Important Joy of Parenting
Facing the enormous responsibility of caring for an infant whose brain grows 175% in the first year, can be balanced by the sheer joy of holding this fascinating new person in your arms. What are we supposed to feed this baby to help healthy growth ? How do we treat this person who has a very distinct set of demands? How do we understand the changing needs of baby?
Baby has come to learn and be loved. Baby needs nurturing. Books and organizations exist that emphasize the physical and emotional needs of physical closeness to you and those significant and consistent people you chose to care for your baby. As baby experiences each moment of this new life, new brain cells are made, new neural pathways are created. Every gesture you make , every mouthful of food you give, every word you speak is stored away in an ever increasing network of information.
Your baby learns about life from you and other significant care providers: how to eat, how to smile, how to communicate, how to love, how to enjoy, how to learn. All waking time in the first year would optimally be with a real live person. This gives baby maximum input of how humans live their lives. So many fine nuances of behavior that you may take for granted are learned just by baby seeing you, hearing you, feeling you with him/her. Baby catalogs everything away as life knowledge. As soon as possible, baby will imitate whatever you have shown him/her.
Here comes the joy part. What are you showing your baby? What will get hard wired in his little growing brain as the things to try to mimic? Instead of having baby be an escort in your adult, high tech hard to mimic world, how about you learning about the simple unplugged joys of life again? Hugs and kisses are at the top of the list. Taking time to talk to baby, and repeat his/her babbling back are second. This is your chance to unwind from the high tech web you can easily get caught in today, and remember what it is to simply appreciate the moment, starting with your littlest person.
As you learn to see what baby sees, a simple game of Peek-A-Boo can be great fun. You can spontaneously make up a simple song or rhyme to say to baby. No problem with a critical audience there. Baby accepts whatever you say a good. Baby learns everything from you. And when baby shows interest in the cute wall decorations you put up over his changing table share the joy of the moment. Let yourself express and feel that simple pleasure with your child.
This shared time together is the bond that gives your child life teachings and early skill development. From this simple shared appreciation of all that is around baby you become his best teacher for all life. This special relationship can be with several people who baby sees regularly; Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother, Grandma, Grandpa, and a regular Care Provider. You all become life coaches for baby, people he/she can trust to learn "the plays of the game".
Find the simple fun of exploring baby's little world with him/her, then you can think of simple fun things to expand what baby sees and learns. As baby grows and sits up , name out loud the objects you are using around or with him/her; examples: blanket, spoon, cereal, cup, juice, bowl, table, kitchen, crib, bed, diaper, drink, diaper, bath, water, ducky. You will naturally expand to 2 words phrases like: "wash hair", "food's coming", "sleep time", "get dressed", "change diaper", "let's go". This basic language play is important and seeing baby gradually catch on can be a source of parental joy.
As baby becomes toddler, you will have many opportunities to enjoy simple pleasures with him/her: Autumn leaves, winter snow, spring flowers, summer walks. Art projects can be finger painting on a drop cloth, graduating to washable markers. Later you can make a stamp out of a raw potato half, press it in the finger paint and press designs onto paper.
As a toddler, art and language fun can easily grow into sharing simple picture books with your child. It becomes a natural outgrowth of your earlier shared fun times to point at a nose in a picture and then point at your child's nose, saying "Nose" both times. Later on, you can point to words, then picture, saying the word both times. Pick books with art you will enjoy because your child will love to share the fun of the same book many times over. Include outings to the library, children's playground, and simple picnics. Then you will be well along the way of the Important Joy of Parenting.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Reading Can Be Fun: Library Time
Reading Can Be Fun! Have you ever thought of your area Library as a great spot for parent/child fun time? Library Time can open up many possible books for you to explore together. It's a great way to introduce your child to how many different story and picture books there are. You can dive into colorful books designed specifically for early children, and while there, show your child a few books you might share together in the future.
You might go to the early books and say "We can pick 2 books from this shelf today. Let's look and see which ones we want to take home with us." Help your child look at a few pages of any books that catch the eye. Most children's sections have reading areas, where you can sit together cuddly close for a test reading of a page or two.
