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1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
Babies, toddlers, and preschoolers are invited to join the South Kingstown Public Library's newest reading program.
We hope to encourage parents and caregivers to make books, reading, and libraries an integral part of everyday life by sharing with their child 1,000 books before the start of kindergarten.
Reading books together can help a child develop pre-literacy skills that will lay a strong foundation for reading readiness. These skills include:
We hope to encourage parents and caregivers to make books, reading, and libraries an integral part of everyday life by sharing with their child 1,000 books before the start of kindergarten.
Purpose
Reading books together can help a child develop pre-literacy skills that will lay a strong foundation for reading readiness. These skills include:
- Enriched Vocabulary - Knowing the names of things.
- Letter Knowledge - Knowing letters are different from each other, knowing their names and sounds, and recognizing letters everywhere.
- Narrative Skills - Being able to describe things and events and tell stories.
- Phonological Awareness - Being able to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words.
- Print Awareness - Noticing print, knowing how to handle a book, and knowing how to follow the words on a page.
- Print Motivation - Being interested and enjoying books.
How the Program Works
Stop in at any South Kingstown Public Library branch to sign up and receive a tracking sheet. Every time you or someone else reads a book to your child, color in a spot on the sheet. When you complete the sheet, turn it in at the library for the next one.
Reading Milestones
- Every 50 books you read, you get a sticker!
- At 250, 500, and 750 books, get a small surprise!
- At 1,000 books, get a certificate and a free book!
How to Get to 1,000 Books
- 1 bedtime story every night for 3 years
- 10 books a week for 2 years
- 10 books a week for 1 year (that's just 3 books a day!)
Get Started
Stop into any South Kingstown Public Library Branch to sign up and receive a tracking sheet, or get started right now by printing your sheet from! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us!
Tracking Sheets
- 1-50 Books - Tracking Sheet One( PDF)
- 51-100 Books - Tracking Sheet Two (PDF)
- 101-150 Books - Tracking Sheet Three (PDF)
- 151-200 Books - Tracking Sheet Four (PDF)
- 201-250 Books Tracking Sheet Five (PDF)
- 251-300 Books - Tracking Sheet Six (PDF)
- 301-350 Books - Tracking Sheet Seven (PDF)
- 351-400 Books - Tracking Sheet Eight (PDF)
- 401-450 Books - Tracking Sheet Nine (PDF)
- 451-500 Books - Tracking Sheet Ten (PDF)
- 501-550 Books - Tracking Sheet Eleven (PDF)
- 551-600 Books - Tracking Sheet Twelve (PDF)
- 601-650 Books - Tracking Sheet Thirteen (PDF)
- 651-700 Books - Tracking Sheet Fourteen (PDF)
- 701-750 Books - Tracking Sheet Fifteen (PDF)
- 751-800 Books - Tracking Sheet Sixteen (PDF)
- 801-850 Books - Tracking Sheet Seventeen (PDF)
- 851-900 Book - Tracking Sheet Eighteen (PDF)
- 901-950 Books - Tracking Sheet Nineteen (PDF)
- 951-1,000 Books - Tracking Sheet Twenty (PDF)