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...
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K-3 Summer Pilot Book List: Suggestions & Activities
As part of our K-3 Summer Reading pilot, we provide rising first through third graders in participating school districts with books and resources delivered to their mailbox over the summer. This program was launched in 2020, piloting a Summer Collection from Dolly...
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...
Giving the Gift of Generational Literacy
Sharon Scruton, a professor of children’s literature at Bethel University in Mckenzie, Tennessee, describes how her family has developed a multi-generational love for reading through the gifting of books. First as a mother of three children and now as a “grandma” to...
Fall Fun Activities for Healthy Brain Development
It is finally FALL IN TENNESSEE! The fall season is a time for football, bonfires, admiring the changing colors of the leaves, and visiting local pumpkin patches and fall festivals with friends and family. Fall means finding any excuse to be outside in the crisp...
Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come! Tips for Getting Your Child “Back to School” Ready
The weather may still feel like summer, but we can hear backpacks zipping up all over Tennessee for back to school time. We have lots of Imagination Library graduates headed to kindergarten this year. Whether your little one is headed to kindergarten or still has a...
New Year’s Reading Resolutions: Turn Daily Routines into Reading Moments
We are kicking off a new year! That means many of us will be making resolutions and setting goals we want to accomplish. Let's add reading with children to those resolutions. From visiting a Storybook Trail... learning how to read interactively... providing the gift...
Fill Summer with Lots of Reading Fun!
It is summertime! Reading with children over the summer months is an essential activity to keep their brains active. It plays an important role in expanding their vocabulary and love of reading and likely preventing your children from the "Summer Slide," a term used...
New Year’s Reading Resolutions: 8 Easy Ways to Make Reading Part of Your Child’s Routine
We are kicking off a new year! That means many of us will be making resolutions and plans for goals we want to accomplish. Let's add reading with children to those resolutions. From setting aside reading time in your daily routine... to learning how to read...
Celebrate the Season with Reading: Imagination Library Books & Activities for Holiday Family Fun
The holiday season is here, and we are approaching "winter break." The forecast calls for lots of cold weather, family fun and awesome books! Make reading with your children a holiday tradition. Reading with children plays an important role in maintaining and...