LAPSITS FOR EARLY LITERACY :To instill a love of books in at-risk newborns through three year olds and to encourage nurturing early language practices by their parents and caregivers

Lapsits Video

A video on the benefits of reading to little children is now available from Lapsits.

For information on how to obtain a copy, contact .

Description:

“How Parents Benefit from Reading to their Little Children”

With foundation funding, Lapsits for Early Literacy™, a nonprofit organization targeting parents and caregivers of newborns through three year olds has developed a professionally produced video that describes how and why the entire family benefits from early literacy interaction, especially reading aloud.

Our video offers these features:

Purpose:

To raise parents’ awareness of the importance of reading to their little ones during the first three years
To raise awareness of brain and language growth in the first 3 years (2:30 minutes)
To illustrate to parents how they benefit from taking time to read aloud (5:00 minutes)
To link very early reading aloud to future reading success (2:30 minutes)

Length: 10 minutes

Audience:

Parents in Parenting Centers
Child Care Centers
Early Head Start and Head Start
Even Start, Family Literacy
Hospital System Pediatric
ROAR
WIC Program Families
Families with newborns through 3 year olds

Use:

The length allows for flexibility of use. The three segments of the video can be discussed separately, if desired, during parent meeting presentations. A looping format can be ordered for view in waiting rooms. Distribution with parent educators for individual home viewing can provide opportunities for family-specific conversations.

Unique Qualities:

Multi-ethnic parents and children with infants through three year olds
Field tested with more than 250 parent educators, child care staff members, and 4 year kindergarten teachers, speech pathologists, and parents
Written and directed by a nationally known family literacy specialist.