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Reach Out and Read


Our Mission...

Reach Out and Read makes literacy promotion a standard part of pediatric primary care so that children grow up with books and a love of reading.

Our Model...

In the exam room, trained doctors and nurses talk to parents about the importance of reading aloud.
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At each check-up from 6 months to 5 years, the child receives a new book to take home.
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Clinic waiting rooms are transformed into literacy-rich areas with volunteer readers modeling techniques of reading aloud.

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Tips on Choosing Books

Tips on Choosing Books are provided in downloadable guidance on how to make reading a pleasurable activity, and for help identifying the appropriate books for young children.

Children are excited by books that speak to them and their experiences. They love familiar sights and stories, but also love novelty and challenge. For some suggestions of what to look for when choosing books for young children, download What Children Like in Books.

Infants 6-12 months like

  • Board books with photos of babies
  • Brightly colored board books to touch and taste
  • Books with pictures of familiar objects—balls, bottles
  • Small books sized for small hands

Young Toddlers 12-24 months like

  • Sturdy board books they can handle and carry
  • Books with photos and pictures of children doing familiar things—
    sleeping, eating, playing
  • Goodnight books for bedtime
  • Books about saying goodbye and hello
  • Books with only a few words on the page
  • Books with simple rhymes or predictable text

Older Toddlers 24-36 months like

  • Books with board pages—but also books with paper pages
  • Silly books and funny books
  • Rhymes, rhythms, repetitious text—books they can learn by heart
  • Books about children and families
  • Books about making friends
  • Books about food
  • Books about animals
  • Books about trucks
  • Word books

Preschoolers 3-5 years Like

  • Books that tell stories
  • Books about kids that look like them and live like them—but also books
    about different places and different ways of living
  • Books about going to school, books about making friends
  • Books with simple text they can memorize
  • Counting books, alphabet books, vocabulary books

 


You can get involved in Reach Out and Read and help pediatricians bring books and a love of reading into the lives of young children and their families.

Donate

Donate online...
$27.50 purchases ten beautiful, new books for a child.

Become a Friend

Join the Friends of Reach Out and Read.

Donate Books

Donate your gently used children's books to ROR.

Volunteer

Volunteer to read at a ROR clinic.

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66 Witherspoon St.
Suite 352
Princeton, NJ 08542
609.688.1029