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    1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Party

    Each year we celebrate all the little ones who have completed our 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten – many are students entering Kindergarten, but others are still little ones who have been reading since they were a few months old.  We try to hold our party in August before school starts…

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    1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Celebration

    Last night we celebrated 26 kids (and their families) who completed the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program.  I like to create a program that is extra special for these kids and all they have accomplished.  Last night we started off the program with a read aloud of Barry the Fish with…

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    1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Celebration

    Last night we had a celebratory party for all the families who have completed the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program and it was so much fun!  I wanted to make sure that it was very different from our typical story time and that the kids knew we were celebrating them! …

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    1,000 Books Before Kindergarten

    If you do a search online a number of libraries around the country have created their own version of 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program.  My boss came to me sometime in early January, I believe, and thought that this would be a great program for our library to offer.  After a…