1000 Books Before Kindergarten!
Research shows that the more children under age five are read to, the more prepared they are to learn to read when they enter kindergarten. It’s easy to read 1000 books! 1 book per day for 3 years or 3 books a day for 1 year equals 1095 books!
All you need to get started is a Carol Stream Library card number. Click here to read our brochure about the program. Please visit the Youth Services Desk or call us at 630-344-6127 for more information. If you're ready to sign up, click here.
February Fun Activities
Infants: Birth to 1 year
- Sing songs and rhymes in the car, in the bath, at bedtime
- Copy the cooing and gurgling made by your baby and sing it back to him/her
- Play music heard on the radio for babies will enjoy listening to the music you already have or what’s on the radio
- Sing books instead of reading them
- Dancing together is a way to express joy and happiness. When you hold your baby close to you and dance or sway to music, it helps your baby feel close and comforted
- It is okay if you do not know the words! Make some up or add new ones for your. baby will be especially happy to hear you sing his/her name!
Toddlers: 1-2 years
Sing songs and rhymes in the car, in the bath, at bedtime
- Recite nursery rhymes
- Sing books instead of reading them
- Listen to music or sounds in nature will help make your toddler be more aware of the other types of sounds that surround him/her
- March with music! Parade with your toddler (and your whole family) through your home or out on the sidewalk
- Have fun with finger plays and songs with motions, such as “The Itsy, Bitsy Spider” or “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands.” Dance together to songs such as “Ring Around the Rosie.”
- Record your toddler dancing or singing, then play it back and watch together
Preschool: 3 to 5 years
- Sing songs and make music together
- Recite nursery rhymes
- Sing stories
- Use simple, familiar tunes and make up your own songs about other things that are interesting to your toddler
- Use songs to teach concepts such as the names of body parts (“Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”) or numbers (“One, Two, Buckle My Shoe”)
- Have fun with finger plays and songs with motions, such as “The Itsy, Bitsy Spider” or “If You’re Happy and You Know It, Clap Your Hands.” Dance together to songs such as “Ring Around the Rosie.”
- Record your toddler dancing or singing, then play it back and watch together.
Metropolitan Family Services
Metropolitan Family Services empowers families to learn, to earn, to heal and to thrive. Founded as the Chicago Relief and Aid Society, our organization has helped families get through the devastating hardships of poverty, world wars, epidemics and natural disasters.
We help children in the CCSD93 community by providing and mobilizing the community services needed to strengthen families and communities. Programs include
- Community Schools
- Early Childhood Collaboration
- Early Learning Home Visiting Programs
- Empowering Families Initiative
- Head Start and Early Head Start
- MOMs Plus
- Parent Empowerment Project
- Parenting Fundamentals
- Pre-School Expansion
- Project STRIVE
- School-Based Services
- Integrated Health Services
- Screening Assessment and Support Services (SASS)
- Youth Intervention
- Adult Mental Health
- Behavioral Health
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Substance Abuse Prevention Program
- Upward Bound
- Domestic Violence Clinical Services
- Domestic Violence Court Advocacy
- Legal Aid
- Counseling Services
- Extended Family Support
- Employee Assistance Program
- Family Self-Sufficiency
- Family Works
- STEP UP in Healthcare
- Supportive Housing Initiative for Families in Transition (S.H.I.F.T)
- The Gerst Family Young Fathers Program
- Workforce Investment Opportunity Act (WIOA)
Families can find us at
222 East Willow Avenue
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
Phone: 630-784-4800
Website: https://www.metrofamily.org/about-us
Teen Parent Connection
Teen Parent Connection serves the community through education on the realities and responsibilities of teenage pregnancy and through long-term assistance to adolescent parents for their development of self-esteem, parenting skills, and empowerment towards self-sufficiency.
We helps children in the CCSD93 community by delivering education, support, and resources to adolescent parents and their children in DuPage County, Illinois. Our primary goal is to provide services that will prevent child abuse and neglect among this at-risk population. Programs include
Families can find us at
475 Taft Avenue
Glen Ellyn, Il 60137
Phone: (630) 790-8433
Email: info@teenparentconnection.org
Website: https://teenparentconnection.org
Western DuPage Special Recreation Association
WDSRA brings engaging community-based social & recreational programs for individuals of all ages with special needs. Designed similar to traditional park district programs, there are programs that focus on competitive and recreational athletics, Special Olympics, adaptive sports, music, dance, art, theater, social clubs, camps, trips, special events and more!
We help children in the CCSD93 community by providing assistance to any individual with a disability who registers for a park district program from any of our member districts. Assistance varies depending on individual needs and can range from adapting materials to sending support staff. There is NO ADDITIONAL COST for participants to receive inclusion services.
Families can find us at
116 N. Schmale Road
Carol Stream, IL 60188-2103
Phone: 630-681-0962
Fax: 630-681-1262Email: info@wdsra.com
Website: https://www.wdsra.com
Play And Learn With Me from Birth To 3!
Next playdates are 3-8, 4-12, 5-10
Please visit https://tinyurl.com/Birthto3Play. to register!
Please bring photo ID with you to the playgroup.
READY ROSIE ...FREE Subscription!
YOU are your child's first teacher, so CCSD93 Birth to 5 Community Coalition is pleased to provide you with a FREE subscription to ReadyRosie. ReadyRosie is a family engagement and early learning on-line resource that emails daily activities to you. The activities are simple, take about two minutes, and help prepare children for success in school.
Have A Child Between The Ages of 2 and 5?
Please contact the CCSD93's Early Childhood Center (630-307-3750) at any time to discuss how we can work together to support your children and your family.
We can:
monitor your infant or toddler’s growth and development in your own home
answer your questions about available birth to 3 screenings and 3 to 5 year old preschool screenings
answer questions about development and available resources
share upcoming coalition events and support groups
Additionally, you can access additional free developmental screenings and evaluations for children birth through age 5 at Easter Seals DuPage & Fox Valley through their Pediatric Health Equity Initiative.