Littlest Readers

School Readiness Program

The Littlest Readers School Readiness program is designed for children ages 0-3 and their adults. This six-week program focuses on kinesthetic learning, music, letter recognition, and developing early literacy/language skills.

Cost is $55 for members and $65 for non-members (cost includes all-day museum admission on program days). The next session begins Wednesday, April 21 at 9:00 am and will continue each Wednesday through Wednesday, May 26. Call Erin at (828) 286-2120 for registration details.

Top Ten Reasons

You and Your Child Should Come to The Alphabet Trail Emerging Reader Program

10.	It is designed for your child.
9.	You will get to play games!
8.	You will get to hear stories!
7.	You will get to play with your child!
6.	As a parent, you will learn about simple and cheap literacy activities you can do at home.
5.	Your child(ren) will have so much fun, they will have no idea they are learning.
4.	The program is dedicated to early childhood language development.
3.	The program will help your child develop skills: listening and speaking skills, auditory memory and sound determination skills, language decoding skills, and thinking and problem solving skills.
2.	We have designed the program to meet the NC Standard Course of Study, which will help prepare your child for kindergarten.
1.	YOUR CHILD'S FUTURE DEPENDS ON IT! Engaging, research-based, and interactive language development programs accelerate learning and prepare children to become life-long learners.