{"id":1971,"date":"2018-03-14T15:28:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T19:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rydlicc\/?p=1971"},"modified":"2018-03-14T15:28:21","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T19:28:21","slug":"1000-books-before-kindergarten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rydlicc\/2018\/03\/14\/1000-books-before-kindergarten\/","title":{"rendered":"1000 Books before Kindergarten!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dearbornlibrary.org\/wordpress\/1000-books-before-kindergarten\/\">Find out more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In order to promote and encourage parents to read regularly with young children, we have begun participating in the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program.  Children who have not yet begun Kindergarten are encouraged to participate in this program at all Dearborn Library locations.  Here\u2019s how you do it:<\/p>\n<p>How to participate?<br \/>\nVisit any Dearborn Public Library to receive the 1,000 Books program guide.  We ask that at least one person connected with the young child have a Dearborn Public Library Card.  You can keep track of progress using the program guide or you can download the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten app for Android or Apple devices.<\/p>\n<p>Read books and enjoy the process.  Keep it fun and don\u2019t give up.  As your child reads, a small reward will be given with each 100 books read.  The larger milestones \u2013 500 and 1000 books \u2013 will be rewarded with bigger prizes.  Don\u2019t forget to check in with the library from time to time to receive your rewards and pick up some new books.  We are happy to help you find age appropriate books or make suggestions based on your likes or dislikes.  It\u2019s what we do best!<\/p>\n<p>Persistence is key.  Start by including books in your daily routine.  Don\u2019t forget to note some of your favorites.  You can count multiple readings \u2013 don\u2019t we all love re-reading a great book?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out more! In order to promote and encourage parents to read regularly with young children, we have begun participating in the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program. Children who have not yet begun Kindergarten are encouraged to participate in this program at all Dearborn Library locations. Here\u2019s how you do it: How to participate? Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rydlicc\/2018\/03\/14\/1000-books-before-kindergarten\/\">Continue reading &#8594;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":547,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rydlicc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rydlicc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rydlicc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rydlicc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/547"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rydlicc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rydlicc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rydlicc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rydlicc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/rydlicc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}