Reach Out and Read Kansas City Success Stories
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KU Pediatrics Nurse Practitioner Sallie Page-Goertz
The books help me assess a child's development - I watch how they look at it, how they pick it up, what they do with it, how they manipulate the pages, and as they get older, what they say about it. This also helps me teach caregivers about their children's abilities to see, hear, and understand.
There was one little girl, Michelle, who's mother informed me that Michelle's dad made a special shelf for the Reach Out and Read books, and that she continues to look at all of her books, even the baby books, which are now quite worn.
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Reach Out and Read Kansas City Parent
Joslyn absolutely loves to read. She has great problem solving skills, a good grasp of cause and effect, and is in the highest reading group in her kindergarten class. We read at home almost every day and Joslyn has exceeded all expectations of entering kindergarten with exceptional literacy skills. Reach out and Read is a great program because children need to learn to use their imaginations and dream big. I believe that reading to my daughter since she was a baby gave her a jump start on learning how to read. Thank you Reach Out and Read Kansas City for allowing her to have the experience!
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Dr. Lisa Riojas, Children's Mercy West
One of my most special ROR memories involves handing a book to a 6-month-old patient sitting on his mom's lap. Usually babies at that age start to chew on the book while holding it upside down and backwards, but this little guy took it from me with both hands, held it in the correct position, and opened it all by himself. He proceeded to scan each page from left to right and then actually turned the page on his own! He clearly had been read to many times. He was very serious and business-like in his approach, but as soon as his mom engaged by pointing something out, he broke into a big smile - and of course his mom and I did too!