The Children's Center will hold the workshop "Helping Your Child Get Ready to Read" at four location in August.

This workshop focuses on helping parents understand that children need help getting ready to read. Before children can learn to read, they must develop early literacy skills. Learning these skills begin at birth and have a long term impact on children’s reading achievement and academic success. Children who enter school with well developed early literacy skills have an advantage; they are ready to learn to read!

The workshops will be held at the following dates and locations:

When:   Wednesday, August 30, 2017, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Where:  Southampton County Head Start, 22015 Aurora Street, Courtland, Virginia 23837.  Phone: 757-653-9792

When:   Wednesday, August 30, 2017, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Where:   Suffolk Children’s Center, 300 Executive Court, Suffolk, VA 23434

When: Wednesday, August 30, 2017, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Where: Texie Camp Marks Children's Center, 700 Campbell Avenue, Franklin, VA 23852. Phone: 562-6806

When:   Thursday, August 31, 2017, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Where:   Smithfield Library, 255 James Street, Smithfield, Virginia 23430. Phone: 757-356-1004

Register for the training and/or request transportation assistance by Thursday, August 24^th.  Lunch will be provided.