Children's Book Week: After-School Read Aloud
When:
Wednesday, May 03, 2017 4:00p -
5:00p
Wednesday, May 03, 2017 4:00p -
5:00p
Where:
Boston Athenæum
10 ½ Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
< 21, Kid Friendly
Event website:
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/events/4627/after-school-read-aloud
Children ages 5 and up engage with longer picture books and short chapter books during a book-focused story time. Children will continue to reap the benefits of being read to aloud in a casual social setting, with built-in opportunities to question, reflect, and make connections. Reading to children aloud enables them to expand their vocabulary, gain exposure to new types of stories, and improve their long-term reading success, even as they begin to read on their own.
Registration is not required.
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The Athenæum's five galleried floors overlook the peaceful Granary Burying Ground, and, as Gamaliel Bradford wrote in 1931, "it is safe to say that [no library] anywhere has more an atmosphere of its own, that none is more conducive to intellectual aspiration and spiritual peace." The building was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1966.
