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More than literacy: Reach Out and Read touches children during critical years
Dawn Mendoza began reading to her two daughters a couple of times each week when they were still in the womb. She continued to read the same books to the girls, now 16 and 19 years old, after they were born. Mendoza, a pediatric occupational therapist for more than...
ROR: ‘Awesome’ when reading to kids is part of the doctor’s visit
NaTasha McNeil remembers her first visits to Rock Hill Pediatrics with her preschool boys after the family relocated to Rock Hill. Their pediatrician brought out a children’s book and read a few pages to her youngest son. Her son loved the book, and was eager to turn...
Mary Watson: ROR prescribes reading for families, builds foundation for learning
Retired preschool teacher Mary Watson knows how important it is for children to gain a foundation for learning before they start school. Watson, who taught kindergarten at Winthrop University’s MacFeat Early Childhood Laboratory School in Rock Hill for more than 30...
Reading with kids: ‘A chance to get to know your child’
LIsa-Anne Williams sees books as an avenue for parents who read with their children to learn more about them. “For parents, that’s a chance to get to know your child, to see their strengths and learn what they are really interested in, and develop that mutual...
York Co. pediatrician: ELP reading program can be ‘a more important tool than my stethoscope’
Pediatrician Dr. Martha Edwards says that sometimes, handing a book to a child can be “a more important tool for me than my stethoscope.” Edwards, a physician with Rock Hill Pediatrics and medical director for the South Carolina Reach Out and Read, said that...
ELP raises money to promote critical early learning for York County children
The Early Learning Partnership of York County raised the money to purchase and distribute 20,318 books last year to preschool children during their pediatric well visits through Reach Out and Read. Many families say they are grateful for a new book to enjoy together,...
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