As the school librarian, I'm often asked by parents "How do I know which books my child should read?" Here's what I tell them: first, let the child pick out a book that looks interesting to him/her. Then, perform the Five Finger Rule.
Before they learn this rule, many children's first picks are books that are too difficult for them to read by themselves. If this happens, I would suggest keeping the book as one that you can read aloud to them. However, have the child keep testing other books by the rule until they find one that is "just right" for them to read on their own.
Besides our school library,
Garcia Public Library has a wonderful selection of books in their Children's area and a wide variety of children's programs such as Preschool Story and Craft and Little Tot Story Time. Garcia Library is only eight minutes from Dawson.
Map to Garcia Public Library.
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