This fall we are proud to announce we are starting the 1,000 Book Before Kindergarten program.
The goal of this program is to promote reading to newborns, infants and toddlers and to encourage parent and child bonding through reading.
According to research, the most reliable predictor of school success is being read to at home during early childhood. The brain develops more rapidly during the first three years of a child’s life than it does any other time.
Reading to children at an early age can help close the vocabulary gap and prepare children to enter school with the skills they need to succeed. Most important, sharing books with children promotes a lifelong love of books and reading.
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