Why ReadAloud.org matters

    • Only about 1/3 of low-income families read aloud regularly.

    • From 0-3, critical years for early brain development, parents are a child's
    first teachers.

    • By age four, low-income children have heard an average 32 million fewer words
    than their wealthy peers.

    • By kindergarten, some low-income children have been read aloud to as few as 
    25 hours while their middle-income peers have been read aloud to as many as
    1,000 hours.

    • By end of the first grade if a child is not reading at grade level there is an
    88% probability the child will not be reading at grade level by the end of the
    fourth grade.

    • Children who are read aloud to by parents get a head start in language and
    literacy skills and go to school better prepared.

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