Reach Out and Read is a program that makes early literacy part of pediatric primary care. Pediatricians in cooperation with early childhood educators encourage parents to read aloud to their young children and give their patients books to take home at all pediatric check-ups from six months to five years of age.
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Reach Out and Read Program
Reach Out and Read is a program that makes early literacy part of pediatric primary care. Pediatricians in cooperation with early childhood educators encourage parents to read aloud to their young children and give their patients books to take home at all pediatric check-ups from six months to five years of age.
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Reach Out and Read Program
Reach Out and Read is a program that makes early literacy part of pediatric primary care. Pediatricians in cooperation with early childhood educators encourage parents to read aloud to their young children and give their patients books to take home at all pediatric check-ups from six months to five years of age.
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Reach Out and Read Program
Reach Out and Read is a program that makes early literacy part of pediatric primary care. Pediatricians in cooperation with early childhood educators encourage parents to read aloud to their young children and give their patients books to take home at all pediatric check-ups from six months to five years of age.
Through Reach Out and Read, every child starts school with a home library of at least ten beautiful children’s books, and parents understand that reading aloud is the most important thing they can do to help their children learn to love books and to start school ready to learn.
Reach Out and Read was developed at Boston City Hospital in 1989 by a collaboration of pediatricians and early childhood educators. ROR seeks to change the culture of pediatrics by making literacy a standard part of pediatric care.
Through the generous support of foundations, corporations, and individuals, the ROR National Center based at Boston Medical Center provides start-up grants, training, and technical assistance to new programs throughout the country.
For more information go the the Reach Out and Read website: www.reachoutandread.org/index.html
Look at the ROR programs in your state. You may wish to contact existing programs in your state to get information on collaborative arrangements and outcomes.