Grow a Reader
Activities, books, classes, and Learn & Play Rooms - all designed to help build a child's brain and develop a love of books and reading.
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Learn and Play at the Library
Our Learn and Play rooms have toys, blocks, letters, and interactive panels that help teach early reading skills.
Children Can Listen and Learn with New Portable Readalongs
Coming to a library branch near you, our preloaded eBook players (readalongs) are always ready to read a story to your child…
After Hours: Evening and Weekend GAR Classes
We offer evening and weekend classes for children for those who cannot fit storytime in their weekday schedules.
Grow a Reader for Teachers
Grow a Reader for Teachers
If you're a preschool teacher, find out what you can do through our Grow a Reader program to lay the foundation for reading.
Grow a Reader: Letter Knowledge
Grow a Reader: Letter Knowledge
Teaching a child about letters is one of the first steps to growing a reader.
Sensory Time
Grow a Reader: Print Motivation
Grow a Reader: Print Motivation
Print motivation is an interest in and the enjoyment of books and reading.
Creative Minds
Creative Minds
Explore self-guided learning stations in a supportive environment especially for children with autism and other special needs.
Grow a Reader: Singing
Grow a Reader: Singing
When we sing, our children develop listening skills and begin hearing the rhythm of language.
Grow a Reader Outreach
Grow a Reader Outreach Program
The outreach program is designed to serve preschoolers and the adults who care for and teach them by visiting preschools and daycares.
Grow a Reader: Writing
Grow a Reader: Writing
Children begin developing the skills used in writing long before their work becomes words!
Grow a Reader: Print Awareness
Grow a Reader: Print Awareness
Help your children make connections between the words they hear and what's printed on the page.
Grow a Reader: Reading
Grow a Reader: Reading
By making early reading something fun to do every day and everywhere, caregivers can turn this activity into a positive time for everyone.
Grow a Reader: Narrative Skills
Grow a Reader: Narrative Skills
You can help your child get better at narrative skills (telling stories).
Grow a Reader: Talking
Grow a Reader: Talking
When you add new words and information to conversations with your children, you develop their vocabularies and knowledge of their world.
Grow a Reader: Playing
Grow a Reader: Playing
Playing can be a fun way for children to practice symbolic thinking, which is an important part of learning to read.
Grow a Reader: Vocabulary
Grow a Reader: Vocabulary
For a child, vocabulary is like a treasure, waiting to be discovered through the sands of all the other words in a story.
Grow a Reader: Phonological Awareness
Grow a Reader: Phonological Awareness
Introducing children to songs, stories that rhyme, and poems all increase their phonological awareness.
Grow a Reader: Book Lists
Grow a Reader Booklists
Find a great book in these lists created by library staff especially for ages 5 and under.
