Read with Me: A Ready for Life Special
Research shows an increased awareness of reading and language skills before children start school forms the basis for later reading success. KERA’s Read with Me (TM) literacy initiative is a new approach to helping parents, teachers and caregivers expose children to reading during their first years of life. Literacy expert Dr. Dorothy Strickland gives parents and caregivers strategies and tools that will help children acquire language and literacy skills starting at birth.
• Visit the Ready for Life website for much more on early childhood development
