Reach Out and Read uses books and shared reading to promote healthy relationships, school readiness, and early literacy skills among children who are at increased risk for reading failure.
The Wordwell Foundation ensures that all patients at Jacobi Pediatrics receive a brand new, developmentally and culturally appropriate book at every routine check-up — a book to take home and love.
One book goes a long way.
Children who are read to more often have improved language
acquisition and listening skills.
stronger emotional connections to their loved ones.
Reading together provides an opportunity for families to develop
and cognitive, emotional, and social benefits for children.
More exposure to reading promotes brain development
Reach Out and Read builds on the power of the parent/doctor relationship as well as the consistent nature of pediatric health supervision.
During well-child visits from birth through age
six, pediatricians counsel parents about the significance of reading aloud with young children, and provide age-appropriate tips, encouragement, and the materials needed to make books a treasured part of their children’s lives.
Research shows that when pediatricians promote literacy according to the Reach Out and Read model, there is a significant effect on parental behavior, beliefs, and attitudes towards reading aloud, as well as improvements in the language scores of young children receiving the intervention.
1999
Reach Out and Read at Jacobi was started in 1999 and has grown exponentially.
We now provide our patients with
over 40,000 books per year.
1M+
Wordwell has given out more than 1,000,000 books since we started.
Thanks to Wordwell and Reach Out and Read, every child at Jacobi can start Kindergarten with a home library of at least ten beautiful books.
This program is supported by grants from:
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Harley Family Fund, The Taft Foundation, Reach Out and Read of Greater New York, and generous donations from Billy Books.
For          you can provide 1 child with their own home library.
For             you can provide 40 books to families in need.
For               you can provide enough books for every patient at                   Jacobi Pediatrics for ONE MONTH.
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1999
Reach Out and Read at Jacobi was started in 1999 and has grown exponentially.
We now provide our patients with over 40,000 books per year.
1M+
That is 1,080,000+ books since we started.
The Wordwell Foundation ensures that all patients at Jacobi Pediatrics receive a brand new, developmentally and culturally appropriate book at every routine check-up — a book to take home and love.
1999
Reach Out and Read at Jacobi was started in 1999 and has grown exponentially.
We now provide our patients with over 40,000 books per year.
1M+
That is 1,080,000+ books since we started.
The Wordwell Foundation ensures that all patients at Jacobi Pediatrics receive a brand new, developmentally and culturally appropriate book at every routine check-up — a book to take home and love.
1999
Reach Out and Read at Jacobi was started in 1999 and has grown exponentially.
1M+
That is 1,080,000+ books since we started.
Reach Out and Read at Jacobi was started in
1999
and has grown exponentially.
1M+
That is 1,080,000 books since we started.
1M+
We now provide our patients with over 40,000 books per year.
1M+
1M+
1M+
1M+