Babies begin learning the moment they’re born. By age 3,
a baby’s brain has grown to about 80% of its adult size.

The number of books in a home is a better predictor
of a child’s future educational achievement than are
the parents’ income and education.

Parents are a child's first and most important teacher. They play a vital role in their child’s language and literacy development.

Sharing books with children beginning at birth promotes family bonding and a foundation for the infants’ language skills.

More than one-third of our children enter kindergarten without the basic skills they need to learn to read.

Reading aloud to children is the single most important activity for preventing low literacy.

Parents are a child's first and most important teacher. They play a vital role in their child’s language and literacy development.