Januari 16, 2017
how do you say it? azul, azul! long before children set foot in a classroom,we can start giving them the skills they'll need to become strong readers. dr. robert learning to read is much more thana set of skills you get in school. there is a whole foundation that gets built over thefirst years of life. laying that foundation starts with mom anddad. all it takes is some quality time… two year old ava johnson and her mother kimberlyspend time reading and talking together every
day. she loved books from the very beginning, thenshe used to chew on the corners and just start to play with turning the pages. now she'sgotten to the point where she just starts to appreciate the story itself. ava is lucky; only 60% of parents of childrenunder five say they read to their kids every day … leaving the rest to play a dangerousgame of catch up. dr. needlman knows that children who are not read to early often startschool at a disadvantage. we know from very close study that when parentsread with their children they are really teaching language. and language is tremendously importantfor children's emotional development and also
for their ability to succeed in school. that's because early language developmentand later reading skills are intimately connected. the more you talk with a baby or toddler,the bigger that child's vocabulary will be by age three. so even if parents are not readingwith their kids, they should be talking with them all the time. uh-oh, what happened? the box fall out? the box is falling out, isn't it? when you only talk a little bit, it's onlybusiness. it's, "come here," "sit down," "stay there." it's simple. it's not abstract. it'snot fun. when you talk more, you're not talking
more business; it's about something else.that's the good stuff [and] the more the child talks, the larger the vocabulary they have,the more different kinds of words and phrases that they use in their oral language, theeasier and more readily they become readers. studies show children who are poor readersby the end of the first grade are likely to remain that way in the fourth grade. and childrenwho struggle with reading are more likely to drop out of school in later years. if you look at the parents with the leastamount of education 30 percent of them say that they are reading aloud with their childrenevery night, 70 percent don't. so that shows us what a long way we have to go.
to get there, dr. needlman co-founded reachout and read. it's a national organization that works with health care providers likedr. nicole lang to offer early literacy training as part of regular pediatric care. welcome. welcome. the inspiration for reach out and read wasthe realization that reading was a tremendously important part of children's development andyet, we in pediatrics didn't know anything about it. since pediatricians see both children andparents from day one, they're in a great position to help kids get a head start on reading.
we have so many frequent well-child visitsand we teach families how to be healthy and this is a part of that. you know, he may just want to put this inhis mouth because he's teething and that's normal too… when we bring a book into the exam room andwe actually see how that child responds to the book and see how the parent responds tothe child responding to the book. it gives us an in to talk with the parent about a veryimportant topic — which is: what can you do to help your child grow up intellectuallyalive? sometimes there can be literacy problems withthe parents or grandparents — or if they
weren't read to as a child they don't seethe importance of reading to their own children. i say talk to them, sing to them read to them. dr. lang also tells parents to watch for earlymilestones in learning to read. at six months old, isaiah should be reachingfor the book, eager to turn pages. can we find a candle? two-year-old justin should be pointing…andidentifying pictures. he should be able to say at least 50 wordsand talk in two to three word sentences. where's da lion? children who miss milestones should be checkedfor hearing issues or developmental problems.
kids with lots of ear infections should seea doctor too because the infections can lead to language delays. but even for kids like justin, who are doingwell, the time spent reading together can really pay off. how much reading is enough? parent: is that the book you want to read? if parents say well you know, i read to him5 minutes every day. i ask the parent, how does it feel? we love it. ok, so, if you loveit make it 10 minutes, and if you love 10, make it 15. we know that when children growup to be successful readers they have been
read to often, on average, 30 minutes a day. i feel so fortunate to have had such goodexposure to reading and books my whole life. reading isn't just a luxury — it's reallyabout your health and a child's well being. whether children are read to at home on aregular basis is one other way that disadvantage gets transmitted from generation to generation— and we have an opportunity to interrupt that cycle. we're giving them lots of good info that theyare taking to heart — and when we talk about reading and how important that is they say— ok, well i should be doing this too. just as i give them fruits and vegetables, youknow, i'll also read to them.
[reading] that's what you must do… and thebeetle lent the spider a helping leg or two.
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