Santa Claus made an early trip to the Visalia area last Friday to visit the children attending the Early Literacy for Families (ELF) program.Santa, aka James Royall, came to the December 3 sessions and gave books as gifts to the eighty children in attendance. Santa was accompanied by Mrs. Claus, aka Carolyn Royall.
ELF is a monthly event designed to demonstrate to parents how to prepare their preschool children to learn to read in school. The facilitators use the six pre-reading skills identified by the Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library as necessary for reading achievement by young children. These skills are narrative, print motivation, phonological awareness, letter knowledge and print awareness.
The ELF program is sponsored by the Literacy Center of the Tulare County Library. For further information call 713-2745.