Then show your child what number of books you can take each time and how you have to check them out at the front desk. Also mention you need to take very good care of the books because they belong to the library, and you will be returning them in 2 weeks (or whatever time frame your library has).
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has made a clear statement about young children spending a lot of time in front of electronic screens: TVs, computers, movies in the car or at home, even hand held devices. "The AAP strongly discourages television viewing for children ages two years old or younger, and encourages interactive play. For older children, the Academy advises no more than one to two hours per day of educational, nonviolent programs, supervised by parents or another responsible adult chosen by the parents."
An alternative to screen time, is real interaction. Screen experiences actually act against a child learning skills for real life. Parents, older siblings and care providers model actions and attitudes that early children mimic, word for word, gesture for gesture. If Dad loves to wear his sun glasses, his little child may love to wear them too. If mom reads a book, then her child will mimic reading even before they understand how to read. Human children learn real-time behavior from human beings.
Let's make a point to turn off the TV and movies that amuse our children as temporary diversions, and make it a regular practice to have reading time together. When you can have an outing, make a regular plan to go to the Library together. Remember to pick out something for yourself too. If you don't have a lot of time to read yourself, remember short stories, and books of inspirational sayings. Poetry comes in all flavors and most poetry books have many short poems, perfect for a quick mental break.
Also many public libraries are near children's play parks, so some physical activity can be planned into the library adventure as well. Remember, Reading Can Be Fun for a lifetime!
You might go to the early books and say "We can pick 2 books from this shelf today. Let's look and see which ones we want to take home with us." Help your child look at a few pages of any books that catch the eye. Most children's sections have reading areas, where you can sit together cuddly close for a test reading of a page or two.
Then show your child what number of books you can take each time and how you have to check them out at the front desk. Also mention you need to take very good care of the books because they belong to the library, and you will be returning them in 2 weeks (or whatever time frame your library has).
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has made a clear statement about young children spending a lot of time in front of electronic screens: TVs, computers, movies in the car or at home, even hand held devices. "The AAP strongly discourages television viewing for children ages two years old or younger, and encourages interactive play. For older children, the Academy advises no more than one to two hours per day of educational, nonviolent programs, supervised by parents or another responsible adult chosen by the parents."
An alternative to screen time, is real interaction. Screen experiences actually act against a child learning skills for real life. Parents, older siblings and care providers model actions and attitudes that early children mimic, word for word, gesture for gesture. If Dad loves to wear his sun glasses, his little child may love to wear them too. If mom reads a book, then her child will mimic reading even before they understand how to read. Human children learn real-time behavior from human beings.
Let's make a point to turn off the TV and movies that amuse our children as temporary diversions, and make it a regular practice to have reading time together. When you can have an outing, make a regular plan to go to the Library together. Remember to pick out something for yourself too. If you don't have a lot of time to read yourself, remember short stories, and books of inspirational sayings. Poetry comes in all flavors and most poetry books have many short poems, perfect for a quick mental break.
Also many public libraries are near children's play parks, so some physical activity can be planned into the library adventure as well. Remember, Reading Can Be Fun for a lifetime!
Monday, April 19, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Love Equips & Encourages Learning & Reading
Love is caring and being aware of needs. Love of self sheds light on our own needs; love of others sheds light on others needs. One of our greatest needs as humans is to care for another. That's why solitary people are encouraged to have a pet.
For those of us who have children, or are relatives or neighbors of children, we can love them enough to look at their needs. Service is love in action. Many of us relate to being of service, such as Rotary Clubs, Woman's Clubs, and the best intentions of Chambers of Commerce. More groups and individuals are becoming aware of the unmet needs of a very high percentage of at-risk children.
The first time these children tend to show up in statistics is kindergarten assessments. State of Minnesota Department of Education runs an annual survey of kindergartners who are at-risk to fail, not at age proficiency in literacy developmental skills. In 2007 it was 53%; in 2008 it was 56% of kindergartners at-risk to fail.
Southern Early Childhood Association estimates 3 million children in 14 SE states are in this at-risk to fail demographic. It works out to 12 million nationally.For the state of Virginia the estimate is 250,000 kindergartners are at-risk to fail in the area of literacy development.
