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Kids who visit Durham County Library South Regional now have a fun, new way to gain reading skills. This week, UNC-TV's own Read-a-roo
stopped by the South Regional Library to celebrate it being the first library in North Carolina to receive a ‘Library Corner’ from PBS KIDS Raising Readers and UNC-TV. The PBS KIDS Raising Readers imitative is a national literacy campaign focused on building reading
skills at home, at school, in child care centers and in the community.
The Library Corner is a special spot in the library that gives children and families the opportunity to strengthen
early literacy skills through engaging, multi-media platforms. The Library Corner includes two pull-up shades, a PBS KIDS Raising Readers rug, DVDs, and printed resources.The materials are designed for children 2 to 8 years old,
and they include interactive reading activities featuring PBS characters from Sesame Street, Word World, Super Why!, Between the Lions, Martha Speaks and The Electric Company.
The Library Corner will move from library to library so that children throughout the state can enjoy it. Parents and children can visit the Library Corner at South Regional through April 2011.
Click here to read the full press release.
Attendees included: Mary Boone, State Librarian; Tammy Baggett, Durham County Library Director; Sandra Lovely,
Manager of South Regional Library; Lori Specials, Youth Services Consultant; Gina Rozier, Marketing and
Development Manager; Pamela Orr, UNC-TV PreK-12 and Ready to Learn Director and
Kamona Herring, UNC-TV's Just For Kids Outreach Coordinator.
Funding for the PBS KIDS Raising Readers Library Corners is provided by the U.S. Department of Education's Ready To Learn
grant with support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).
Become a member of the UNC-TV Kids Club TODAY and take advantage of UNC-TV's superior children's programming, while engaging in fun, educational activities! Click here for more information! |
