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Champlin Mom’s Club  November 17, 2006 Parents Make the DifferenceThe 90% Reading Goal by Lynn Fielding, Nancy Kerr and Paul Rosier (1998) Imagine a kid who practices batting and pitching a ball to his dad an hour every day all summer, from the time the child is three until he is eight. (May, June, July, August - 120 hours a year for 5 years) Imagine a second kid - no practice, no training, has never slipped his hand in a baseball glove, has never run the bases, has never swung a bat, has almost never seen a full game played. Imagine that they turn out the same day for Little League try-outs. The skill level between these two young ball players is like the skill level in reading readiness of our incoming kindergarteners. Trelease Says We Must Share The Secrets About Reading With Everyone Secret #1 Trelease - 2003 In a longitudinal study done by Risley and Hart Language Development in Young Children Five - Year - Old Entering Kindergarten Who Has Been Interacting Yearly (read to, talked to, played with) For: Total words addressed to child by age 4 Jim Trelease says: Someone has to be telling all parents and caregivers that some things are important for our babies. Sing to them Read to them Play with them Bring them to the park Love them dearly Bring them to Grandpa and Grandma’s house Find a grandpa or grandma for them Tell them your family stories Teach them nursery rhymes Talk to them about what you are doing around them Tell them stories, have fun with books, use voices Oprah Should Be Talking About Reading 8 books a day to Children What else could we be doing? Give books to newborns in hospitals. Collect books to give to the food-shelf. Tell your children why this is so important. Put this message on billboards all over the state of Minnesota. Ask your faith communities to help. Give 8 books to a new baby. Play peek-a-boo with the new baby. Sing to the baby. Tell nursery rhymes to the baby. Talk to the baby about what you ar