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Talk, Sing, Read, Write, and Play to build your baby’s brain

The day children are born, their brains are primed for language. Talking with your child about anything and everything helps them build oral language skills, which are critical to early literacy!

Singing is incredibly engaging for children and has countless early literacy benefits, which include building vocabulary, slowing down language, developing memory skills, and so much more!

Reading helps children understand how text works and positions them to increase their language and literacy skills throughout their lives.

When children are given a chance to explore scribbling, draw pictures, and tell stories, they are learning reading skills. Being an active participant in writing helps keep children excited about reading stories.

Play comes so naturally to children and is an essential element to lifelong success. When children play, they are practicing and perfecting early literacy and life skills!
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This is a beautiful true story of a family of penguin where the two fathers got to hatch an extra egg (the zookeeper found it) that needed protection.…
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Read more of this comment about Strega NonaThis is definitely a one-of-a-kind book. It's a thick book, but it contains no words. Actually, it does, but it is in rabbit- and tree-speak. The rabbit…
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Poor Little Guy
When an octopus decides to play with a cute little pufferfish and turn it into a treat, the octopus is in for more than it expected. For a full summary,…
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