1,000 BooksBefore Kindergarten challenge. The program is a nationwide challenge that encourages parents and caregivers to regularly read aloud to their children. By reading just one book a night, families can reach the 1,000-book goal and provide their children essential early literacy skills. Research shows that the most reliable predictor of school success is being read to during early childhood. Reading to children from an early age can help close the vocabulary gap and prepare children to enter kindergarten with the skills they need to succeed. Sharing books with children promotes a lifelong love of books and reading.
This program is available to all families with children between the ages of birth and five years.
Durable Medical Equipment: Do you have a relative visiting and your home isn’t disability friendly? Are you planning on a surgery that will require short-term rehabilitation? Many other situations warrant some sort of in-home recuperative medical equipment for short-term use. Our DME will be loaned for 30-day increments and are renewable. Available: wheelchair, toilet rails, crutches, cane, 2-wheel walker/basket, stability bars. These materials made possible by a grant from the Community Foundation to the Mid-York Library System’s participating libraries.