There is one factor that these children have in common. No books in their homes suitable for children. Also studies have shown their parents don't read to them. What if I told you there is an action plan with books and materials identified that can equip and encourage these parents interest in reading to their toddlers to 4 year olds?
Often these parents were not read to themselves, when they were young children. They probably had some difficulties in school because of that and the whole subject of literacy is not their favorite. Many of them lack confidence that they can be their child's first teacher. Many don't think they know how to start their child off with an understanding of books. Many are of poverty level or low income level with paying the rent and getting food for their family leaving them tired , stressed and overwhelmed.
Literacy for Tykes a solution based non profit organization equips, encourages and empowers parents to bring literacy to their early children's development.
With loving awareness of parents caught between lack of early literacy experiences themselves and high stress of hard economic times, LFT makes available an engaging picture book Teddy Bear's Favorite Pictures, with step-by-step parent guidelines to share learning points of pictures with their early child.
"Enjoy Books With Children" is also a parent tip sheet that we supply to our many educational and human service partners to encourage the parents they serve. Practical insights help parents understand how little time and effort it takes to meet the visual literacy first-step needs of their little ones. How to enjoy picture book reading for increasing minutes a day is mapped out. The step of eliminating distractions in the room such as TV, music, computers, cell phones and other activities is explained. Simple techniques of meeting their child at their interest and attention level are given.
Our results reports for parents using Literacy for Tykes books and materials are very encouraging, that our loving concern for parents is helping them gain confidence and interest that they can read to their child of ages 1-5years. These parents report that their children are showing interest in reading these picture books. Minutes spent reading together is increasing even beyond our success metrics for this stage of the home-reading program.
Literacy for Tykes is also gratified that local community groups are showing concerned interest as they hear our presentations and become aware of the early child literacy need in their communities. Several such service groups are carefully looking at how they can support this outreach of love for our little ones and their parents.
Out of love and concern, Literacy for Tykes' president Nancy Cloyd is asking friends to rally together and give donations at www.LiteracyForTykes.com in honor of her upcoming April 64th birthday. Please be part of this birthday wish for love to manifest as support, to equip and encourage learning and reading for the most needy.
These birthday candles could brighten the future of many at-risk children, for many years to come. Give support and light another candle of Love.
See link on right side of this page: Literacy for Tykes Main Website
For those of us who have children, or are relatives or neighbors of children, we can love them enough to look at their needs. Service is love in action. Many of us relate to being of service, such as Rotary Clubs, Woman's Clubs, and the best intentions of Chambers of Commerce. More groups and individuals are becoming aware of the unmet needs of a very high percentage of at-risk children.
The first time these children tend to show up in statistics is kindergarten assessments. State of Minnesota Department of Education runs an annual survey of kindergartners who are at-risk to fail, not at age proficiency in literacy developmental skills. In 2007 it was 53%; in 2008 it was 56% of kindergartners at-risk to fail.
Southern Early Childhood Association estimates 3 million children in 14 SE states are in this at-risk to fail demographic. It works out to 12 million nationally.For the state of Virginia the estimate is 250,000 kindergartners are at-risk to fail in the area of literacy development.
There is one factor that these children have in common. No books in their homes suitable for children. Also studies have shown their parents don't read to them. What if I told you there is an action plan with books and materials identified that can equip and encourage these parents interest in reading to their toddlers to 4 year olds?
Often these parents were not read to themselves, when they were young children. They probably had some difficulties in school because of that and the whole subject of literacy is not their favorite. Many of them lack confidence that they can be their child's first teacher. Many don't think they know how to start their child off with an understanding of books. Many are of poverty level or low income level with paying the rent and getting food for their family leaving them tired , stressed and overwhelmed.
Literacy for Tykes a solution based non profit organization equips, encourages and empowers parents to bring literacy to their early children's development.
With loving awareness of parents caught between lack of early literacy experiences themselves and high stress of hard economic times, LFT makes available an engaging picture book Teddy Bear's Favorite Pictures, with step-by-step parent guidelines to share learning points of pictures with their early child.
