Literacy in the LibraryTOOLS FOR INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE TO BECOME LIFELONG READERS AND LEARNERS |
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Read With MeApril/May 2009It’s right around the corner and will be here before you know it: summertime! Lots of sunshine and playing outside, and (we hope!) reading! The Summer of Reading program isn’t just for kids and teens anymore. New this year is Read With Me, a program dedicated to pre-readers, from birth to age five. Read With Me focuses on activities that you can do with your baby or toddler to encourage the development of the 6 early literacy skills which will lead to your child being able to read on his or her own! By completing these activities, your child will earn prizes and also benefit from the stimulation of interaction with you. So, just what are these 6 early literacy skills for pre-readers? The Read With Me program suggests activities and groups them by skill. Because interacting with you and with books is such an integral part of building early literacy skills, every skill group encourages you to read a book with your child. Here are some suggestions for great books: Birth-2 years old (look for these in the Board Book area of your local library): 3-5 years old (look for these in the Picture Book area of your local library): Check out a storytime at your local library for more ideas of great books to read with your child. Other easy ways to help your child interact with stories are Phone-a-story and podcasts. And don’t forget that the Library has lots of CDs as well as bookpacks (which have both books and books on CD!) That way you can listen to nursery rhymes or stories on the go, too. Visit summerofreading.org or your local branch library to sign your child up for the Read With Me Summer of Reading! Registration begins on May 29. Happy Summer of Reading! By Sarah Lee, Librarian, Central Children's Library, The Denver Public Library |
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Love Books! (Print Motivation): a child's interest in and enjoyment of books.
New Words! (Vocabulary): knowing the names of things.
Tell a Story! (Narrative Skills): understanding and telling stories; being able to describe things.
Use Books! (Print Awareness): noticing print everywhere; knowing how to handle a book and how to follow the words on a page.
See Letters! (Letter Knowledge): learning that letters are different from each other, that each letter has a name and a specific sound.
Make Sounds! (Phonological Awareness): the ability to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words.