MADISON, Wis. (Feb. 11, 2025) – Daisie Mathais was at a Every Child is Ready to Read meeting in December 2024 when she heard Reach Out and Read Wisconsin Medical Director Dipesh Navsaria, MPH, MSLIS, MD, and Executive Director DeDe Williams lead a talk on Reach Out and Read.…
(WABE News)
Dr. Terri McFadden says it’s never too early to encourage children to read. She wants parents to not only read to their children, but to also sing and talk to them as well.
McFadden is a pediatrician at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding and a professor of pediatrics at Emory University.…
This Black History Month, Reach Out and Read is spotlighting author Tanisia Moore, whose books bring Black culture, joy, and history to life on the page.…
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MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – A nonprofit group advocating for early childhood literacy was at the Capitol on Tuesday to discuss the topic in a special briefing session with lawmakers.
Reach Out and Read Wisconsin brought together doctors, families and advocates to talk about how shared reading helps early language skills and healthy relationships.…
(CBS News New York)
“We’ve known for years that young children who have parents who look at books with them and talk to them … their language development has improved. These positive experiences also shaped the child’s social and emotional development … and their excitement later on when it’s time to go to school.”…
(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.
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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 this column.…
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The nonprofit Reach Out and Read was founded in 1989. So, it isn’t new; however, it is growing – including in Nebraska and Iowa.
Reach Out and Read Program Promotes Brain and Social Development
(ThedaCare)
Reading to children at an early age enhances childhood brain and social development, and is a long-term contributor to a child’s success in school.
For that reason, since 2018, all ThedaCare pediatricians and primary care providers have been engaged with the national Reach Out and Read program, the only national pediatric literacy program endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics.…
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The 2024 challenge marks the 13th year of the Health Hero Challenge, which recognizes local medical professionals, frontline health workers, nonprofit leaders, teachers, coaches, entrepreneurs, and community activists who are working to improve health outcomes and general wellness for those living in and around Philadelphia.…
Why has Shannon Carwise-Williams, RN, joined the Texas Medical Advisory Committee for Reach Out and Read? She participated in the enhanced engagement activities supported by a partnership with Elevance Health and is aware of what site coordinator, Kelly Pitts, RN, has said, “This last year I have seen a significant improvement with staff involvement with our patients in promoting reading and activities during the visits; not to mention saying on the next visit, ‘Tell me something about the book you read.’…