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Early Learning Tips for Parents

Research shows one-on-one interaction between parent and child is critical for early learning. You can help your child develop important literacy and pre-reading skills. Five simple practices that help your child get ready to read are: Reading, Writing, Talking, Singing, and Playing. Attending storytime helps children develop imagination, comprehension and attention skills.  

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CADL youth librarians are your partner in developing your child's love of reading.

Craft bunnies are better than dust bunnies!

You could spend your time spring cleaning, but we think that time might be better spent with craft bunnies and not dust bunnies!

Early Literacy Skills and Building Readers Go Together!

What’s So Great About Storytime at the Library?

Plenty of great things happen when you spend time reading with a child. From school readiness to increased imagination, story time is time well spent.

Winter is for the Birds!

February is National Bird Feeding Month and with the blustery weather Michigan has faced recently, it is easy to understand that our feather friends may need some help finding food!

Do you know what coding is?

Simply put, it is a way to communicate with a computer by telling it what to do. By introducing young children to coding, you will help them develop life skills they will need in their future, such as problem solving, organization and communication.

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