Bridgeton Public Library Contact:
Terri Carpenter,
150 E. Commerce St. Children’s Services
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
(856) 451-2620
For immediate release:
Bridgeton Public Library Launches 1,000
Books before Kindergarten Program
The Bridgeton
Public Library announces the launch of a fun and exciting reading program for
children ages 0-5 years – 1000 Books before Kindergarten! The program was
developed to increase awareness of the importance of reading to very young
children as well as to inspire parents to embrace their role as their child’s
first teacher.
The
1,000 Books before Kindergarten program encourages families to read at least
1,000 books to their preschooler, birth to age 5, before they enter school.
Families can sign up beginning January 2014 at the Bridgeton Public Library.
Each child will receive a reading log to record the books they read, and a free
book. Each time a goal of recording 25 books is reached, children are
encouraged to bring their log to the library to receive the next reading log
and pick out a prize!
The
goal of this project is to help kids enter school ready to learn. Reading is
one of the most important things you can do to ensure your child’s success when
they begin school. It also provides an opportunity to increase their exposure
to a wide variety of books, and to promote use of the library – a gold mine of
free material available to all community members. In addition, the bond shared
between caregiver and child when reading helps to promote a lifelong love of
reading.
The
Bridgeton Public Library is located at 150 E. Commerce St., Bridgeton, NJ. The
library is open Tuesday - Thursday 10 to 8, Friday 9-5, and Saturday 10-4.
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