Story Time
Meets every Tuesday at 10:30 am in the Community Meeting Room.
Storytime is offered for children, from infants to age 5, but everyone is welcome.
Contact Traci at kids@hartlandlibraryvt.org for more information.
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Sing, talk, read, write, & play! These 5 activities build early literacy every day!
Sing: Singing slows down language so children can hear the smaller sounds in words. Songs have words not heard in every day conversation with young children (“fetch” in the song/rhyme Jack and Jill). Many songs help children with concepts such as opposites, size, shapes.
Talk: Talking in a way that encourages children to talk will help them understand what they later read: open ended questions, tell and retell stories, talk about more than just here and now.
Read: Shared reading (interactive reading) is the single most important activity to help children get ready to read. Language of books is richer than the language of conversation, more rare words are used. Informational texts offer different vocabulary than story books.
Write: Reading and writing both represent spoken language. Begins with fine and gross motor skills.
Play: Symbolic play (using one object to represent another), dramatic play (acting out and retelling stories), and role playing help develop language. As babies handle objects and
toys describe how they feel, what they look like, and sounds they make. Enhance children’s play by adding new words and descriptions to the words they use as they play. Children learn new words best when they learn them in context, that is, in a natural setting.
For more information and tips on early literacy, go to: https://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/ECRR/workshopsab/trainingmaterials/parentguidebrochuresa/T23bro.pdf
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Program
The concept is simple, the rewards are priceless. Read a book (any book) to your newborn, infant, and/or toddler. The goal is to have read 1,000 books (yes you can repeat books) before your precious one starts kindergarten. Does it sound hard? Not really if you think about it. If you read just 1 book a night, you will have read about 365 books in a year. That is 730 books in two years and 1,095 books in three years. If you consider that most children start kindergarten at around 5 years of age, you have more time than you think (so get started).
The key is perseverance. Make it exciting. When your child reaches a milestone, give him/her a small reward (stickers, backpacks, books). Get started today – ask for your reading log at the Circulation Desk! For every completed log (100 books) returned to the library, children will receive a sticker and a book!
NEW! Do you need more reading logs? 1000 Books Before Kindergarten is online!Use the link to find reading logs and more!
EARLY LITERACY ACTIVITIES CALENDAR – Daily literacy-building activities to share with your child!
Here is the January – December 2022 Calendar!!