Creating Moments That Matter
Reach Out and Read envisions a world where every child has the relationships essential to learn and thrive.
We aim to strengthen all families with young children through guidance from medical clinicians about nurturing relationships through shared reading.
80% of a child's brain is formed within the first 1,000 days.
What happens during the first few years sets the stage for the rest of a child’s life. Spending time together while reading aloud helps to create strong parent-child bonds and promotes healthy brain development.
Children that are read with more often have improved language and listening skills, experience stronger emotional connections to their loved ones, and gain a lifelong love of reading.
Support for Parents:
We’re here for you so you can be there for them. The parent is a child’s first teacher and there are a lot of unknowns in the world right now.
We remain committed to supporting families with young children and our resource library can help you learn more about reading with the children in your life, including tackling some of today’s tough conversations about racial bias, equity, inclusion and the changes resulting from the pandemic.
Nurturing Young Minds
Our network of pediatric clinicians provides families with the understanding and tools they need to make reading and storytelling part of their daily routines.
Shaping Bright Futures
It’s vital that children benefit from reading and other language-rich experiences starting at birth. Reading together furthers language acquisition, promotes brain development, and provides an opportunity for families to build powerful, lasting bonds.
Reading is a Right
You can make a difference in a child’s life. Our parent organization, Ready for School, has data that shows parents first trust their family, friends, neighbors and medical providers.
