Workshop Series for Parents and Caregivers

Parents and caregivers are invited to join Little Read Wagon at New Frontiers Charter School for a series of Every Child Ready to Read workshops. Participants will learn how to use talking, singing, reading, writing and playing to nurture early literacy skills. For more information and to register, please view the Little Read Wagon listings on the San Antonio Public Library calendar.

Video: Play and Learn with Little Read Wagon

Our play and learn programs are an opportunity for parents and informal caregivers (also known as family, friends or neighbors) to enjoy fun activities, discover new things about their children, and meet some wonderful people. The 2010 schedule is growing and we can't wait to get started!

August-September Play and Learn Opportunities

Many of us are getting ready to go back to school, but summer is not over! Little Read Wagon will host a play and learn series at the Miller's Pond Community Center for children 5 years of age and younger and their caregivers. The series is every Tuesday, 3:30 - 4:30 beginning August 11 and continues until September 29.

What is play and learn? This is an opportunity for you and your child(ren) to enjoy activities that also help both of you learn. Each week has a special topic such as reading, math, nutrition, self-esteem, etc. You and your child(ren) will learn something about the topic of the week while having lots of fun. We will have a short group time and the rest of the session is for interaction between you and your child(ren).

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Play and Learn Opportunities

Are you an aunt, uncle, grand parent, parent, family friend or neighbor? Do you take care of one or more children that is five years old or younger? If you answered "yes" to these questions, we would like to invite you and your child(ren) to participate in a Para los niños play and learn series.

Each Para los niños event is free, has lots of fun and different activities related to a new theme, and includes a storytime. Adults who participate receive one free board book at every event. We believe that it is best for children to have as many caring and well-informed adults in their lives as possible.

Our next series of Para los niños events begins on March 31, 6 - 7 pm. and will be at the Pan American branch library. Click here for:
a map to the Pan American branch library
a printable flyer (in English and Spanish)
a printable poster (in English and Spanish)

If you are already busy on Tuesdays, we will have the same series on Thursdays at the Forest Hills branch library beginning April 16, 6 - 7 pm. Flyers and a map will be posted soon!

Visit http://www.cmhouston.org/losninos/ for more information about the history of the Para los niños program.

Every Child Ready to Read

The San Antonio Public Library's Little Read Wagon has an exciting early literacy program series designed to help get “Every Child Ready To Read®.” Current research shows that children who learn six critical pre-reading skills before they start kindergarten become better readers. Children who do not know these skills when they come to school have a much more difficult time learning to read. Little Read Wagon offers these programs at schools and other organizations that serve parents or informal caregivers. Teachers are encouraged to attend one of our Saturday workshops designed especially for them.

The “Every Child Ready To Read” program, developed by the Public Library Association and the Association for Library Service to Children, explains why the six pre-reading skills are so important, demonstrates how to help children learn the skills, provides titles of high-interest books that are age appropriate, and sends parents/caregivers home with early literacy activities to incorporate into daily routines. Contact Little Read Wagon to schedule a program.

The next time you are at the library, be sure to pick up one of the “Every Child Ready To Read®” parent guides and ask a librarian to help you find just the right books to help your child get ready to read.