Friday, September 16, 2011

Read 1000 Books Befor Kindergarten

I got this paper from school in my daughters bag the other day. It's called Read 1000 Books Before Kindergarten. This is for the library in Oskaloosa!


How long will it take to read 1,000 books?
* 1 book per day X 3 years = 1,000 books
* 10 books per week X 2 years = 1,040
* 3 books per day X 1 year - 1,095


Why is it important to read to young children?
Develpoing literacy skills begins at birth and continues throughout the toddler and preschool years. The best way to ensure a child has the skills necessary to learn to read is having someone read aloud to them.


How do we get started?
Fill out a registration card in the Oskaloosa Library for your 0-5 year old. You will receive a folder with directions and your first book log, 1-100. When the first log is filled, bring it to the library for a sticker and receive a second log. At 500 book mark, children earn a book. At the 1000 book mark, children earn a t-shirt.


By reading to your child, you can help your child to learn the following:
  • Print Motivation
  • Vocabulary
  • Print Awareness
  • Letter Knowledge
  • Phonological Awareness
  • Narrative Skills
I started to google this and I have seen that a lot of differnt states have been doing this. I have just heard about this program today. I think it is a good idea to encourage parents to read to their children and for the children to win prizes. I'm sure it makes the children want to there parents to read to them more so they can get another prize.

3 comments:

madetodothis said...
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madetodothis said...

i love these programs. reading to children is such a very important thing, kids need to put down the video games and television shows and use there imagination. reading to your kids helps them in many ways.good article good review.

And1 said...

I do believe reading to your children help stimulate their brain. I used to read to my daughter every night and she is a very smart young lady with good grades, but for some reason she don't like to read.