1000 Books Before Kindergarten Now Available Region Wide!
1000 Books Before Kindergarten is a reading program designed to help caregivers prepare children for success in kindergarten. Children get ready to read years before they begin formal education. The most effective way to help children be ready is to read to them. Reading together:
Is a great bonding experience
Builds vocabulary
Instills a love of reading
Familiarizes a child with story structures & books in general
Teaches children the value and fun in reading!
Every child from birth to the day they start kindergarten can participate. To get started on your journey to 1,000 books, stop by any East Central Regional Library location and pick up your first counting sheet at the desk! Then just keep track of books read to the child. You can count any book the child hears, no matter who the reader is or where the reading takes place. Regardless of how a book is presented, count it toward your goal. You can also count a child's favorite book each and every time you read it! For every 100 books read, stop back at the library for your reward and next log.
1,000 books seems like a LOT, but you would be surprised to learn that completion is well within your reach. Starting at birth, it's only 1 book a day or 4 books a week. Even if you don't start until age 4, it's only 3 books a day or 20 books a week.
This project was funded in part by the Initiative Foundation, a regional community foundation.
The 3rd Annual ECRL Reads continues! For the full schedule check out the ECRL Events Calendar.
Upcoming Events:
Baseball in Minnesota: The Definitive History presented by Stew Thornley
Stew Thornley, author of Baseball in Minnesota: The Definitive History, considered "the most recognizable and respected local baseball historian and writer" (City Pages), presents this exhaustively researched volume of elusive information and obscure facts. From team names and players, leagues and venues, and dates and stats, Thornley's eye for detail is equal to his skill in recounting stories chock-full of unusual anecdotes and player interviews that will surprise and delight both new and hardcore fans. Stew Thornley is a sports historian and author of more than 35 books, including the award-winning On to Nicollet: The Glory and Fame of the Minneapolis Millers, and Six Feet Under: A Graveyard Guide to Minnesota (MHS Press). Stew is also part of the score keeping team for the Minnesota Wild, Twins and Timberwolves.
Traditional Swedish music will be presented by members of the Twin Cities Nyckelharpalag. Throughout the evening you'll learn about the nyckelharpa, a stringed instrument dating from medieval times and its importance in Scandinavian folk music. The group will play tunes that will expand your appreciation of the folk music of your ancestors.
"You don't see novels like this one very often. Peace Like a River reminds a reader of Kent Haruf's Plainsong or even Norman MacLean's A River Runs Through It. It's got that pure American loss of innocence theme, that belief in and fascination with miracles, that insistence on the goodness of men outside of the law." -Susan Salter Reynolds, Los Angeles Times Book Review" --provided by publisher
