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At Lee Pesky Learning Center February 24, 2004 from 9:00-9:30 a.m.
Simpson and Lee Pesky Learning Center Announce Major Improvements for Idaho’s Children
Congressman Mike Simpson joins Hildegarde Ayer, Executive Director for the Lee Pesky Learning Center, and LPLC staff to announce that every baby born in Idaho will receive the book, EVERY CHILD READY TO READ: Literacy Tips for Parents; written by the Lee Pesky Learning Center. Simpson and the rest of the delegation were instrumental in securing the $200,000 funding for this project.
Experts agree that improving literacy begins at birth. Reading aloud to your child, sharing simple games and wordplay, and developing letter knowledge start your child off on the right foot for school and life. Random House Books has published EVERY CHILD READY TO READ: Literacy Tips for Parents. In it, the staff of the Lee Pesky Learning Center has created an easy, accessible reference for parents to help foster better literacy skills in children. LPLC will have an instructional video and a 20 hour course curriculum for parents included in the distribution of the book.
“This is a tremendously powerful opportunity to help the parents, families and caretakers across this state become skillful first teachers of the person they love the most,” said Ayer. “We are very grateful for Congressman Simpson’s help to secure funding so that every baby born in Idaho will receive this valuable tool.”
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