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Story Time
Did you know that reading to your child is one of the most powerful ways to boost his or her brain power? The simple and enjoyable act of sharing books helps your child learn pre-reading skills such as understanding the sounds letters make, developing a bigger vocabulary, and building background knowledge—all important skills that help prepare your child for learning to read and entering kindergarten.
The 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program was created for this purpose: to promote reading to newborns, infants, and toddlers and to encourage parent and child bonding through reading. The concept is simple. Read a book, any book, to your newborn, infant or toddler. The goal is to have read 1000 books before they start kindergarten. If you read just one book a night, you will have read 365 books in a year.
At Davies Memorial Library, we host a story time hour every Monday at 8 a.m. We offer prizes each story time, every 100 books read and when the final milestone of 1000 books is reached. This is a fun interactive way to participate in the program and to help foster a lifetime love of reading.
If you’d like for your child to participate in the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten program at the library register here or send us an email at davieslibraryvt@gmail.com. You can pick up your program materials at the library.
To learn more about the program, visit 1000 Books Before Kindergarten.