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Read Early Read Often
Read to your child as soon as possible.
Read cloth books or board books. Look for books with simple and clear pictures. Point to the pictures as you read. Talking enhances your child’s vocabulary.
Read your child’s favourite stories.
Choose a time to read when you and your child are relaxed and happy. Read the stories over and over—let them tell you the story or fill in some words.
Read books with stories that rhyme.
Rhythm and rhyming make stories flow and roll with ease.
Read and sing while you read, especially nursery rhymes and poems.
Singing is a good way to help your child hear syllables. Add actions which help your child break down language into separate words.
Read and have your child make up stories to go with the pictures.
Ask questions and encourage your child to tell you about what is going on or what is going to happen next.
Read together!
Share books with your baby, toddler and older children every day. Young children learn by observing and imitating adults especially their parents.
The Cranbrook Public Library supports the Early Often initiative of Success by Six. Programs that introduce children to the joys and wonder of reading take place throughout the year in the Storytime Horseshoe at the Cranbrook Public Library. Toddlers, aged 18 months to three years, and their caregivers are invited to come on Fridays for stories and songs. Preschoolers, aged three to five, and their caregivers are welcome to come on Wednesdays for stories, fingerplays and puppet stories.
Storytimes at the public library give parents an opportunity to listen to stories presented to children. The programs provide a place where parents can socialize with other caregivers and young children can meet others in their age group.
Family Literacy Day Jan. 27
The Cranbrook Public Library also celebrates Family Literacy Day on January 27. This is a national annual awareness initiative created by ABC Life Literacy Canada in 1999 to raise awareness of the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family. This year’s theme is the Learning Journey so check out their website at www.familyliteracyday.ca and participate by completing the journey to learning passport.
The Cranbrook Public Library has much to offer those children living in Cranbrook and Regional District of East Kootenay Electoral Area C. Children can join the Cranbrook Public Library by bringing their parents into the library to sign them up for their own free library card. Find out more about events at the library by checking our website at www.cranbrookpubliclibrary.ca.
For more information about the library’s services to children please contact Deanne Perreault, Children’s and Youth librarian at the Cranbrook Public Library at (250) 426-4063 ext. 107, or visit her at the Library at 1212 2nd Street North.
Robyn Graham, Coordinator, Cranbrook Early Childhood Development Committee
