1,000 Book Before Kindergarten
1,000 Book Before Kindergarten
Good reading practices can start as early as birth. To help encourage our community’s youngest readers, many Library locations have started a 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program.
How is reading 1,000 books before kindergarten possible?
It can seem like a hard number to reach, but some quick tips and practices can help:
- You can read the same book and count it multiple times. Young minds grow best with repetition. So if you read “Good Night Moon” every night for 10 days in a row, congratulations! That counts as ten books.
- Books do not have to be finished in one sitting. Sometimes our friends need to move and will walk away. Developmentally, that is where they are. You can continue to read out loud and count the book, or you can put it down and come back later.
- Routines help kids regulate their behaviors. Pulling out a book at bedtime helps with reading goals, but it can also help your child transition from play time to sleep time.
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Library locations with 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
Central Library’s 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program is a fun, exciting, and free way to start your child on the path to success! Any child ages birth to five years can participate.
When kids are signed up, they get a folder with the introduction, reading log, reading list, and parent tips bookmark. The child's name is put on a paper book to be added to a display in the kids’ room. For each 100 books they read, kids get a sticker to put on their folder and a brag tag that says how many books they read (they also get a necklace to put them on when they turn in their first reading log). When enough kids complete the challenge, West Seneca Public Library schedules a graduation ceremony and kids will receive a free book. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the West Seneca Public Library.