Stork Storytime Podcast

Additional Resources: Boys Town National Research Hospital https://www.boystownhospital.org Common Sense Media https://www.commonsensemedia.org/ Iowa Children's Museum https://theicm.org/

Additional Resources: Iowa Breastfeeding Coalition http://www.iabreastfeeding.org/ Mother’s Milk Bank of Iowa https://uichildrens.org/mothers-milk-bank-iowa

Additional resources: Grant Wood Area Education Agency (AEA) http://www.aea10.k12.ia.us Iowa City Autism Community http://autismiowacity.org First Words Project http://firstwordsproject.com/ Individuals with Disabilities Education Act https://sites.ed.gov/idea/ The Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers https://m-chat.org/

For additional information please visit: https://medicine.uiowa.edu/kidsight http://www.mercyiowacity.org/safekids-johnsoncounty

For more information please visit the following: http://www.summerlearning.org for the national summer learning association. https://www.cslpreads.org for the benefits of summer reading.

Hear From an Expert: Vision in newborns and children by North Liberty Library

Let's Dish: Beyond The Bump by North Liberty Library

Hear From an Expert: Dr. Tori Logan, Early Literacy by North Liberty Library

Jennifer and Emily welcome Megan and Tessa from Enrichment Therapies to the podcast. Megan and Tessa explain the different aspects of speech pathology and discuss the importance of incorporating letter knowledge into the early part of a child's life.

Jennifer and Emily welcome Iowa City Children's Librarian Karen Gordon to the podcast. Karen discusses some of the ways parents can learn and practice proper reading and storytelling techniques in their child's first few months.

Jennifer and Emily introduce Womb Literacy. They look back and explain where the idea came from and describe the different elements that will make up the Womb Literacy program.