Ready. Set. Read!
To celebrate Literacy Month and to promote reading among our children and families, the YWCA’s Westborough Child Care Center is holding a Read-a-Thon from March 21 – April 8, 2022. In addition to encouraging our children to read (or be read to) at home, we’ll have special readers visiting our classrooms.
Throughout the Read-a-Thon each classroom will have a theme and will be sending home theme-related “props” for their children to decorate and complete with the name and the title of each book they’ve read. The props will then be added to the classroom door providing a public display of each child’s and each classroom’s reading progress.
On April 9th all of the children’s props will be entered to win two Spring Fun Baskets.
Proceeds from the Read-a-Thon will fund the purchase of multicultural literature as well as a Dig Pit project being completed in collaboration with WPI students.
Early Literacy Matters: Important cognitive development happens during the first five years of a child’s life. When families participate in their child’s education process, it can support and extend the learning that is happening in schools while promoting a positive experience for children and helping them develop to their full potential.
So when you talk, sing, read, write and play with your child, you’re helping them to develop early literacy skills. These skills make it easier for them to read in school, which is an essential skill for school success.
- Reading and storytelling with your child promotes brain development and imagination, teaches your child about language and emotions, and strengthens your relationship.
- You don’t always need to read books. Try looking at picture books, singing rhymes and songs, or telling stories from your culture.
- Babies and young children often enjoy books, songs and stories with good rhyme, rhythm and repetition.
- Anytime is a good time for a book or story!