Nick Kristof publishes a “Holiday Giving Guide” column every year, encouraging readers to”give gifts with meaning.” Reach Out and Read is honored and humbled to be included as a part of this esteemed group of organizations.
Atlanta, Georgia – Reach Out and Read Georgia is thrilled to announce that Dr. Dipika Sharma will be taking on the important new role of Regional Director of Medical Engagement. Dr. Sharma joined the Reach Out and Read Georgia team in May 2019. Dr. Sharma grew up with a teacher and a physician for parents who also wrote poetry […]
The pandemic has changed just about every aspect of our lives, especially learning. Access to education is an increasing concern not just for adults of small children, but for activist teenagers that care deeply about the effects the pandemic is having on girls and education. Reach Out and Read is proud to partner with Educate […]
Reach Out and Read partners, Nemours BrightStart! have released the 2nd Annual Reading Readiness Snapshot for America’s Preschoolers – a guest blog post from Laura Bailet and Kathy Ingram at Nemours BrightStart! Learning to read is a challenging task for the brain, and one of the most important developmental tasks facing young children. Only about […]
Fifteen percent of young children are now diagnosed with a developmental disability. Young children with developmental disabilities benefit from heightened structure, clear expectations, and an array of services that were obstructed by COVID‐19. Increased difficulties for children, in turn, exacerbate parent stress, and quarantine also often means many parents not only serve as their child’s […]
My passion for reading was nurtured early in life by my parents, who had a gift for storytelling. This love of learning that I grew up with drives me to provide the same for my patients at Milestone Pediatrics in Atlanta, GA through the Reach out and Read Program. In October 2015, my dad passed […]
During isolating times of COVID, our video project, #ReadTogether brought families nationwide together in an outpour of joy and love for shared reading and early literacy! Including Peter H. Reynolds reading of “Say Something!”
West Monroe supports Reach Out and Read for National Service Day. Our #ReadTogether project continues to be a fun and rewarding way to support communities and to bring people together through the power of reading aloud!
Telehealth and virtual medicine have quickly become important tools to care for patients during this unprecedented health care crisis. The message from our network of providers was loud and clear, “We need guidance on how to deliver Reach Out and Read in a telehealth well-child visit.” So, we got to work! We gathered input from […]