SECOND GRADE

                                Children in second grade visit the library for one forty minute session each week .  As in first grade, the time is usually divided into thirty minutes for literature appreciation /library skills and ten minutes for book selection.  At this age children begin to distinguish between fiction and non-fiction, and are able to locate favorite subjects within the non-fiction section.  Some basic introduction to simple reference sources, ie. encyclopedias, is provided.  Library vocabulary expands, and the principles of arrangement and proper care of materials are again reviewed.

                                   Many times parents are anxious for children to "graduate" to chapter books at this age.  Please remember that our picture books cover a broad spectrum of themes and concepts, and are often more ambitious undertakings than some of the early chapter books available.