Pamela Smith

Just 4 Developmental Laboratory
2263 St. Stephens Road
Mobile, Alabama, 36617
(251) 221-1453

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Library Services

The language and literacy specialist is available to parents every morning and afternoon (after carpool).  Children visit the library on a weekly basis to hear stories and participate in activities that promote language and literacy.  Parents and children are encouraged to use the Just 4 library on a regular basis.  The following guidelines are recommended for parents using the library:

•  Parents are required to sign a textbook responsibility form and are responsible for library books checked out to their child.
•  Parents may check out books from the school library from 7:30 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. and from 2:50 p.m. -3:10 p.m. each day (or they may send a signed note giving permission for their child's teacher to check out books to be sent home with the child).
•  If a book is damaged or becomes misplaced, parents are to contact the language and literacy specialist for assistance with replacement.
• Parents are also encouraged to use the public library and to read to their child on a daily basis.  Research shows 10 minutes of reading each night can significantly increase reading ability.

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Destiny Quest - search for books (or books you want to read) in our school library here.

Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) - The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers and citizens of the state of Alabama with online access to essential library and informational resources. It is primarily a group of online databases that have magazine, journal, and newspaper articles for research.

Discovery Education - Discovery Education transforms classrooms, empowers teachers and captives students by leading the way in providing high quality dynamic digital content to school districts large and small and everything in between.

Renaissance- STAR Early Literacy is a comuter adapted assessment of literacy skills of students in grades pre-k to 3rd grades. It assesses phonemic awareness, phonics, and other readiness and literacy skills and identifies strengths and weaknesses in these areas.

Mobile Public Library - search here for books and current events at the Mobile Public Library.

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