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Every Child Ready to Read

You can help your child succeed at reading long before they are ever ready to sound out words on their own.

Here are some important practices you probably already do when you read a book or otherwise interact with your child:

Every Child Ready to Read Practices Logo: TalkingEvery Child Read to Read Practices Logo: SingingEvery Child Read to Read Practices Logo: ReadingEvery Child Read to Read Practices Logo: WritingEvery Child Read to Read Practices Logo: Playing

Click each to learn more! 

When you practice these things with your child, you are teaching them six important skills:

Print Awareness:
Noticing print everywhere
Phonological Awareness:
Knowing sounds
Narrative Skills:
Knowing how stories work
Letter Knowledge:
Naming letters and their sounds
Vocabulary:
Knowing lots of words
Print Motivation:
Enjoying books


What's the easiest way to start?

• Go to Mother Goose on the Loose (storytime for babies!)

• Sign up for 1000 Books Before Kindergarten and win a free book and other prizes!

• Sign up for Imagination Library and receive a free book in the mail every month!

• Watch Lakeshore Public Media's Building Blocks for a great look at why early literacy and learning - just what we practice with our programs here at LCPL - are so important for babies and children!

This Month's Featured Reads!

LCPL staff have selected these books because kids love them and they help build important pre-reading skills. Check them out today!

Want more hand-picked kids' books? You can request a surprise bag of kids' books for curbside pickup! 

book cover Title:
LMNO Peas by Keith Baker

Skills:
• Vocabulary
• Print Awareness
• Letter Knowledge

Practices:
• Talking
• Reading
• Writing

Extend the book with a match the letter game!

Book Cover Title:
I am a potato! by Ziggy Hanaor

Skills:
• Background Knowledge
• Print Awareness
• Vocabulary

Practices:
• Talking
• Playing
• Reading

Extend the book with the Is This a Potato? game!
Preschool Events
Thu, May 22, 2:00pm - 3:15pm
Munster - Children's Program Room
This event is full

Sat, May 24, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Lake Station-New Chicago - Large Meeting Room
This event is full

Tue, May 27, 10:30am - 11:00am
Dyer-Schererville - Children's Programming Room
This event is full

Tue, May 27, 10:30am - 11:30am
Merrillville - Children's Programming Room

Tue, May 27, 10:30am - 11:15am
Munster - Large Meeting Room
This event is full

Tue, May 27, 10:30am - 11:00am
Highland - Children's Programming Room

Tue, May 27, 11:30am - 11:50am
Griffith-Calumet Twp - Children's Programming Room

Wed, May 28, 10:30am - 11:00am
Merrillville - Children's Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, May 28, 5:30pm - 6:00pm
Hobart - Children's Program Room

Mon, Jun 02, 10:30am - 11:30am
Dyer-Schererville - Meeting Room Whole (A & B)

Tue, Jun 03, 10:15am - 11:00am
St. John - Large Meeting Room

Tue, Jun 03, 10:15am - 10:45am
Munster - Large Meeting Room

Tue, Jun 03, 10:30am - 11:00am
Highland - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 03, 10:30am - 11:00am
Merrillville - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 03, 10:30am - 11:00am
Hobart - Children's Program Room

Tue, Jun 03, 11:00am - 11:30am
Munster - Large Meeting Room

Tue, Jun 03, 11:30am - 11:50am
Griffith-Calumet Twp - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 03, 11:30am - 12:15pm
Cedar Lake - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 03, 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Griffith-Calumet Twp - Children's Programming Room

Wed, Jun 04, 10:30am - 11:30am
Dyer-Schererville - Meeting Room Whole (A & B)

Thu, Jun 05, 10:15am - 11:00am
St. John - Large Meeting Room

Thu, Jun 05, 10:30am - 11:00am
Lake Station-New Chicago - Children's Program Room

Thu, Jun 05, 10:30am - 11:15am
Highland - Children's Programming Room

Thu, Jun 05, 11:00am - 11:30am
Hobart - Children's Program Room

Thu, Jun 05, 11:15am - 12:00pm
St. John - Children's Program Room

Thu, Jun 05, 11:30am - 12:15pm
Cedar Lake - Children's Programming Room

Thu, Jun 05, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Griffith-Calumet Twp - Meeting Room

Thu, Jun 05, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Munster Branch - Children's Area

Mon, Jun 09, 10:30am - 11:00am
Dyer-Schererville - Children's Programming Room

Mon, Jun 09, 1:00pm - 1:40pm
Griffith-Calumet Twp - Children's Programming Room

Mon, Jun 09, 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Munster Branch Library - Large Meeting Room

Mon, Jun 09, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Highland - Meeting Room A

Mon, Jun 09, 5:30pm - 6:15pm
Cedar Lake - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 10, 10:15am - 11:00am
St. John - Large Meeting Room

Tue, Jun 10, 10:30am - 11:00am
Dyer-Schererville - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 10, 10:30am - 11:00am
Hobart - Children's Program Room

Tue, Jun 10, 10:30am - 11:00am
Highland - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 10, 10:30am - 11:30am
Merrillville - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 10, 10:30am - 11:00am
Lake Station-New Chicago - Children's Program Room

Tue, Jun 10, 10:30am - 11:15am
Munster - Large Meeting Room

Tue, Jun 10, 11:30am - 12:00pm
Cedar Lake - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 10, 11:30am - 11:50am
Griffith-Calumet Twp - Children's Programming Room

