READING CHECKUP GUIDE
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A Special Note from the American Academy of Pediatrics

As president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, I can tell you that you can make a difference by reading to your child.

Pediatricians are acutely aware of the role that reading plays in infant brain and child development. We strongly recommend that parents read to their children daily from six months of age.

Reading aloud to children helps stimulate brain development, yet only 50% of infants and toddlers are routinely read to by their parents.*

Make reading an important and pleasurable experience in your home. Reading with your child not only stimulates development of your child’s brain, but also fuels a close emotional relationship between you and your child.

This “Read Me a Story” Reading Checkup Guide covers six stages of early reading development. It is designed to give you and other caring adults practical information about how to help your child grow up reading.

We applaud RIF for developing this guide and Visa for making it available again this year.

Joseph R. Zanga, M.D., F.A.A.P.
1997-98 President
American Academy of Pediatrics

* Starting Points, the 1994 report of the Carnegie Corporation.

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