Low income children suffer stresses that would buckle our knees and yet we expect them to learn and grow and develop at the same rate as their higher income classmates.
My Fresh Ideas column published this morning in the Nevada Appeal. Click here to read why Reading is the antidote.
Lorie Smith Schaefer 
Nice! Reading now…
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😃 Great! Remember to read to the kids in your life too.
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Your words are true, passionate, reasoned, knowledgeable, strong in the defense of children living in poverty, and wise in advising folks to read, read to their young ones. You are a wonderful advocate, Lorie. Please don’t give up.
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Thank you. You know better than most that there are no silver bullets, no miracle cures. But reading aloud is something everyone can do. I’ll keep nagging.
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Reading aloud to any child is gold! While on this road trip I listened to an audio book for the first time and I really enjoyed it. For children, this is how language is developed!
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We never outgrow it. I had a ed. prof who practiced what he preached by reading aloud to us at the beginning of every class. Loved it.
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