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Take on the Challenge: Can you and your child read 1000 books before they go to Kindergarten?

Take on the Challenge: Can you and your child read 1000 books before they go to Kindergarten?

The concept is simple, the rewards are priceless. The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program encourages parents to read books with their newborn, infant, and toddler. The goal is to read 1,000 books before your child starts kindergarten. Reading together helps children develop important pre-literacy skills that are needed to provide...

Writing Helps Reading

Writing Helps Reading

Whether it’s painting their dinner plate with strained carrots or coloring all over the walls, children naturally want to leave their mark on the world. They learn early on that making sounds with their mouths and making scribbles on paper (or other surfaces) are ways to communicate. Reading and writing...

Why Storytime is Important

Why Storytime is Important

Storytime teaches children important preliteracy skills when we read, sing, talk, and play together. Even something as seemingly simple as how pages turn and how we read from left to right, children learn from observations they make about their world.  Librarians in story time have the unique ability to model...

Read it, Baby!

Read it, Baby!

0-3 months: Right now, babies are picking up the rhythms and sounds of language and absorbing so much! You don’t need to just read baby books at this age, as newborn babies are getting more from the rhythm and hearing you speak. Consider reading short books aloud or even reading...

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Reaching Reluctant Readers

One of my favorite things about being a Youth Services Librarian is sharing my love and enthusiasm of reading with young people. Helping children discover the magic, wonder, and endless information that books provide is so rewarding. Finding that one book or book series that can change the mind of...

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The Importance of Story Time for Children

Reading stories to children introduces a wealth of ideas.  Thoughts and emotions can be communicated in simple to understand concepts which provides amusement, fascination, and fun.  Telling stories arouses a child’s imagination unlike any other medium. Imagination encourages a child to develop their reasoning skills.  Without using their imagination, a child...