If you have a child in kindergarten at Midway Elementary School, they will be participating in a program called First Book. The Read to Me First Book program provides a book a month for nine months for each participating child, and First Book families can participate in a free early literacy workshop. First Book parents also receive a monthly newsletter, “The Bookworm,” which suggests tips and strategies to support early literacy skills at home.

Be sure to keep your eyes open for the books and newsletters the children will be bringing home with them. The books are for the children to add to their own personal library.