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Infants Benefit When Parents Read to Them

January 4, 2015 By LuCinda Gustavson

Infants Benefit When Parents Read to Them

Babies enter the world ready to learn. Before they can recognize words, grab an object or even focus their eyes, they can enjoy books. The American Academy of Pediatrics recently issued a policy encouraging parents to read aloud daily beginning in infancy. After all, if we want our children to become lifelong readers, we need to […]

Filed Under: Child Development, Family Time/Routines, Featured - For Educators, For Parenting Educators, For Parents, Infants, Reading/School Readiness Tagged With: babies, baby, brain development, child development, face time, families, family, ready to read

Early Head Start Helps Families

June 16, 2014 By Cheri Peterson

Early Head Start Helps Families

With a current focus on school readiness, our nation and communities are looking at supporting early education. High-quality early childhood education programs increase childhood literacy and high school graduation rates, not to mention reducing crime and teen pregnancy rates. As a result, children are coming to school ready to learn and be successful.

Filed Under: Child Development, For Parenting Educators, For Parents, Reading/School Readiness, Young Child Tagged With: brain development, children, Early Head Start, families, family, parenting education, ready to read

Getting Ready To Read From Day One

May 1, 2011 By Cynthia Olsen

Getting Ready To Read From Day One

Everyone agrees that reading is vital to a child’s success. Research shows that there are six early literacy skills that are essential to creating a solid foundation for learning to read: print motivation, print awareness, phonological awareness, vocabulary, letter knowledge and narrative skills – in other words – read, sing and talk.
By adding these elements to your parent-child time, you will be preparing your child for reading and learning. It does not cost any money; it only costs your time.

Filed Under: For Parenting Educators, For Parents Tagged With: children, families, family, libraries, library, reading, ready to read

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