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Reading to Kids Now Has a Big Effect Later On

The Olympian (WA)

Right from the Start is an early-learning parent resource center that drives home the following message loud and clear: A child's education begins at birth, and it's critical for parents to realize and act on the fact that they are their child's first teachers.


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