READ WITH YOUR CHILD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE!

It is extremely important to read with children, especially early on in their lives. Reading with/to a child stimulates their imagination, fosters a love for books and reading, and it helps develop listening skills, comprehension, and letter-sound correspondences. Also, just because a child can read, does not mean that reading to them should stop; even after learning how to read, being read to helps build vocabulary and enhance fluency. 

Please read the follow articles to learn more about the benefits of reading with your child. 

1. Reading with Your Child By: Bernice Cullinan, Brod Bagert

2. Building Literacy Every Day By: Pearson Early Learning

• “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” — Frederick Douglass
• “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.”— Dr. Seuss, “I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!”
• “There are many little ways to enlarge your world.  Love of books is the best of all.” – Jacqueline Kennedy
• “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” – Margaret Fuller
• “There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.” – Walt Disney
• "If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." — Toni Morrison