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Every child ready to read, ready to learn. Libraries aspire to these ideals.

Librarians at the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County have worked with parents and babies for years and have now expanded their efforts through the Baby Brilliant project.

Parents can learn how to help their babies and toddlers discover important skills at an early age so they will become good readers and more successful in school.

Studies indicate that brain development during the first three years of life significantly affects a child’s educational success. Through the "Baby Brilliant" project, the Library offers special programs and kits to help parents and caregivers learn the techniques to spur early brain development and make babies better readers and more successful students.

The Library’s Baby Brilliant program has the following priorities:

Increasing community awareness of the importance of Early Literacy and the significance of the Library’s work in influencing a child’s development.

Loaning developmentally appropriate collections in kits and providing procedures and methods for their effective use, to help parents, childcare providers and educators with their Early Literacy efforts.

Training childcare providers and parents in use of these resources and techniques to strengthen Early Literacy in our community.

Partnering with other community organizations with similar interests.
Websites on Early Literacy:

Reading is Fundamental has designed a simple set of questions to check your child's progress as he learns to read.

Helping Your Child Become a Reader
Prepared by the Department of Education, this document gives practical ideas for Helping Your Child Become a Reader.

Help Your Child's Brain Develop through Love and Play
Lovingly presented, these tips for parents and caregivers, presented by Oregon 's Child: Everyone's Business, suggest simple activities that boost brain development in young children.

Zero to Three
This comprehensive site covers all aspects of early child development.

Family Literacy Storytimes
Everyday life is a learning experience for children. Born Learning is a public engagement campaign that helps parents, grandparents and caregivers explore ways to turn everyday moments into fun learning opportunities.

From Between the Lions Printables
From Between the Lions and PBS come 200 activities that will help children practice letters, letter blends, and numbers. Each activity has a printable page.

Reading Skills Storytime Sheets
Teachers can help parents and childcare providers understand the importance of reading to children by using these sheets to identify and reinforce the names of the early literacy skills being developed each time a child listens to a story. List favorite books to share with children on these skills sheets to make parents and caregivers aware that reading to children is helping them acquire the skills children need before they can learn to read.

Reading Skills Storytime Sheets - pdf

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Growing Readers, Creating Leaders - Mahoning County libraries are participating in an outreach initiative to foster Early Literacy skills in children from birth to five years, through a 16-partner grant facilitated through Easter Seals of Mahoning, Trumbull & Columbiana Counties and funded by the Department of Health and Human Services through its Early Learning Opportunity Act Discretionary Fund (ELOA).

All library programs

Baby Brilliant programs:
Baby Brilliant: Bonding with Babies and Books -Austintown ◄

When: Monday, May 20, 2013 - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Where: Austintown Library at Children's Activity Room

For caregivers and their little ones who are 6 to 23 months. Twenty minutes of language enrichment including rhymes, songs and stories, followed by time to play and socialize. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Baby Brilliant: Fun Time for 4s & 5s - Canfield ◄

When: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Where: Canfield Library at Children's Activity Room

Join us for developmentally appropriate books, songs, rhymes, finger plays and other activities that will help your child (ages 4-5) become a successful reader. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Baby Brilliant: Bonding with Babies and Books - Poland ◄

When: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Where: Poland Library at PO Children's Activity Room

For caregivers and their little ones who are 6 to 23 months. Twenty minutes of language enrichment including rhymes, songs and stories, followed by time to play and socialize. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Baby Brilliant: Tales and Talk for 2s and 3s - Austintown ◄

When: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Where: Austintown Library at Children's Activity Room

Join us for developmentally appropriate books, songs, rhymes, finger plays and other activities that will help your child (ages 2-3) become a successful reader. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Baby Brilliant: Tales and Talk for 2s and 3s- Boardman ◄

When: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Where: Boardman Library at BD Children's Activity Room

Join us for developmentally appropriate books, songs, rhymes, finger plays and other activities that will help your child (ages 2-3) become a successful reader. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Baby Brilliant: Tales and Talk for 2s and 3s - Poland ◄

When: Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Where: Poland Library at PO Children's Activity Room

Join us for developmentally appropriate books, songs, rhymes, finger plays and other activities that will help your child (ages 2-3) become a successful reader. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Gotta Move Storytime! - Austintown ◄

When: Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Where: Austintown Library at Children's Activity Room

For children ages 2-5 who are accompanied by a caregiver. Join us for a variety of musical and movement activities that appeal to the "young and restless," stimulate brain development, and motivate language learning. Adults and kids, get ready to act out stories and rhymes, sing and dance, and talk and play!

Baby Brilliant: Tales and Talk for 2s and 3s - Poland ◄

When: Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Where: Poland Library at PO Children's Activity Room

Join us for developmentally appropriate books, songs, rhymes, finger plays and other activities that will help your child (ages 2-3) become a successful reader. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Baby Brilliant: Bonding with Babies and Books- Boardman ◄

When: Friday, May 24, 2013 - 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Where: Boardman Library at BD Children's Activity Room

For babies 6-23 months. Join us for developmentally appropriate books, songs, rhymes, finger plays and other activities that will help your child become a successful reader. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Baby Brilliant: Tales and Talk for 2s and 3s -Newport ◄

When: Friday, May 24, 2013 - 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Where: Newport Library at NP Large Meeting Room (A)

Join us for developmentally appropriate books, songs, rhymes, finger plays and other activities that will help your child (ages 2-3) become a successful reader. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Baby Brilliant: Fun Time for 4s & 5s - Canfield ◄

When: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 - 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Where: Canfield Library at Children's Activity Room

Join us for developmentally appropriate books, songs, rhymes, finger plays and other activities that will help your child (ages 4-5) become a successful reader. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Baby Brilliant: Bonding with Babies and Books - Poland ◄

When: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Where: Poland Library at PO Children's Activity Room

For caregivers and their little ones who are 6 to 23 months. Twenty minutes of language enrichment including rhymes, songs and stories, followed by time to play and socialize. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Baby Brilliant: Tales and Talk for 2s and 3s - Austintown ◄

When: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 - 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Where: Austintown Library at Children's Activity Room

Join us for developmentally appropriate books, songs, rhymes, finger plays and other activities that will help your child (ages 2-3) become a successful reader. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Baby Brilliant: Tales and Talk for 2s and 3s - Poland ◄

When: Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Where: Poland Library at PO Children's Activity Room

Join us for developmentally appropriate books, songs, rhymes, finger plays and other activities that will help your child (ages 2-3) become a successful reader. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Gotta Move Storytime! - Austintown ◄

When: Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Where: Austintown Library at AU Meeting Room

For children ages 2-5 who are accompanied by a caregiver. Join us for a variety of musical and movement activities that appeal to the "young and restless," stimulate brain development, and motivate language learning. Adults and kids, get ready to act out stories and rhymes, sing and dance, and talk and play!

Baby Brilliant: Tales and Talk for 2s and 3s - Poland ◄

When: Thursday, May 30, 2013 - 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Where: Poland Library at PO Children's Activity Room

Join us for developmentally appropriate books, songs, rhymes, finger plays and other activities that will help your child (ages 2-3) become a successful reader. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Baby Brilliant: Tales and Talk for 2s and 3s -Newport ◄

When: Friday, May 31, 2013 - 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Where: Newport Library at NP Large Meeting Room (A)

Join us for developmentally appropriate books, songs, rhymes, finger plays and other activities that will help your child (ages 2-3) become a successful reader. Children must be accompanied by an adult.