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Children's Story Time
The West Lincoln Public Library has adopted Every Child Ready to Read,
an early childhood literacy programme developed by the American Library
Association (ALA).
Early literacy
is what children know about reading and writing before they can
actually read and write. Studies have shown that children get
ready to read years before they start school. Parents and
caregivers play a critical role in developing early literacy skills in
children beginning at birth. According to research, there are six pre-reading skills
children must know in order to learn to read:
| Print Motivation: A
child’s interest in the printed word. |
| Narrative Skills: Encompasses
the ability to retell stories, sequence items or events and describe
things. |
| Vocabulary: Knowing the names
of things. |
| Print Awareness: The ability to
recognize that words on a page follow a particular order (left to right
and top to bottom) and how to handle printed material. |
| Letter Knowledge: The ability
to recognize that the shapes that form letters have names to identify
them and they have specific sounds. |
| Phonological Awareness: Being
able to hear and manipulate the smaller sounds in words. |
How
can the library help?
The Every Child Ready to Read program is modeled for
Smithville Library's Story Time. Each week, one of the six pre-reading
skills will be highlighted through stories, songs and rhymes. Our Story
Times are geared to toddlers and children up to age 4. We provide a
fun-filled program of songs, stories, finger plays and age-appropriate
crafts.
The Winter Session of Story Time will
begin on Tuesday, January 10th.
It will run for 9 weeks until Thursday March 8th.
Depending on registration numbers, we
will offer sessions at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and 11:00 a.m., and 1:00 p.m. on Thursdays.
We are asking for a donation of $2.00 per
child for the entire nine week session. This money is used to help cover
the cost of supplies.
Registration is required. To
register, (or re-register) please notify staff at the circulation desk,
or contact us by telephone at 905-957-3756.
Caistorville Public Library also runs a story time. Sessions are held every Friday at 10:00 AM.
The winter session will begin on Friday January 20th.
We are asking for a donation of $2.00 per
child for the entire session. This money is used to help cover
the cost of supplies.
Registration is preferred.
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