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Prepare Your Child for Success!

Hearing word and letter sounds is key to little ones' reading and speech development. Listening to books as you read together is an easy and fun way for them to learn and makes for great bonding moments.

 

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: Newborns to preschoolers, ages 0-6, along with their caregivers!

HOW TO PARTICIPATE: Log the books you've read together on the Beanstack app*, and automatically earn badges and prizes for every 100 books.

Prefer the non-digital route? Download the tracking sheet for every 100 books.

Visit the library to collect your reading milestone prizes at the library!

  • Repeated books count!
  • Books read by any caregivers and at Story Times count too!

WHAT YOU'LL EARN: For every 100 books you read, you get Mega Bloks! Make it all the way to 1,000 and choose a free book!


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Links for Early Literacy tips and information

Reading Milestones

  • Every 100 Books: Bag of Mega Bloks
  • 1000 Books: A Free Book!
  • Every Book: Gain a Love of reading and a kick start on early literacy for your child.

Did You Know?

If you read 1 book every day for a year, you would read 365 books. Do that for only 3 years and you'll already have read 1,095 books! Kick it up a notch and read 5 books a day, you would then read 1,825 books in just ONE year, you would read 365 books. Do that for only 3 years and you'll already have read 1,095 books! Kick it up a notch and read 5 books a day, you would then read 1,825 books in just ONE year

*If you are already registered on Beanstack as an adult or for another child, you can Add a Reader to that account. Readers must be between the ages of 0-6 to join this challenge, and, in order to view this challenge, you must be on your child’s account. Easily toggle back and forth between registered readers and add more readers by clicking on your name when logged into Beanstack. For questions and assistance, call Youth Services at 978-694-2098 or email kids@wilmlibrary.org.