March is National Reading Month! (click HERE for the full calendar)
Save the dates:
"Beary" Special Supercharged Storytime Playgroup
9 - 10:30 am 500 Main Street, CCC Room (Enter on Arch St.)
Did you know March is National Reading Month? Join us for a fun storytime, activities, and snacks. Take home bear-themed books donated by the United Way Dolly Parton Imagination Library. Children will also receive a "beary" special reading buddy and literacy bag that promotes reading, literacy and supports social-emotional development. Start your little ones' National Reading Month off right!
The Two I's of a Reader
6:30 - 8 pm Zoom
Fiction or Non-Fiction, that is the question. Discover how children learn through imagination, information, and the benefits of fiction and non-fiction books for early learners. Participants will receive books to support learning through imagination and information.
Reading and Recipes: One Pan Meals
6:30 - 8 pm Zoom
In session 4, our UConn Nutritionist will engage families in an interactive nutrition education and food demonstration. Previous Reading and Recipes participants will receive literacy resources and ingredients. Together, we will make Roasted Chicken and Root Veggies. New participants will receive ingredients following the virtual event.
Wednesday Workshop: Dramatic Play and Language Development
1 - 2:30 pm Zoom
Play is the work of children. Join us to learn why dramatic play is an effective way for children to boost language, literacy, and social-emotional skills. Our participation incentive is a dramatic play dress-up set.
This service is for children ages birth through five, along with their parents and caregivers, to ensure all children in Hartford are well prepared and enter kindergarten ready to learn.
This interactive, immersive literacy program will offer support to home daycare providers in the form of:
Interested? Complete this online form or send an email to Leap Into Learning Program Coordinator Nichole Hawkins at nhawkins@hplct.org.
Patricipating providers who care for children ages birth to five will receive access to good quality early literacy resources and enjoy special literacy events, plus beneficial training for providers and parents. Providers can also apply for an HPL teacher card which allows providers to:
Providers and parents are encouraged to join us at Hartford Public Library's Summer Learning kickoff event on Saturday, June 18th at the Downtown Library (500 Main St.) to learn more.
Leap Into Learning is sponsored by the Gawlicki Family Foundation.
Nichole is a Hartford resident with decades of experience in early childhood education. She ran a home daycare for 10 years, worked for ECHN as a family support provider and during the pandemic launched Legacy Lineage, a virtual preschool classroom to support families in homeschooling. She is excited to share the Supercharged Storytime framework and the beneficial strategies she's mastered to empower the participants of the Leap Into Learning program on all levels.