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Reach Out and Read Awarded Holiday Impact Prize in New York Times
(The New York Times)By Nicholas Kristof Forget the necktie that will sit in Dad’s closet or the perfume that your sister Sue will soon regift, for I have some better ideas. … Help a child learn to read! Books were my childhood’s magic carpets that lifted me on the lifelong journey that now leads me to write […]
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Senator Patrick Diegnan learned about New Jersey’s nonprofit Reach Out and Read program during a visit to Edison Health on Monday. The senator enjoyed the opportunity to read a short picture book to young patients and experienced firsthand the benefits of the program. Based on the national Reach Out and Read model, the program fosters […]
(North Carolina Health News) At the Cone Health Mom+Baby Combined Care clinic in Greensboro, reading is part of every child wellness check. At a recent checkup, family medicine physician Kimberly Newton read from “It’s Bath Time” to a 4-month-old patient. “That’s a donkey. That’s a pig,” she read as the baby grabbed at the pages. “Do you know […]
Why does Dr. Jawaad Hussain of Cooper Pediatric Care in Camden, N.J., believe that Reach Out and Read should begin at the very beginning of a child’s life? “Starting at birth felt like I was walking in with a present every single visit,” Dr. Hussain said. “By receiving the book, parents were so receptive to […]
(King 5 News) Reach Out and Read provides children and families with free books and resources to promote early childhood literacy. It’s an evidence-based model backed by research that proves the importance of reading aloud and the impact it’s had on a child’s brain development. (Video credit: King 5 News)
(National Native News) The Indian Health Service is working to provide tens of thousands of children’s books to Native families across the country. The federal agency gave a $200,000 grant to Reach Out and Read, a national nonprofit that integrates reading into pediatric care. The group will use the money to buy more than 30,000 children’s books. […]