Library

At Crystal House Kindergarten and Daycare we offer library services with a plethora of activities and knowledge to be explored and discovered by your young ones.

While there is much variety in local library programs throughout the country, there are several elements unique to our library. This article describes services for preschool and school-aged children that can be found at our library.

• Toddler programs – We have programs designed for toddlers 18 to 36 months old. Again, parents and children participate in activities that may include reading aloud, storytelling, fingerplays, rhymes, and songs. Because this age is a crucial time in the development of language skills, the value of these events lies in giving parents or caregivers the background on how to stimulate and encourage a child’s development as well as entertaining the toddlers.
• Group activities – By the time children are three to five years of age, they usually enjoy participating in group activities. Popular activities include reading aloud, storytelling, films, puppet shows, arts and crafts, and reading programs.
• Library reading programs – We offer frequent validation to children through our reading programs by awarding children who have read (or listened to) a specified number of books.
• Books and other materials – We host a plethora of books of all volumes, shapes, and sizes. There will always be books, hardbacks, books with cardboard pages, picture books, and often cloth books, paperbacks, and magazines. The variety of subjects is tremendous, with books on everything from colors to bicycle basics, and from Bambi to keeping bugs in a jar. When your kids ask you endless questions about where they came from and why the sky is blue, chances are good there’s a book at your library with answers they can understand. Or, if your children have homed in on favorite subjects?whether dinosaurs or donkey?you’ll find lots of fascinating books for them at the library.