More than 200 doctors and nurse practitioners across nearly 40 locations in greater Cleveland are trained in early literacy by Reach Out and Read.
It’s a book so many of us know and love —"Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day."“It’s the little things that make people happy,” said mom Shawanna Crenshaw.Today, she brought Zion in for his well-child visit and of course, the dreaded shots.“If they’re getting a shot, they’re sitting there reading a book, it relaxes my children,” Shawanna said. “So I’m glad the books are there.
So from there, they started including them into well-child visits — research found that children’s language was more developed by the time they were three years old by three to six months. “Ten years ago, I would give people a book and they would say, ‘That’s the only book I have at home’ and now you give them books and they say, ‘Oh I have plenty of books’ — but they still need more!” Winfield said.
“They’re the messengers,” Foran said. “And parents, as you know being a mom of young children, you look to their advice and guidance to help you support the healthy development of your child.”