Early Learning (Ages 0-5)
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Early Learning Services at Your LibraryDolly Parton's Imagination Library
age 0-5 registered for the program. Click here and enter your address to register.
Preschool Storytimes Fun, engaging storytimes for preschoolers of all ages are presented regularly by library staff and volunteers. Join us for Facebook Live Story Times every Friday at 10:30 AM. Baby Bags We welcome your baby to the community with a bag with a board book, information about early learning, and a coupon for a second book at the library. You should receive a bag from from Public Health either when you get your birth certificate or as part of your Well Baby visits in Christmas Valley. Early Learning Baby Showers During the first year of your baby's life, we'd love to shower the little one with books and gifts from your community. Look for publicity in the paper or an invitation to magically arrive at your door. Books, Music, and More Our collection has a wealth of books, preschool music CD's, and educational DVDs you can check out with your library card. |
Research has shown that engaging your child frequently in the five early literacy practices above from birth will help her or him develop the skills they need to be ready to read in kindergarten. Fortunately, these skills are easy!
Talking
Talking with children is one of the best ways to help them learn language. Talk with your child from birth in your native language.
Singing
Songs are a natural way for developing children to to learn about language. Songs break words into smaller parts that are easier to learn and understand.
Reading
Reading together teaches children to associate books and reading with pleasure and comfort as well as developing their knowledge about books.
Writing
Helping develop your young child's motor skills through finger-plays, scribbling, and such gets him or her ready to write.
Playing
Playing helps children learn to think symbolically, that your hand can represent horses or kittens or a banana or anything else. Symbolic thinking is an important skill for learning the symbols (words) that make up language.