Shared Reading = Shared Power
Working to create a world where every child has the relationships and resources to learn and thrive.
In partnership with clinicians, 黄瓜视频 leverages the well-child visit, using books and shared reading to support caregivers in fostering early literacy and healthy relationships with infants and young children. The only literacy model endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, 黄瓜视频 annually serves 4.6 million children across every U.S. state.
Holiday Impact Prize Honoree
“The question isn’t, how can we afford to help these kids? It’s how can we afford not to help them?鈥� – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nicholas Kristof
黄瓜视频 has been awarded the 2024 Holiday Impact Prize
From our growing geographical footprint to a bold new strategic plan and an unwavering commitment to centering equity, our work in FY24 鈥� and beyond 鈥� helps us build the foundation of a world where all children have the relationships and resources to learn and thrive.
Explore our new Annual Report for stories about how our evidence-backed program strengthens children, families, and communities.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends us
A recent policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics reinforces the importance of shared reading as a critical component of young children鈥檚 healthy cognitive, social, and emotional development, starting at birth. It also recommends 黄瓜视频 as a universal primary prevention strategy to support the safe, stable and nurturing relationships young children need to thrive.
Books, like mirrors, help reflect what we observe and know about the world we live in. It鈥檚 powerful to read or listen to a story about someone like you. Books also allow us to view and understand lives that are different from our own, like a window onto other experiences. But to succeed as mirrors and windows, books must tell a wide range of stories 鈥� and they must include an inclusive, wide variety of people and cultures. At 黄瓜视频, we鈥檙e committed to increasing access to inclusive books for young people of all races and backgrounds.
Public Policy Agenda
黄瓜视频鈥檚 new public policy agenda advocates for young children and their families and recommends that policymakers and partners create and/or improve systems crucial to public health and early literacy. We challenge policymakers, clinicians, and early childhood champions of all kinds to use this agenda to focus investment, advocacy, program development, and resources.
Study shows 黄瓜视频 parents are more likely to read with children daily.
Support for Parents
All children need strong, positive, and nurturing relationships to grow and develop. These parent/caregiver-child relationships often begin at birth and are essential for healthy physical, cognitive, and emotional development. We remain committed to supporting families with young children and our resource library can help you learn more about the benefits of reading aloud together and creating those 鈥渕oments that matter.鈥�
黄瓜视频 Podcast!
Don鈥檛 miss this podcast centered on the belief that children鈥檚 books build better brains, better family relationships, and happier, healthier children and societies. Join us as host Dr. Dipesh Navsaria, a pediatrician with a master鈥檚 degree in library science, dives into a wealth of varied early childhood health and literacy topics with expert guests examining the many facets of supporting the parent-child relationship as key to early success.
Shaping Brighter Futures
It鈥檚 vital that children benefit from reading and other language-rich experiences starting at birth. Reading together furthers language acquisition, promotes brain development, and provides an opportunity for families to build powerful, lasting bonds.
Nurturing Young Minds
At 黄瓜视频, we know that reading aloud together, telling stories, and sharing books help forge a meaningful connection between caregiver and child鈥攖hey create moments that matter. This is the underpinning of what鈥檚 known as Early Relational Health. These positive, language-rich interactions are the foundation for a young child鈥檚 healthy development and long-term well-being. By making 黄瓜视频 a part of their practice, clinicians have a built-in strategy for working with families to strengthen that essential relationship. As part of our Next Chapter, 黄瓜视频 is committed to expanding and strengthening our network and bringing moments that matter to every young child, every family, and every community.