Every Child Ready To Read @your library

Early Literacy

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. Whether it is chewing on a board book, manipulating their shape sorter, or demanding the SAME story to be read every night over and over again, all play a vital part in the development of a successful reader.

 Librarians at Greenwood Public Library have been trained in the national literacy initiative of the American Library Association: Every Child Ready To  Read @your library. Our storytimes support the six early literacy skills that children must learn in order to learn to read:

Narrative  Skills  Being able to describe things and events and tell stories.

Print Motivation  Being interested in and enjoying books.

Vocabulary  Knowing the name of things.

Phonological Awareness Being able to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words.

Letter Knowledge Knowing letters are different from each other, knowing their names and sounds and recognizing letters everywhere.

Print Awareness  Noticing print, knowing how to handle a book and knowing how to follow the words on a page.

Great Websites A Child Becomes a Reader: Birth Through Preschool Grow Up Reading @ The West Bloomfield Township Library RIF Leading to Reading Ten Tips to Raise a Book Lover Your Baby, Toddler, and Preschooler Zero to Three's Baby Brain Map