Local School Sponsors Family Literacy Night

(Newburgh) - The Newburgh Enlarged City School District’s Pre-Kindergarten Center at Washington Street sponsored a “Family Literacy Night” workshop recently in both English and Spanish. The workshop, “Reading with Your Child,” offered parents instruction in developing their children’s language skills through reading books together.

Parents learned how to help their children to answer questions, develop vocabulary, and speak in complete sentences. Parents also watched “Talking and Books,” a video that featured a teacher reading to a group of Pre-K children, and had the opportunity to interact with their own child while reading a book together. Participating parents were given a Newburgh Free Library card application. A question-and-answer session followed.

While the parents were involved with the workshop, their children completed a literacy activity and enjoyed refreshments. They also received two books donated by First Books through cooperation with Newburgh Schools Parent Liaison Pam Buxton-Peterson.
This workshop, the first of two planned Family Literacy Nights, was a “kick-off” for the “Take Home a Book Program” that which started in November. The second workshop, “Much More than the ABCs,” will be held in March.

Pictured above is Delisa Johnson reading to her niece Denya Johnson at the recent “Family Literacy Night” at the Newburgh Enlarged City School District’s Pre-Kindergarten Center at Washington Street. This was the first of two Family Literacy Nights planned for this school year.