A milestone in early childhood schooling was celebrated this week in Vernon Hills with the official launch of Dolly Parton’s Creativeness Library in Lake County.
Greater than 30 individuals representing a dozen Lake County faculty districts had been amongst these attending the occasion by the Lake County Regional Workplace of Schooling Basis.
Dolly was there for inspiration and photograph alternatives within the type of a lifelike cutout. However the occasion targeted on how her library might help children get off to a operating begin to their schooling. The initiative gives free books to kids from beginning to age 5 — whatever the household’s earnings — to encourage a love of studying as a robust basis for lifelong studying, supporters say.
“Entry to books at an early age is likely one of the best methods to construct literacy abilities and put together kids for fulfillment in kindergarten and past,” mentioned Michael Karner, Lake County regional superintendent of faculties.
The Creativeness Library isn’t a brick-and-mortar undertaking however a collaborative. Every month, a high-quality, age-appropriate e-book is mailed to kids’s properties for gratis to taking part households. The books are supposed to foster early studying abilities, assist shut literacy gaps and promote instructional fairness, supporters say.
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