It is widely agreed upon that one of the most important factors that contributes to a child’s success in reading are his or her early experiences with literacy. Since a child’s first teachers are parents, it is important for parents to offer their children many positive experiences with books and reading.
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I’m in the midst of the Great Bedroom Declutter of 2009. Pray for me. With a kid, a preteen, and a teen, you can imagine how much stuff we have crammed in to our house. My children save everything from Halloween candy to Valentine’s cards to craft kits to notepads to sheets of stickers to clothes that don’t fit to well, name something and I can probably find it in one of their rooms. Add to the mess my old notebooks from school and college, my childhood stamp album, a collection of t-shirts destined to become a quilt, and a host of other items small and large — and you can imagine the clutter. Even my husband has been known to hang on to a few things. As you can see my children get their packrat tendencies naturally.
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Sounds strange but it’s true. This Saturday, November 15, is the first-ever National Gaming Day and it all takes place at your library. Libraries across the country will participate in the largest, simultaneous national video game tournament ever held. Gamers will be able to compete against players at other participating libraries with their scores displayed
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