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First Library Parent Pledge First Library’s vision is to give every first born child a foundation for a love of reading and library patronage by actively involving their mothers in the process. Mothers are asked to read to their child daily and are required to visit their local library monthly. A yearly parent pledge is required for participation in the First Library program. Mothers are also asked to complete quarterly reading surveys and biannual questionnaires. New Mothers First Born Child Reading Aloud Daily New Educational Toys Library Visits Library Activities Parents who read to their child while asking minimal questions during reading, and pausing infrequently, had children who did not talk very much. On the other hand, parents who paused frequently during the story had children who asked more questions, talked more, and engaged in conversation. Home-School Study, DeTemple (2001) http://thenounproject.com The Noun Project Icon Template Reminders Strokes Try to keep strokes at 4px Minimum stroke weight is 2px For thicker strokes use even numbers: 6px, 8px etc. Remember to expand strokes before saving as an SVG Size Cannot be wider or taller than 100px (artboard size) Scale your icon to fill as much of the artboard as possible Ungroup If your design has more than one shape, make sure to ungroup Save as Save as .SVG and make sure “Use Artboards” is checked 100px .SVG First Library Pledge Year One Thank you for registering for the First Library program. Please fill out and submit First Library's Parent Pledge for admission into our program. Thank you. PARENT PLEDGE - FIRST YEAR Reading aloud is the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading. Reach Out and Read, Archives of Disease in Childhood, Reading Aloud to Children: The Evidence, 2008. First Library Pledge Year Two Thank you for your child's participation in the First Library program. Please fill out and submit First Library's Parent Pledge for continued participation in our program. Thank you. PARENT PLEDGE - SECOND YEAR “ Wonderfully helpful and generous people and a great aim to make a practical difference. Sam K. ” By the age of 2, children who are read to regularly display greater language comprehension, larger vocabularies, and higher cognitive skills than their peers. Raikes, H., Pan, B.A., Luze, G.J., Tamis-LeMonda, C.S.,Brooks-Gunn, J., Constantine, J., Tarullo, L.B., Raikes, H.A., Rodriguez, E. (2006).h Out and Read, Archives of Disease in Childhood, Reading Aloud to Children: The Evidence, 2008. First Library Pledge Year Three Thank you for your child's participation in the First Library program. Please fill out and submit First Library's Parent Pledge for continued participation in our program. Thank you. PARENT PLEDGE - THIRD YEAR http://thenounproject.com The Noun Project Icon Template Reminders Strokes Try to keep strokes at 4px Minimum stroke weight is 2px For thicker strokes use even numbers: 6px, 8px etc. Remember to expand strokes before saving as an SVG Size Cannot be wider or taller than 100px (artboard size) Scale your icon to fill as much of the artboard as possible Ungroup If your design has more than one shape, make sure to ungroup Save as Save as .SVG and make sure “Use Artboards” is checked 100px .SVG

Validation DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND PARENTS AS TEACHERS STUDY VALIDATES FIRST LIBRARY’S MISSION AND PROGRAM OF DAILY READING Study: Innovative Approaches to Literacy Report: Results of the Innovative Approaches to Literacy Project Parents as Teachers parentsasteachers.org Department of Education doe.gov A 2015 Department of Education and Parents as Teachers Study of children in high risk environments showed *35% increase in families with 26 or more books in the home *29% increase in children pretending to read books once or more a day *22% increase in family reading books together once or more a day * 19% increase in families who own library cards PEW RESEARCH CENTER STUDY SHOWS THE NEED FOR REGULAR LIBRARY PATRONAGE VALIDATING FIRST LIBRARY’S MISSION AND PROGRAM Study: Libraries 2016 Research: A portrait of those who have never been to libraries Pew Research Center pewresearch.org A 2016 Pew Research Center Study of library usage 17% of parents of minor children say they have never been to a public library. 19% of Americans say they have never visited a public library or a bookmobile. 68% of Americans say they have used libraries at one time or another, though not in the past 12 months. Those who have never been to a public library are more likely to be male (24% have never been to a library), ages 65 and older (26%), Hispanic (32%), black (28%), high school graduates or less (29%), or living in households earning less than $30,000 (27%). Research