Parents and grandparents report they don’t have much time to teach their young children and grandchildren and often don’t know where to begin. Only one (1) in ten (10) parents read to their child once a week. Yet more than nine (9) out of ten (10) parents of minor children say it’s important to them that their children read books. The frequency with which parents read to children may reflect the value they place on encouraging their children to read.

(pewresearch.org)

Zerotothree.org/ noted some alarming statistics:

*In more than 30 states, center-based childcare for infants and toddlers is more expensive than in-state tuition and fees at a public university.
*Only 10% of childcare programs nationwide are rated as high-quality.”

Forty percent (40%) of grandparents provide some childcare for their grandchildren. One in 10 American children lives in a household with at least one grandparent.

(psychcentral.com)

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Research shows that students who lack proficient reading skills by fourth grade are at a higher risk of struggling academically and even dropping out of school. Low literacy rates are also linked to other lasting consequences affecting our communities, such as poverty and crime.

(readingpartners.org)

“So many parents still hand over much of their authority to the world around them, trusting that the culture and its primary actors will act with their kids’ best interests in mind.”

(The Boston Herald)

It’s clear this is no longer true! We must begin teaching our children and grandchildren at home before and during preschool and their attendance in the public school system. We must educate them, teach them our values, and instruct them on how to discern everything they see and hear! Parents and grandparents must be the “primary actors” in their children’s and grandchildren’s lives.

Many concerned parents and grandparents fear that the preschool & public school environments are increasingly toxic to children. We can no longer depend on or put our faith in these learning institutions.

According to researchers, prenatal babies can hear rhythms and sounds. “They can even understand these sounds well enough to retain memories after birth.”

(Healthline.com)

The Children’s Reading Foundation of the Mid-Columbia (CRFMC) notes that reading to a baby starting in the womb is vital in setting a child up for successful learning. Scientists and researchers agree – it’s never too early or too late to start reading to a child! Begin reading to your child today! You’ll provide them with a solid foundation to love reading and learning while spending quality time together.

Newborns have over 85 billion brain neurons – twice as many as adults! Half of these neurons are pruned away during early childhood as we grow into adulthood based on what we’re learning, hearing, and experiencing.

(frontiersin.org)

Our brains will eventually eliminate unused connections! Psychologist Donald Hebb coined, “Neurons that fire together wire together.” Neuroplasticity is the ability to form and reorganize synaptic connections, especially in response to learning or experience. Thinking, learning, and acting change the brain’s functional and physical anatomy from top to bottom.

Our Womb to BLOOM to Classroom Picture Books & Animated Readings provide beautiful illustrations with concepts and ideas, strengthening and retaining those critical learning neurons in babies and children!