Did You Know?

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

DID YOU KNOW?

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

Did You Know?

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.

Did You Know?

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

Did You Know?

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

Did You Know?

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

Our mission is to promote language skills and literacy for children, beginning at birth, and to support parents as their babies’ first teachers.

Read to Grow’s Impact in Connecticut Over 20 Years

2.3 Million+

Books
Donated

Book Places
Opened

1.42 Million+

People
Served

366,979

Newborn Literacy
Packets Given