Early childhood professionals such as teachers, educators and others have long recognized the importance of language and literacy in preparing children to succeed in school. Just exposure to words is the single most important thing that you can do to help build the language pathways in your child’s brain. Books can also help kids learn how to handle their own feelings in healthy ways. Seeing characters in books experience big emotions like anger or sadness lets kids know that these feelings are normal and gives them a chance to talk about their own difficult feelings, too. Early literacy plays a key role in enabling the kind of early learning experiences that research shows are linked with academic achievement, reduced grade retention, higher graduation rates and enhanced productivity in adult life. BELL Organization partnered with the South Bronx Charter School for International Cultures and The Arts and A Kids Co a children’s book company to host several a reading sessions.
