Title:"We Read Together: A Year of Family Literacy"
Presenter: Julie DuBois, Mount Laurel Library.
Abstract: We Read Together is a comprehensive family literacy program that involves family members reading together with children from birth to five years old to encourage early literacy development. This initiative is composed of literacy workshops, programs for children, special collections, outreach materials, computer equipment, and devoted library space. Set over the course of a year, We Read Together aims to get parents and caregivers in the habit of reading with their young children often. We Read Together is made possible by a Literacy Grant from the New Jersey State Library with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through its Grants to States program.