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Give the Gift of Reading (Beloit Daily News, 1/31/11)
January 31, 2011
Laura Fadrowski, the Health Educator for the Rock County Health Department, Wisconsin, urges parents to read to their children in a column in the Beloit Daily News. Citing warm memories of her own mother’s reading to her, Fadrowski points out that “Good literacy skills will ultimately help children to succeed in school.” She quotes an article by Heather Weiss, founder and director of Harvard Family Research Project: “Children start feeling better about literacy and like literacy more when their parents are involved in their education.”
Reminding readers that “Each age group requires parents to be creative and use different strategies to read to children,” the column offers tips and advice for parents in reading to their children as babies, as toddlers, and as beginning writers around the age of three. Parents should encourage children to experience and discover new things, and it is essential to make reading part of a daily routine.
Read “Give the Gift of Reading” on the Beloit Daily News' website.