Divide Ready by 5
Supporting Young Children (0-5) and their
Families on the Georgetown Divide
P.O. Box 4581
Georgetown, CA 95634
ph: 530-333-8320
Ldowell
Read to Your Child Everyday!
VIsit http://www.readtomeintl.org/ for more info
* Reading aloud provides a positive reading role model.
* Reading aloud creates a bond between the reader and the child.
* Reading aloud improves the child's listening comprehension.
* Reading aloud expands the child's attention span.
* Reading aloud helps develop the child's language skills.
* Reading aloud helps develop critical thinking skills and effective communication skills.
* Reading aloud exposes the child to rich vocabulary.
* Reading aloud exposes the child to good grammar.
* Reading aloud stimulates the child's imagination, creativity and curiosity.
* Reading aloud establishes the reading-writing connection.
* Reading aloud provides the child with a lot of background knowledge. The more a child is read to now, the more he/she will learn for use in reading later.
* Reading aloud nurtures the child's emotional development, raising his/her self esteem.
* Reading aloud is FUN, providing the child with the pleasures of reading!


Mommy?
Why is the sky blue?
visit
"How Stuff Works"
to answer this and all their other burning questions!!
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P.O. Box 4581
Georgetown, CA 95634
ph: 530-333-8320
Ldowell