Reach out and Read makes literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric primary care so that children grow up with books and a love of reading.
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ROR in the National News
ROR in the national news...NBC Nightly News coverage:
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Did you know ...
The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children. (The Commission on Reading, “Becoming a Nation of Readers")
Almost one in four low-income children have less than 10 books of any kind in their homes. (High, Hopmann, et al 1999)
The consequences of a slow start in reading become monumental as they accumulate exponentially over time. (Torgesen, 1998)
A typical middle-class child enters first grade with approximately 1,000 hours of being read to, while the corresponding child from a low-income family averages just 25 hours. (Neuman, Temple University, 1997)
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