Reading Tips
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You will always be your child's first teacher. The library provides you resources to encourage your child to embrace reading from early childhood to adulthood. Here are some good tricks of the trade for building a love for reading and sustaining it through all stages of development.
Every Child Ready to Read
For babies, toddlers and preschoolers, reading skills are developed with all kinds of activities, not just reading books. Check out these five ways to get your child ready to read when they enter kindergarten.
Every Child Ready to Read
Children learn about language through rhythm, rhyme and using words to tell stories through song. Sing whenever the mood strikes! It builds a great foundation for reading.
View the Playlist on YouTube featuring all your favorite stories and songs.
Online Resources
Register your child (0-5) to receive a free book a month from the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Visit our Imagination page for details on this great program.
Access our huge collection of board books and picture books to read often to your child. It’s a no-brainer! Reading to your infant, toddler or preschooler is the number one most important activity in growing a reader.
Resources
These sites are also great places to start reading right away.
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5-Finger Rule
Try this! Bring your child to the library or bookmobile and let them choose a book to check out. Ask your child to use the 5-Finger Rule: Open the book to any page and start reading. Every time they encounter a word they don't know, raise a finger. Here's how you know if the book is just right for your child:
- 0-1: Too easy.
- 2-3: Just right.
- 4: Okay to try.
- 5: Too hard.
