One thousand books! It may sound like alot but you’ve got this. It doesn’t matter if your child is three years, three months, or just three days old – there’s no better time to start toward a goal of reading 1,000 books before they enter kindergarten than now!
Reading helps build social and emotional skills, sparks creativity and imagination, promotes bonding, and helps kids do well overall in school. Take that motivation, open one book, and get started. For the kids that want to read a certain book over and over again – don’t worry! You can count that book each time you read it. And remember, 1,000 is just a number. The goal is to work reading aloud together into your regular routine, and let the magic of stories do the rest.
Each time a child completes 100 books, they can celebrate their accomplishment by adding a pompom to their reading butterfly, which will be kept at the library. Children will earn a free book after 500 books and 1,000 books. They’ll get to mark their 1,000th book read by completing all the parts on their reading butterfly and place their hand print in acrylic paint on our 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten wall. The program has no set start or end date – people can register and log the books read at any point.
Log your child’s reading at DCL Beanstack or download the app to your mobile device.