"Enjoy Books With Children" is also a parent tip sheet that we supply to our many educational and human service partners to encourage the parents they serve. Practical insights help parents understand how little time and effort it takes to meet the visual literacy first-step needs of their little ones. How to enjoy picture book reading for increasing minutes a day is mapped out. The step of eliminating distractions in the room such as TV, music, computers, cell phones and other activities is explained. Simple techniques of meeting their child at their interest and attention level are given.
Our results reports for parents using Literacy for Tykes books and materials are very encouraging, that our loving concern for parents is helping them gain confidence and interest that they can read to their child of ages 1-5years. These parents report that their children are showing interest in reading these picture books. Minutes spent reading together is increasing even beyond our success metrics for this stage of the home-reading program.
Literacy for Tykes is also gratified that local community groups are showing concerned interest as they hear our presentations and become aware of the early child literacy need in their communities. Several such service groups are carefully looking at how they can support this outreach of love for our little ones and their parents.
Out of love and concern, Literacy for Tykes' president Nancy Cloyd is asking friends to rally together and give donations at www.LiteracyForTykes.com in honor of her upcoming April 64th birthday. Please be part of this birthday wish for love to manifest as support, to equip and encourage learning and reading for the most needy.
These birthday candles could brighten the future of many at-risk children, for many years to come. Give support and light another candle of Love.
See link on right side of this page: Literacy for Tykes Main Website
Friday, March 19, 2010
Special Needs Toddlers Results Report
Literacy for Tykes is delighted to receive Partner Results Reports from Infant and Toddler Connections with whom we partner on our Early Child Literacy Program. This partner is dedicated to serving children with special needs from birth through age 3 years. The specific special needs are related to developmental delays, autism, hearing loss, speech delays, and Down Syndrome.
The assistant director said,"Parents appear to be spending more time reading with their children. They are using the 'Parent Points' (from Teddy Bear's Favorite Pictures and Enjoy Books with Children) even when reading other books, making reading time more involved and having positive interaction."
Four months into our Early Child Literacy Program parents are reading more frequently and for longer time periods with their children with special needs. 80% state they appreciate Literacy for Tykes book and materials. and have expressed how helpful the "Parent Points" have been in making reading time more interactive. These step-by-step parent guidelines are offered throughout Teddy Bear's Favorite Pictures giving specific applications of 'Enjoy Books with Children" concepts, reaching the children through sight, sound, touch and action.
Parents gained confidence that they could read more successfully to their children with special needs. These parents have gained more interest in reading with their children and stated, "It was helpful to use the 'Parent Points' while reading with their child. Also 75% of parents came to understand and comply with making the reading area quiet, with minimum distractions, as suggested in "Enjoy Books with Children", our parent tip sheet.
Infant & Toddler Connection reported the children all increased in ability to relate to a book, appropriate to their age and developmental positioning. We are very gratified to receive this report with such positive results of equipping and encouraging parents for their more successful and more enjoyable interaction with their precious babies and toddlers.
We salute the dedication of the staff of Infant & Toddler Connection associated with Longwood (University) Center for Language, Literacy and Communication (LCLLC), and are proud to join them in their efforts to encourage parents and strengthen family ties to brighten their children's early years and future potential.
To support this and other Literacy for Tykes programs and make a difference in empowering parents to bring positive literacy progress to meet the needs of the early children,
see Literacy for Tykes Main Website Link on the right side of this page or go to www.LiteracyForTykes.com
The assistant director said,"Parents appear to be spending more time reading with their children. They are using the 'Parent Points' (from Teddy Bear's Favorite Pictures and Enjoy Books with Children) even when reading other books, making reading time more involved and having positive interaction."
Four months into our Early Child Literacy Program parents are reading more frequently and for longer time periods with their children with special needs. 80% state they appreciate Literacy for Tykes book and materials. and have expressed how helpful the "Parent Points" have been in making reading time more interactive. These step-by-step parent guidelines are offered throughout Teddy Bear's Favorite Pictures giving specific applications of 'Enjoy Books with Children" concepts, reaching the children through sight, sound, touch and action.
