1000 Books Before Kindergarten
1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Early literacy initiative.
The goals of this program are to promote reading from birth, to encourage parent-child bonding through reading, and to help establish strong early literacy skills of the children in our community, helping prepare them to be school-ready for kindergarten. Read with your child and keep track of every book you finish. Along the way, collect a prize every time you read 100 books. Once you've read 1000 books you've completed the challenge of 1000 books before kindergarten!
To participate, visit the Children’s Information Desk, where staff will sign your child up for 1000 Books Before Kindergarten. Children will be signed up using their library card. Don’t have a library card yet? It only takes a few minutes for staff to sign your child up for their free library card! Once signed up, you will receive your 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Log Book to use for tracking reading. Alternatively, there is a poster that you can print from home to keep track of your reading. Once you are all signed up just start reading!
Track your 1000 books!
Download a reading log poster (printer needed). GPPL has booklets available for you to log your reading, so stop by our Children's Department to pick one up.
FAQ
When can my child start 1000 Books Before Kindergarten?
Right from birth up until they start Kindergarten!
How do I enroll my child in 1000 Books Before Kindergarten?
Sign up your child for their own library card, in person or online! Then go to the children’s information desk to pickup a log booklet to keep track of their reading. Then go to the children’s information desk to pickup a log booklet to keep track of their reading. Everyone deserves to have access to a library card. In having their own library card children can foster a love of learning and sense of belonging in the library.
What books count? Can I repeat a book?
You can read anything, even audiobooks count! Want to read the same books over and over? Repeat books most definitely count! If you attend a storytime program at the library make sure to log those books too!
How can we read so many books before Kindergarten? Is this even possible?
It may seem intimidating but let us break it down for you. If you read 1 book a night that equals 365 Books in 1 year! in 2 years you will have read 730 books and in 3 years you’ve already read 1,095 books! Don’t forget, you can repeat books as well.
How do the prizes work?
Every 100 books you read bring in you log book (or a photo) to the children’s information desk to claim a Milestone Prize. Once you have read all 1000 books email childrens@gppl.ca to let us know! Once we have your Completion Prize ready you can come in to the library to be recognized for your great work! We have a completion prize including a certificate, photo op, and a prize bag of goodies!
I already started 1000 Books Before Kindergarten on Beanstack. Can I transfer my progress?
Contact GPPL with your child’s name and information to jump right back in! Email childrens@gppl.ca or call 780-357-7456.
Sponsors
Thank you to our generous sponsors for helping support this early literacy initiative! If you would like to become a sponsor contact childrens@gppl.ca or call 780-357-7456.
Questions? Email childrens@gppl.ca or call 780-357-7456 with any questions.