500 by Five Reading Program- Calvert Library

500 by 5 - Register Your Child Today! Reading with your children on a daily basis is a lifetime gift for everyone.  It builds a stronger relationship with your child Increases basic speech and communication skills Improves logical thinking Enhances concentration and discipline Helps ease transitions to major milestones or other potentially stressful experiences and, is just plain FUN!  Calvert Library has started an initiative called "500 by Five" where Calvert's children (and their parents) are challenged to read 500 books by 5 years old. If your child attends Storytime from birth, you will reach the goal.  If you read just one book a day to your child, you will accomplish this goal before he or she even reaches 2 years old! Make reading together a family tradition. Congratulations to the families that have already completed the challenge! Check out our Wall of Fame photos in the Children's Dept!  Keep reading!