The Round Rock Public Library is proud to participate in Every Child Ready to Read, a joint project of the Public Library Association and the Association for Library Service to Children to promote literacy among children.
Current research on early literacy and brain development indicates that it is never too early to prepare children for success as readers. Parents of newborns, toddlers and preschoolers must be informed of their critical role as their children's first teacher.
The Public Library Association and the Association for Library Service to Children, have incorporated the latest research into a series of parent and caregiver workshops to provide public libraries with vital tools to help prepare parents for their critical role as their child's first teacher. These tools were developed by Dr. Grover C. Whitehurst and Dr. Christopher Lonigan, well-known researchers in emergent literacy, and have been tested and refined by library demonstrations sites around the country.
The Central Texas Ready to Read early literacy project is funded and sponsored by the Central Texas Library System, Inc., the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Tocker Foundation and the Round Rock Public Library.
Children's staff of Round Rock Public Library has been involved in presenting a series of workshops at the library, at Round Rock Headstart program, and other public schools in the Round Rock area.
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