PosterSpanish_download_0-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dia2013_12x18PosterSpanish_download_0-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dia2013_12x18PosterSpanish_download_0-433x650.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dia2013_12x18PosterSpanish_download_0-333x500.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dia2013_12x18PosterSpanish_download_0-60x90.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dia2013_12x18PosterSpanish_download_0.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dia de los ninos 2018 poster in Spanish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You can plan something big like <a href=\"http:\/\/cs.ala.org\/websurvey\/alsc\/dia\/details.cfm?id=52564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Diego County Library\u2019s El d\u00eda de los ni\u00f1os\/El d\u00eda de los libros Ballet Folklorico &amp; Book Giveaway<\/a> or start small with a drop-in story and activity and use some of the printable activity sheets (located near the end of <a href=\"http:\/\/dia.ala.org\/content\/free-program-downloads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this page<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Whatever you decide to do, make sure you register your event on the <a href=\"http:\/\/cs.ala.org\/websurvey\/alsc\/dia\/index.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National D\u00eda Program Registry 2018<\/a> and that you download the fantastic web badges [<a href=\"http:\/\/dia.ala.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/dia_web_badge.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">square<\/a>] or [<a href=\"http:\/\/dia.ala.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/dia_web_badge_wide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rectangle<\/a>] or posters [<a href=\"http:\/\/dia.ala.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/Dia2013_12x18PosterSpanish_download_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish<\/a>] or [<a href=\"http:\/\/dia.ala.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/Dia2013_12x18Poster_download_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">English<\/a>] to help promote your event.<\/p>\n<p>Doing something cool for D\u00eda this year?\u00a0 Do tell in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Featured image courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/dia.ala.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/dia_web_badge_wide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D\u00eda website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*D\u00eda de los ni\u00f1os Spanish poster courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dia.ala.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/Dia2013_12x18PosterSpanish_download_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">D\u00eda website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17881\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17881\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17881 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MarySchreiber-150x150.png\" alt=\"Mary Schreiber. Photo courtesy of the author.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MarySchreiber-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MarySchreiber-90x90.png 90w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/MarySchreiber.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary Schreiber. Photo courtesy of the author.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mary Schreiber<\/strong>, Youth Collection Development Specialist at Cuyahoga County Public Library, is writing this post for the ALSC Public Awareness Committee.\u00a0 She can be reached at:\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:mschreiber@cuyahogalibrary.org\">mschreiber@cuyahogalibrary.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El d\u00eda de los ni\u00f1os, El d\u00eda de los libros or The Day of the Child, The Day of the Book will take place on April 30, 2018.\u00a0 Now is the perfect time to plan your program and be a part of the celebraci\u00f3n!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":188,"featured_media":17880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[418,92],"tags":[1366],"class_list":["post-17878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogger-public-awareness-committee","category-dia","tag-dia-de-los-ninos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}