Every Child Ready to Read Programs

Parents, Grandparents and Caregivers!  If you have a child age 0 to 6, then the Library wants to help you get your child ready to read.  From time to time we offer a short informative session called, Every Child Ready to Read.  It covers everything you need to know to provide early literacy training so that your children can develop great literacy skills as they grow. 

Reading well is the foundation of school success. Children who learn six critical pre-reading skills before they start kindergarten become better readers. That’s the finding of current research about brain development and how children learn. Children who do not know these skills when they come to school have a much more difficult time learning to read.  Our program introduces parents to six pre-reading skills and explains how to encourage them in children from birth to age five.

Many children who read below grade level in kindergarten and first grade never catch up. As many as one in four BC children is not prepared to start reading when they start Kindergarten.  Helping to get your child ready to read starts well before the first day of kindergarten.  

For information about upcoming “Every Child Ready To Read” programs, as well as other materials and resources for parents and caregivers, contact the Library.