Summer "Best of" #1
Reading Aloud I just love being a grandma! It's by far the best thing that has ever happened to me. We just recently watched a video of Bella reading a book to us when she was two and it was such a wake-up call to how important reading is. We have been reading to our grandbabies as soon as they could open their eyes. The rhythm and rhyme of reading is soothing, engaging and keeps them wanting more. I love how they get so excited to sit in your lap and read stories over and over and over. What a blessing. I found this website at a session at FETC want to dedicate this "tuesdays" to the power of reading over a lifetime. |
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Reach Out and Read is a non-profit initiative that promotes early literacy and school readiness in pediatric exam rooms nationwide by giving new books to children and advice to parents about the importance of reading aloud. The mission is to prepare America's youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encouraging families to read together. The way they pull it off is:
- In pediatric exam rooms, trained doctors and nurses speak with parents about the importance of reading aloud.
- At each regular checkup from 6 months through 5 years of age, the child receives a new book to take home.
- Parents become more engaged and read to their children more often.
The program serves more than 4 million children and their families across the nation, with a special emphasis on serving those in low-income communities. Families served by Reach Out and Read read together more often, and their children enter kindergarten with larger vocabularies and stronger language skills, are better prepared to achieve their potential in school and beyond.
Reach Out and Read provides books for children in more than 14 languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish. Love their Flip picture book on the front page!
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I love this description on the Reach Out and Read website: "Books are more than the stories inside. They're a key to unlocking the potential in every child. That's where Reach Out and Read steps in. We prepare America's youngest children to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe books and encourage families to read together. We're helping to ensure school readiness and positive outcomes for all children. Reach Out and Read. Where great stories begin." Most of us working with older students and see the great discrepancy between those who can and cannot read, know that it is still just as important to read to students of any age. I want to encourage teachers of students of all ages to be sure to read aloud. Even and especially high school students love stories read with passion. From their website, the importance of reading aloud.
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 How do you get involved? There are many ways to help. This amazing initiative has the potential to change education. They have already touched 4 million children. Let's support their model and practice reading aloud to our children, grandchildren and our students no matter what their age.
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