In 2006, Jumpstart launched their Read for the Record program. Every year children around the globe read the same book on the same day promoting early childhood literacy. A new book is chosen each year with past selections including, The Little Engine That Could, The Story of Ferdinand, Corduroy, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and Snowy Day. This year Llama Llama Red Pajama was read on October 6th by children across the world.
It is vital that all children are read to from birth. Studies have shown that children who are exposed to reading before entering school are more likely to succeed in their school careers. Public libraries can host storytimes and other literacy programs to promote literacy from an early age. At the Atascadero Library we hold two storytimes each week, one for ages three to six and another for Toddlers ages 18 months to three years.
This year our Toddler Tales storytime fell on October 6th, the day that the Read for the Record program was taking place. We opened up the storytime to all of our young patrons, explaining the program at the beginning and handing out participation certificates to all attendees. Since this year's book was Llama Llama Red Pajama, we decided to add another level to the program. Connecting with a local alpaca farm we were able to have three alpacas come to the library with their owner. Alpacas are very similar to llamas, but are smaller and bred mainly for their soft fiber.
Art Kishiyama the owner of Alpacas of Cripple Creek brought three of his young males in for the children to see. After reading Llama Llama Red Pajama Art spoke to the children about alpacas giving them information about what they eat, where they live, sounds they make, and their fiber. When he was done talking we lead the children out to our back patio where Mozart (white), Casanova (black), and Cezanne (tan) the alpacas were waiting. The alpacas were all young males aged 18 to 24 months, which made them around the same age as our storytime participants. Mr. Kishiyama had placed the alpacas in a pen and when the children had gathered around he gave instructions on how to touch the alpacas. Everyone loved petting the alpacas and learning more about them. We are very thankful to Mr. Kishiyama for bringing in his boys and teaching the kids about the beautiful animals.
It is vital that all children are read to from birth. Studies have shown that children who are exposed to reading before entering school are more likely to succeed in their school careers. Public libraries can host storytimes and other literacy programs to promote literacy from an early age. At the Atascadero Library we hold two storytimes each week, one for ages three to six and another for Toddlers ages 18 months to three years.
This year our Toddler Tales storytime fell on October 6th, the day that the Read for the Record program was taking place. We opened up the storytime to all of our young patrons, explaining the program at the beginning and handing out participation certificates to all attendees. Since this year's book was Llama Llama Red Pajama, we decided to add another level to the program. Connecting with a local alpaca farm we were able to have three alpacas come to the library with their owner. Alpacas are very similar to llamas, but are smaller and bred mainly for their soft fiber.
Art Kishiyama the owner of Alpacas of Cripple Creek brought three of his young males in for the children to see. After reading Llama Llama Red Pajama Art spoke to the children about alpacas giving them information about what they eat, where they live, sounds they make, and their fiber. When he was done talking we lead the children out to our back patio where Mozart (white), Casanova (black), and Cezanne (tan) the alpacas were waiting. The alpacas were all young males aged 18 to 24 months, which made them around the same age as our storytime participants. Mr. Kishiyama had placed the alpacas in a pen and when the children had gathered around he gave instructions on how to touch the alpacas. Everyone loved petting the alpacas and learning more about them. We are very thankful to Mr. Kishiyama for bringing in his boys and teaching the kids about the beautiful animals.
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