Congratulations to the Youth Services Staff

Congratulations to all of you for your great ideas today! Don't forget to email Amy with your ideas for a mission and goals for the ECRR program in the Catawba County Library System. Focus on setting achievable goals to guide you in your work.

I am very excited that we are going to improve our story programs and our work with the parents and teachers of preschool children in Catawba County. The case for building early learning skills in preschool children grows stronger each year as emerging research supports the understanding of brain development in young children.

Here is a link to a web page sponsored by the Multnomah County Library that discusses early brain development and early literacy skills. It is a short article, but packed with excellent information.

http://www.multcolib.org/birthtosix/braindev.html

Good luck with this new project. Our library has a great team of staff working together and I am confident that you will achieve great things!

Lynne Bolick Reed
Library Services Coordinator