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Parents

​"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world". Nelson Mandela

It's Never to Early to Read to Your Baby​

 

Pediatricians and early childhood educators have reported that it's never too early to read to your baby.

 

In fact, studies show that children whose parents read to them get a head start on the skills they need to learn to read. At present, one third of children starting kindergarten do not have the skills they need to learn to read.

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This is where Mother Goose: Read to Me can help. Our volunteers will meet with you personally or in small groups to:

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  • Share the importance of talking and reading to babies

  • Share fun and different ways to read books to babies

  • Bring free books for you to keep and use

 

We work with parents who have children pre-natal through two years old..

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For more information contact us through the Contact page on this website.

​Tips for Parents


Reading to Infants:

  • Make reading part of every day, even for just a few minutes.

  • Hold your baby on your lap while you read.

  • Babies like board books; pictures of babies; rhymes and songs from the same book over and over; and when you point to pictures - this is how babies learn.

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Reading to one year old's:

  • Let your toddler move around while you are reading.

  • Name the pictures - this is how toddlers learn new words.

  • Read labels and signs wherever you go.

  • Toddlers like the same book over and over; a book at bedtime; to choose and hold the book; books about food, trucks, animals, and children; and books with few words.

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