The importance of reading and communicating with children as early as birth is critical to the healthy and happy development of a child. CCI's Talk, Reach, Read program, sponsored by the Citi Foundation, serves as the foundation for all CCI literacy initiatives.
Through Talk, Reach, Read, CCI's on-staff literacy specialists strive to convey the importance of reading family child care and center based providers through a user-friendly set of tools designed to build a literacy-rich environment for all children six weeks to five years of age. The curricula offers fun strategies on how to build a child's vocabulary, sight-word recognition, comprehension skills, and fosters the overall enjoyment of reading.
Book donations play a integral role in the success of Talk, Reach, Read and mini-libraries consisting of age-appropriate story and activity books are packaged and delivered to all children.
CCI's literacy initiatives do not stop with books. Equipping child care providers with the tools an knowledge required to access resources within the community is a major goal of Talk, Reach, Read. Connecting providers and parents with libraries, reading circles, fairs, and other community-based resources is an integral part of our work.
Talk, Reach, Read training and technical assistance is available in English and Spanish. To learn more on how to bring trainings and/or technical assistance to your early care and education site, please contact us at 212.929.7604.
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