Getting Started

Sign Up (in the library or Online).
Pick up or print your first log (see box to the right).
For every book you read, mark a space on your log. You may count the same book more than once.
Collect your prize and next log.
Notify the Youth Services department when you've completed the program so we can invited you to our graduation party in August.

1,000 Books before Kindergarten

Download & Print Logs

What Books Count

Books read at Story Time
Books read more than once
Books from home, the library or another library
Audio books
Books read on an iPad, e-reader, or other electronic device
Books read by any family member, teacher, friend, babysitter, etc.

Tips & Tricks

Have fun!
Talk about the story and pictures.
Sing songs and say nursery rhymes.
Repeat the same book over and over.
Read new stories.
Never make reading a chore.
Make up funny voices.
Encourage your child to tell you stories.
Have Fun! (so important we said it twice)

Why is it Important to Read to your child?
Reading aloud promotes these skills:

Phonological Awareness: hearing and playing with smaller sounds in words. Developed by singing songs, reading nursery rhymes, and reciting poetry.

Phonological Awareness

Vocabulary: knowing the name of things, feelings, ideas, and concepts. Developed by talking about the names of things and defining new words.

Vocabulary

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Print Awareness: noticing print, knowing how to handle a book, and knowing how to follow words on a page. Developed by reading and handling books.

Print Awareness

Background Knowledge: learning things about your world. Developed by reading and talking about books, tv, everyday life events, daily tasks, and everything else!

Background Knowledge

Letter Knowledge: knowing letters are different from each other, recognizing letters come together to form words, and recognizing letters everywhere. Developed by first learning shapes.

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