Wed, Jun 11, 10:30am - 11:00am
Merrillville - Children's Programming Room

Wed, Jun 11, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Lake Station-New Chicago - Children's Program Room

Thu, Jun 12, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Cedar Lake - Meeting Room A

Thu, Jun 12, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Merrillville Branch Library - South Parking Lot

Thu, Jun 12, 2:00pm - 2:45pm
Munster - Children's Program Room

Sat, Jun 14, 9:00am - 9:30am
Woodland Park - 1215 E 45th Ave

Sat, Jun 14, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Merrillville - Children's Programming Room

Mon, Jun 16, 10:30am - 11:30am
Merrillville - Children's Programming Room

Mon, Jun 16, 10:30am - 11:00am
Dyer-Schererville - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 17, 10:15am - 11:00am
St. John - Large Meeting Room

Tue, Jun 17, 10:15am - 10:45am
Munster - Large Meeting Room

Tue, Jun 17, 10:30am - 11:00am
Dyer-Schererville - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 17, 10:30am - 11:00am
Highland - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 17, 10:30am - 11:00am
Merrillville - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 17, 10:30am - 11:00am
Lake Station-New Chicago - Children's Program Room

Tue, Jun 17, 10:30am - 11:00am
Hobart - Children's Program Room

Tue, Jun 17, 11:00am - 11:30am
Munster - Large Meeting Room

Tue, Jun 17, 11:30am - 12:15pm
Cedar Lake - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 17, 11:30am - 11:50am
Griffith-Calumet Twp - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 17, 12:00pm - 12:30pm
Griffith-Calumet Twp - Children's Programming Room

Wed, Jun 18, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Griffith-Calumet Twp - Meeting Room

Wed, Jun 18, 3:30pm - 4:00pm
Hobart - Children's Program Room

Thu, Jun 19, 10:15am - 11:00am
St. John - Large Meeting Room

Thu, Jun 19, 10:30am - 11:00am
Lake Station-New Chicago - Children's Program Room

Thu, Jun 19, 10:30am - 11:15am
Highland - Children's Programming Room

Thu, Jun 19, 11:00am - 11:30am
Hobart - Children's Program Room

Thu, Jun 19, 11:15am - 12:00pm
St. John - Small Group Room A

Thu, Jun 19, 11:30am - 12:15pm
Cedar Lake - Children's Programming Room

Family Events
Sat, May 24, 11:00am - 12:00pm
St. John - Large Meeting Room

Sat, May 24, 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Lake Station-New Chicago - Large Meeting Room
This event is full

Wed, May 28, 10:30am - 11:00am
Merrillville - Children's Programming Room
This event is full

Wed, May 28, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Merrillville - Children's Programming Room

Sat, May 31, 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Merrillville Branch Library - Main Level

Mon, Jun 02, 1:30pm - 3:15pm
Cedar Lake - Meeting Room A

Mon, Jun 02, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Lake Station-New Chicago - Children's Program Room,Large Meeting Room

Tue, Jun 03, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Merrillville - Children's Programming Room

Tue, Jun 03, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Merrillville - Children's Programming Room

Wed, Jun 04, 10:30am - 11:30am
Dyer-Schererville - Meeting Room Whole (A & B)

Thu, Jun 05, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Griffith-Calumet Twp - Meeting Room

Fri, Jun 06, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Griffith-Calumet Twp - Meeting Room

Fri, Jun 06, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lake Station-New Chicago - Large Meeting Room

Fri, Jun 06, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Merrillville - Meeting Room A

Sat, Jun 07, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Lake Station-New Chicago - Large Meeting Room

Sat, Jun 07, 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Griffith-Calumet Twp - Meeting Room

Mon, Jun 09, 1:00pm - 2:15pm
Munster Branch Library - Large Meeting Room

Mon, Jun 09, 1:30pm - 3:15pm
Cedar Lake - Meeting Room A

Mon, Jun 09, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Lake Station-New Chicago - Large Meeting Room

Mon, Jun 09, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Highland - Meeting Room A

Wed, Jun 11, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Merrillville - Children's Programming Room

Wed, Jun 11, 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Cedar Lake - Patio Area

Thu, Jun 12, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Cedar Lake - Meeting Room A

Thu, Jun 12, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Merrillville Branch Library - South Parking Lot

Fri, Jun 13, 9:00am - 3:00pm
St. John Library - Outdoor Event

Fri, Jun 13, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Griffith-Calumet Twp - Meeting Room

Fri, Jun 13, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Munster - Large Meeting Room

Fri, Jun 13, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lake Station-New Chicago - Large Meeting Room

Fri, Jun 13, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Merrillville - Meeting Room A

Fri, Jun 13, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Highland - Meeting Room A

Sat, Jun 14, 9:00am - 9:30am
Woodland Park - 1215 E 45th Ave

Sat, Jun 14, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Merrillville - Children's Programming Room

Mon, Jun 16, 1:30pm - 3:15pm
Cedar Lake - Meeting Room A

Tue, Jun 17, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Merrillville - Children's Programming Room

Wed, Jun 18, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Griffith-Calumet Twp - Meeting Room

Fri, Jun 20, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Griffith-Calumet Twp - Meeting Room

Fri, Jun 20, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Merrillville - Meeting Room A

Fri, Jun 20, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Lake Station-New Chicago - Large Meeting Room