Parents gained confidence that they could read more successfully to their children with special needs. These parents have gained more interest in reading with their children and stated, "It was helpful to use the 'Parent Points' while reading with their child. Also 75% of parents came to understand and comply with making the reading area quiet, with minimum distractions, as suggested in "Enjoy Books with Children", our parent tip sheet.
Infant & Toddler Connection reported the children all increased in ability to relate to a book, appropriate to their age and developmental positioning. We are very gratified to receive this report with such positive results of equipping and encouraging parents for their more successful and more enjoyable interaction with their precious babies and toddlers.
We salute the dedication of the staff of Infant & Toddler Connection associated with Longwood (University) Center for Language, Literacy and Communication (LCLLC), and are proud to join them in their efforts to encourage parents and strengthen family ties to brighten their children's early years and future potential.
To support this and other Literacy for Tykes programs and make a difference in empowering parents to bring positive literacy progress to meet the needs of the early children,
see Literacy for Tykes Main Website Link on the right side of this page or go to www.LiteracyForTykes.com
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
4 Keys to Prep Your Toddler for K & Life Success
How can you most effectively reach your toddler-to-four-year-old to prepare for Kindergarten and life success? Be aware of how a young child learns everything about life. The senses are the keys to unlock your ability to reach your child's developing mind.
The most basic senses of taste, sucking, feeding and getting his physical comfort met are always present and need to be satisfied first. Then we need to focus on the 4 sense keys of Sight, Sound, Touch, Doing.
Before inviting your child into a desirable learning activity, see that all distractions are eliminated or minimized in the area of sight, sound, touch and doing (or activity). Turn off the TV, Radio, Music, Computer. Find a place with enough light but not too much, enough heat but not too much, and without other activities.
Sharing a picture book is a fun and very important activity for preparing your child for Kindergarten. Choose a book that has clear and engaging images without distracting backgrounds, so that you and your child may focus easily on one image per page. See Teddy Bear's Favorite Pictures sample pages on amazon.com. Also, you could cut images out of a magazine and paste them on a blank piece of paper, one image per page, to create such an image without distracting background.
When you invite your child to participate in an activity with you, like reading a picture book together, focus on the 4 key areas again:
Sight= Your Facial Expression. Children watch your facial expression to know your attitude toward them and toward what you are doing. Be positive. Smile.
Sound=Your Tone of Voice. Children hear your tone of voice to know how you feel about them and what you are doing. Be enthusiastic. Have fun. " Let's read this book together.
Touch=Your Touch. Children are comforted calmed and brought to full receptivity by your cuddly loving touch. Learning neural pathways are opened to receive who you are, what you have to say, and what you show them, especially if you are their mom or a consistent care provider. You've established a trusted place in their awareness. Be loving. This is your together moment.
Doing=Your Actions Bring your child to your lap. You have their attention. Your child wants to learn everything you do. Show the book cover and read the title to them.
In the reading process, again use the 4 key areas to reach your child:
Sight=What You Are Showing Your Child Your child may think you are "reading the pictures". That's ok. They are actively trying to make sense out of what you are showing them on this flat page.
Sound=Speak Clearly With a Smile in Your Voice. Use simple words to name the object on the page. Make the sound associated with it (if any). Your child is correlating the sound you make consistently with the image you show them. If you repeat this sound /picture experience 20 days they will learn to say the sound with the picture, as is appropriate to there age and stage of development. If the picture is of a cat, say"cat", and say"meow".
Touch=Hold Your Child on Your Lap. Your child is most comfortable and aware of what you are showing him or her when touching your body. Have him cuddle next to you if not in your lap.
Doing=Help Your Child Point at the Parts You are Describing. If the picture is of a cat, say "ear" and help your child point to the cat's ear in the picture. Bring the action back to your child's natural sense realm and point to child's ear and say "ear". I also like to have a reward at the end of shared book time together. The last picture to be shared in my book Teddy Bear's Favorite Pictures is of a cup, and I suggest to have a cup of something your child likes ready to give at the end , as you say,"You've done such a good job reading.Would you like your cup?" The reward also ties the pictured cup back into the child's sense realm of their own cup.
