Sunday, April 14^th RAR will be kicking off Week of the Young Child in San Francisco with a Dia De Los Ninos Celebration! This year’s Dia celebration will be held in partnerships with Sunday Streets, in front of the Mission Branch Library. From 11am to 3pm families can come enjoy the many great activities, music, and a free picture book to celebrate the importance of literacy for all children. Stop by the RAR table (on 24^th Street in front of the Library) for some family fun with stories and face painting!

ACTIVITY TABLES PROVIDED BY:

Raising A Reader, Green Bookmobile, Tree Frog Treks, Jamestown’s Youth In Charge Board, Jumpstart, Friends School, Reading Partners

MAIN STAGE SCHEDULE:

11:15am - Family Dance Party with Pulsing Word

12:00pm - Cat Doorman, music concert

1:00pm - Memorias, Puentes y Caminos

1:30pm - Francisco Herrera, folk musician

For more information visit: http://www.diasf.org/ (http://www NULL.diasf NULL.org/)

What is Dia De Los Ninos?

“Día is a nationally recognized initiative that emphasizes the importance of literacy for all children from all backgrounds. It is a daily commitment to linking children and their families to diverse books, languages and cultures. The common goals of all Día programming are to:

- Celebrate children and connect them to the world of learning through books, stories and libraries.
- Nurture cognitive and literacy development in ways that honor and embrace a child’s home language and culture.
- Introduce families to community resources that provide opportunities for learning through multiple literacies.
- Recognize and respect culture, heritage and language as powerful tools for strengthening families and communities.”