The 1000 Books Before Kindergarten is a free program to promote early literacy and language skills for children under 5 years old who have not started kindergarten. The program also seeks to encourage parent and child bonding through reading.
Reading has been associated as an early indicator of academic success, and parents and caregivers are the first education providers during the 0-5 early critical years.
The 1000 Books Before Kindergarten challenge is a simple and very manageable endeavor – read a book, any book to your child, with the goal of reading 1,000 before kindergarten.