142: How Parents Can Help Their Children Become Readers - And Why It’s Important

Maya Payne Smart has a mission to help parents nurture, teach and advocate for children getting on the road to reading. We discuss her book “Reading For Our Lives” and why it has such a gripping title of urgency. She also spells out an action plan from birth to six on ways parents can foster literacy. In this episode we learn what the research shows about best practices and how “laps over apps” is the way to go when it comes to reading to our children. Plus, so much more! Give it a listen and share with your friends. Maya has a great website full of free weekly resources for parents at: www.mayasmart.comYou can also get social with Maya at: IG: @mayasmarty Twitter: @MayaSmart Pinterest: @mayasmart Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.