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READ from the START
Program Description
READ from the START is centered on Family Reading. It is based on the conviction
that parents are children's first and most influential teachers. If parents
take pleasure in books, that pleasure will be conveyed to the child. Infants
are awesome learners. They can hear and comprehend at a level several years
ahead of their ability to read. We need only give them the raw materials to
work with, and they will become fascinated with language, stories, and books
as a natural outcome.
Our program offers a small collection of outstanding books appropriate for
children from infancy to age five. Each title has high parent appeal: Each
has attractive, colorful pictures that enhance an engaging story. Several
introduce the three Rs: repetition, rhythm, and rhyme.
READ from the START entails a sequence of group meetings with parents and
other care givers to read and enjoy the books and to discuss the ways that
conversation based on the stories can stimulate the development of the baby
and of the bond between parent and child. We discuss book selection and the
importance of associating the spoken word with print and image in the development
of a child's mind. Parents see for themselves how a love of reading is based
on the pleasure associated with word play, image, narrative, rhythm, and rhyme.
If you would like more information on READ from the START, please call us
at (314) 781-9660 or drop us an e-mail.
Application forms are available on this web site in both Adobe
Acrobat PDF format and MS Word format.
To give the clearest possible example of what READ from the START can accomplish
in a family, read a detailed program summary by
Gladys Coggswell from the two-part session that took place at a Head Start
in Hannibal last year.
Program Description
• Detailed Program Summary
READ from the START Form
• PDF Format
• MS Word Format
checked 02/01/05
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