Bridgeton Public Library Contact:
Terri Carpenter,
150 E. Commerce St. Children’s Services
Bridgeton, NJ 08302
(856) 451-2620
Bridgeton Public Library Congratulates 1,000
Books before Kindergarten Readers!
The Bridgeton
Public Library would like to congratulate the first participants to complete
its 1000 Books before Kindergarten early literacy program! Carolina Campbell,
age 4 and Savannah Campbell, age 5, have read 1000 books since the program’s
beginning in January of this year! Both girls received “I Read 1000 Books
Before Kindergarten T-shirts” and a certificate acknowledging their
achievement.
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 at the Bridgeton Public Library and children 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. For
more information, visit us at www.bridgetonlibrary.org
or like us at www.facebook.com/bridgetonlibrary.