One in every six children who is not reading proficiently by third grade fails to graduate from high school on time. Additionally, 35 percent of children entering kindergarten are not prepared to learn; lacking language skills needed, according to the National Academy of Education.
These statistics, among others, are what prompt reading programs to work with young children, to supply them skills they will need for success.
The solution to this growing problem is exposing younger children to more literary activities.
Turn a Page, Touch a Mind (TAP TAM), a Kansas…
Reading programs open books for childhood literacy
