Submitted by Timberland Regional Library
Nestled comfortably between two literary birthdays—a dual homage to Dr. Seuss (March 2) and Beverly Cleary (April 12)—Timberland Regional Library’s Family Read & Sing Aloud returns with a robust line-up of programs.
Families, teachers and child-care providers may pick up program materials at any Timberland library beginning Monday, March 2, enter a drawing for prizes, and start reading and singing in every nook and cranny of homes, classrooms and day care centers. Each library will draw a winner for a backpack filled with books.
“It’s no coincidence that we open the Read & Sing Aloud celebration with the birthday of
Dr. Seuss and close on the birthday of Beverly Cleary. Characters from books written by these beloved authors have become part of cherished childhood memories for generations,”
TRL’s Youth Services Coordinator Ellen Duffy said.
According to experts, singing not only helps with builds vocabulary, it helps develop spatial reasoning, pattern recognition and problem solving. Nancy Stewart, creator of “Sing with Our Kids” writes, “Simply singing with a child connects neural pathways, and increases the ability to retain information. Music builds a strong sense of rhythm, which leads to a better ability to understand and produce language.”
All programs at Timberland libraries are free and open to the public. Special thanks to the Friends of the Library groups in all five counties for the providing hundreds of books for this program.
