Through the K-3 Home Library program, Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation collaborates with Scholastic to provide high-quality books and resources to…
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2022 K-3 Home Library Book Activities & Booker’s Book Club
GELF is promoting the importance of reading over the summer to combat learning loss. As part of that initiative we are providing activities related to Booker’s Book Club and the K-3 Home Library program books that students are receiving this summer…
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K-3 Family Reading Time at Home Guides
Reading time together at home is a special time. Whether you receive books from school, check out books from the local library, or choose one from books you already have at home, you may be looking for tips to help make reading time at home even more enjoyable. As...
List of Imagination Library Books By Age Group
To further engage with your children around the Imagination Library books they are receiving in the mail, below is a link to the list of books that will be delivered in 2021 by each age group, based on a child’s birth year. These high-quality, age-appropriate books...
How to Read “With” Children: Reading Tips for Birth-Age 5 Children
Bring books to life by reading “with” children! Engaging with children around reading is an essential tool for brain development that helps spark a child’s imagination and creates a bonding and learning experience. You don’t have to be a great reader to create a love...
Keep Children Learning: Downloadable Reading Activities for Birth-Age 5 Children
A new book means a new opportunity to engage with children using a related reading activity. The learning experience does not end after the book has been read. Connect stories with fun activities related to the book. Below are links to downloadable, printable...
Skills Behind the Books: Birth-Age 5 Developmental Themes & Concepts for Books
What kinds of books will help preschoolers learn? What are the themes and concepts to look for? Exposing children to high-quality, age-appropriate books helps to increase their brain development and spark imagination. Below is a list of developmental themes and...
Student Learning at Home: K-3rd Grade Reading Activities & Suggestions
As part of our K-3rd Grade Summer Reading pilot, we provide students with high-quality books and literacy resources to prevent reading and learning loss over the summer months. We partner with book-gifting organizations, piloting a Summer Collection from Dolly...
Turn Daily Conversations into Learning Opportunities: Activity Demonstrations
Our Caregiver Engagement Partner, ReadyRosie, provides “Modeled Moments” learning videos and tools to show families how to take advantage of bringing up conversations and interactions with children to boost learning at home. These videos are demonstrated by real...
Three favorite words: FREE, BOOKS, and PRESENTS: ‘25 DAYS’ OF BOOKS FOR YOUR FAMILY
Megan Barber, who has been a Tennessee preschool teacher for 8 years, fully understands the importance of reading with young children. She states, “I think it’s important to read to children daily to help them develop a love for learning. Reading to children daily...