By using these 4 keys you can have an enjoyable time with your child and bring the world of books to life for them. By doing this fun activity, as close to daily as possible, you are getting your child off to a great start toward Kindergarten readiness, with more confidence and learning skills that will benefit them for lifelong success.
(Note: if your child does not relate to 4 keys interaction by age 3 years seek advise of your pediatrician. Also, see www.firstsigns.org )
These are part of the reading techniques we use successfully with our home-reading program.
see "Literacy For Tykes Main Website" link on the right of this page to see more about our work.
The most basic senses of taste, sucking, feeding and getting his physical comfort met are always present and need to be satisfied first. Then we need to focus on the 4 sense keys of Sight, Sound, Touch, Doing.
Before inviting your child into a desirable learning activity, see that all distractions are eliminated or minimized in the area of sight, sound, touch and doing (or activity). Turn off the TV, Radio, Music, Computer. Find a place with enough light but not too much, enough heat but not too much, and without other activities.
Sharing a picture book is a fun and very important activity for preparing your child for Kindergarten. Choose a book that has clear and engaging images without distracting backgrounds, so that you and your child may focus easily on one image per page. See Teddy Bear's Favorite Pictures sample pages on amazon.com. Also, you could cut images out of a magazine and paste them on a blank piece of paper, one image per page, to create such an image without distracting background.
When you invite your child to participate in an activity with you, like reading a picture book together, focus on the 4 key areas again:
Sight= Your Facial Expression. Children watch your facial expression to know your attitude toward them and toward what you are doing. Be positive. Smile.
Sound=Your Tone of Voice. Children hear your tone of voice to know how you feel about them and what you are doing. Be enthusiastic. Have fun. " Let's read this book together.
Touch=Your Touch. Children are comforted calmed and brought to full receptivity by your cuddly loving touch. Learning neural pathways are opened to receive who you are, what you have to say, and what you show them, especially if you are their mom or a consistent care provider. You've established a trusted place in their awareness. Be loving. This is your together moment.
Doing=Your Actions Bring your child to your lap. You have their attention. Your child wants to learn everything you do. Show the book cover and read the title to them.
In the reading process, again use the 4 key areas to reach your child:
Sight=What You Are Showing Your Child Your child may think you are "reading the pictures". That's ok. They are actively trying to make sense out of what you are showing them on this flat page.
Sound=Speak Clearly With a Smile in Your Voice. Use simple words to name the object on the page. Make the sound associated with it (if any). Your child is correlating the sound you make consistently with the image you show them. If you repeat this sound /picture experience 20 days they will learn to say the sound with the picture, as is appropriate to there age and stage of development. If the picture is of a cat, say"cat", and say"meow".
Touch=Hold Your Child on Your Lap. Your child is most comfortable and aware of what you are showing him or her when touching your body. Have him cuddle next to you if not in your lap.
Doing=Help Your Child Point at the Parts You are Describing. If the picture is of a cat, say "ear" and help your child point to the cat's ear in the picture. Bring the action back to your child's natural sense realm and point to child's ear and say "ear". I also like to have a reward at the end of shared book time together. The last picture to be shared in my book Teddy Bear's Favorite Pictures is of a cup, and I suggest to have a cup of something your child likes ready to give at the end , as you say,"You've done such a good job reading.Would you like your cup?" The reward also ties the pictured cup back into the child's sense realm of their own cup.
By using these 4 keys you can have an enjoyable time with your child and bring the world of books to life for them. By doing this fun activity, as close to daily as possible, you are getting your child off to a great start toward Kindergarten readiness, with more confidence and learning skills that will benefit them for lifelong success.
(Note: if your child does not relate to 4 keys interaction by age 3 years seek advise of your pediatrician. Also, see www.firstsigns.org )
These are part of the reading techniques we use successfully with our home-reading program.
see "Literacy For Tykes Main Website" link on the right of this page to see more about our work.
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Early Child Literacy Partnership Results Report
Partners of our Early Child Literacy program who started families they serve in our home reading program in 2009 are now reporting results of their at-risk families.
