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Reach Out and Read

Somerville, Massachusetts

Cause Description:
Reach Out and Read (ROR) programs seek to make early literacy a standard part of pediatric primary care. By following the ROR model, physicians and nurses counsel parents that reading aloud is the most important thing they can do to help their children love books and to start school ready to learn. Providers give every child between the ages of six months and five years a new, developmentally appropriate children's book to keep. Volunteers in clinic waiting rooms read aloud to children, showing parents and children the pleasures and techniques of looking at books together.

Type: Business/Professional
Listed on iGive since: September 2003
iGive members supporting: 1

Website: www.reachoutandread.org

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