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August 2008

Toddling Toward Reading: Overview

"Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers" Explores Early Literacy in "Toddling Toward Reading"

Media Kit

Kimberly Johnson reading with her daughter, Ava

"Toddling Toward Reading," the 10th episode of the award-winning "Reading Rockets: Launching Young Readers" series, focuses on how to get children ready to start school.

Host Reba McEntire takes a look at outstanding programs across the country that are finding success in nurturing early literacy skills, including the national health project Reach Out and Read, Chicago's Parker Child-Parent Center, Georgia's Coralwood Diagnostic Center, and Dr. Rebecca Palacios' preschool program in Corpus Christi, Texas.

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