This year’s YWCA Read for Joy literacy event goes beyond encouraging parents and children to read together: it makes literacy fun with activities that include rhythm, sound and movement.
Highlighting the event is an African dance performance by the Najwa Dance Corps at Malcolm X College, based on the book “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.” The Dance Corps will also provide instruction in African dance to the participants.
“This year, families will also take part in arts and crafts activities to make musical instruments,” said Joy Bah, director of YWCA Parent Services.
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Scheduled for Friday, June 24, from 9am to noon, at the North Chicago Public Library Meeting Room, 2100 Argonne Dr., North Chicago, the event promotes early literacy skills in children from kindergarten through third grade.
The YWCA Parent Services department provides services that increase Lake County parents' understanding and confidence about raising their children. Services for parents offered by the YWCA Child Care Resource & Referral Service include free or low-cost referrals to child care providers in Lake County, IL Dept of Human Services Child Care Assistance Program, All Kids Health Insurance applications, developmental screenings, health screenings and immunizations, home visits, community referrals, parenting education, life skills education and literacy programming.
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For more information on the “Read for Joy” event and other programs for families, contact Joy Bah at the YWCA Lake County, at (847) 662-4247, visit our website, www.ywcalakecounty.org or www.ywcalakecounty.org/espanol to learn more, or find us on Facebook.
