Early Literacy

It’s never too early to begin sharing books with your child.  Developing early literacy skills begins at birth.  Early literacy skills are important because they provide children with the foundations necessary for reading and writing

Children are born ready to learn.  Between birth and age five children’s brains develop more rapidly than at any other time in their lives.  Repeated experiences are essential for your child’s brain to develop the connections that lead to learning.  Reading to children every day, for example, helps strengthen the connections that lead to success in reading.

Ask our Youth Services staff for more information about early literacy and let us recommend books for you to share with your child.