1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is a new library program that encourages all families and caregivers to read 1,000 books with young children before they enter kindergarten. It will start in January 2014.

Studies have shown that families who start reading aloud to their children at birth help to strengthen their language skills and build their vocabulary – two important tools for beginning to learn to read when they enter kindergarten.

via: http://alicebakerblog.typepad.com/alicebakerblog/2013/11/1000-books-before-kindergarten.html

Stephen