These parents are poverty-low income level, usually with low interest in literacy. Their children are the demographic that becomes at-risk to fail in Kindergarten, stay 2 years behind age mates throughout school and are 3 to 4 times more likely to drop out of school before graduation.
After only 4 months following the parent tips given in "Enjoy Books with Children" presented by their home visitors to them, there has been a transformation.
These parents have children from Infant through five years old. "Some parents were very hesitant about reading in the beginning but once they started they began to realize that they could read with their child. Mothers began to see the interest shown by their children and found it a great source of parent/child activity.", the director of a family service shared.
Starting at age 1 year old parents reading Teddy Bear's Favorite Pictures with their child saw an increase in the child's ability to relate to a book. This study group had children ranging up to 5 years old, with the largest age concentration 2-4years old.
Most of these parents now read 5 times a week, for an average of 9-12 minutes a day, which exceeds the success metrics for four months into the program. 85% liked reading this book with their child with at least 90% using the "Parents Points" step-by-step guidelines.
This program continues with a second results report at 8 months into the program. Literacy for Tykes hopes these new reading habits will become a welcome part of everyday life for these families. At the end of our year-long program, we encourage parents to get library cards at regional libraries to continue their exploration of the wonderful world of books.
We are delighted with the results of this study group which exceeds our expectations. The first long-range goal of Early Child Literacy Partnership is to create confidence and interest in parents that reading daily to their child for 20 minutes a day is do-able and beneficial and FUN. The second long-range goal is that this parent/child interaction will nurture visual literacy skills and lifelong learning skills, as well as social skills that will better prepare each child for kindergarten and life success.
Based on these successful results we would like to expand this Early Child Literacy Program to nine counties at the 4 year old level for other at-risk poverty-low income level families in rural Virginia, as well as continue to supply books and materials to current partners. Literacy is a perennial issue in this region. We believe this program is repeatable with most at-risk populations.
To support this program please use Literacy for Tykes Main Website Link on the right side of this page which will take you to our Paypal button on www.LiteracyForTykes.com
These parents are poverty-low income level, usually with low interest in literacy. Their children are the demographic that becomes at-risk to fail in Kindergarten, stay 2 years behind age mates throughout school and are 3 to 4 times more likely to drop out of school before graduation.
After only 4 months following the parent tips given in "Enjoy Books with Children" presented by their home visitors to them, there has been a transformation.
These parents have children from Infant through five years old. "Some parents were very hesitant about reading in the beginning but once they started they began to realize that they could read with their child. Mothers began to see the interest shown by their children and found it a great source of parent/child activity.", the director of a family service shared.
Starting at age 1 year old parents reading Teddy Bear's Favorite Pictures with their child saw an increase in the child's ability to relate to a book. This study group had children ranging up to 5 years old, with the largest age concentration 2-4years old.
Most of these parents now read 5 times a week, for an average of 9-12 minutes a day, which exceeds the success metrics for four months into the program. 85% liked reading this book with their child with at least 90% using the "Parents Points" step-by-step guidelines.
This program continues with a second results report at 8 months into the program. Literacy for Tykes hopes these new reading habits will become a welcome part of everyday life for these families. At the end of our year-long program, we encourage parents to get library cards at regional libraries to continue their exploration of the wonderful world of books.
We are delighted with the results of this study group which exceeds our expectations. The first long-range goal of Early Child Literacy Partnership is to create confidence and interest in parents that reading daily to their child for 20 minutes a day is do-able and beneficial and FUN. The second long-range goal is that this parent/child interaction will nurture visual literacy skills and lifelong learning skills, as well as social skills that will better prepare each child for kindergarten and life success.
Based on these successful results we would like to expand this Early Child Literacy Program to nine counties at the 4 year old level for other at-risk poverty-low income level families in rural Virginia, as well as continue to supply books and materials to current partners. Literacy is a perennial issue in this region. We believe this program is repeatable with most at-risk populations.
To support this program please use Literacy for Tykes Main Website Link on the right side of this page which will take you to our Paypal button on www.LiteracyForTykes.com
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