Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library

Six Early Literacy Skills | Babies | Toddlers | Preschoolers | Early Literacy Sites

Early literacy is everything your child knows about reading and writing before they can actually read and write. Children begin to develop literacy at birth. Chewing on a book, playing with shape sorters, reading a book over and over, scribbling, playing dress-up, singing silly songs are all part of early literacy. Parents and caregivers who understand the importance of early literacy can develop six essential pre-reading skills to help ensure their child begins school ready to read.

Librarians at the Monroe County Public Library are trained in a national early literacy initiative, "Every Child Ready to Read," which teaches parents, caregivers, and early childhood educators about six critical early literacy skills, recent brain research, and techniques for reading and selecting books for children. These engaging, instructional workshops demonstrate how to nurture these skills in children at each stage of development:

• Early Talkers: For parents of children from 0-24 months
• Talkers: For parents of children from two to three years
• Pre-Readers: For parents of children from four to five years

Monroe County Public Library Children’s Services offers each workshop at least once a year. To see when the next workshop is scheduled, please see our program schedule.

Early Childhood Educator workshops are also available. If you participate in an organization that serves parents of young children or work in early childhood education and are interested in having a librarian give a workshop at your facility, please contact Christina Jones at 349-3100 x 1045 or email: .