Randi Weingarten Quotes

If you read in front of your kids, it's very likely that they'll become readers, too.

Obviously, every child should be given the best possible opportunity to acquire literacy skills.

Something like reading depends a lot on just having people around you who talk to you and read you books, more than sitting down and, say, doing a reading drill when you're 3 or 4 years old.

Children who are read to learn two things: First, that reading is worthwhile, and second, that they are worthwhile.

I am very much interested in getting parents to read to children, and trying to get people mentoring children. If I can do both I'll be happy.

Taking the time to read to children is not only a worthwhile investment but also a wonderful experience. I have visited 119 schools in Maine, and these visits are among the most rewarding experiences in my career in public service.

As far as young kids go, my primary interest is to get parents to read to their kids. That's about the most you can do, I think.

I think it's extremely important that children are exposed to reading.

I started reading when I was about three, a little over three.

I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.

It is my desire to break the destructive generational cycle of illiteracy in the home by focusing on the children. Reading to your child has so much value as a parent because it opens the lines of communication.

I do not remember any proper children's books in my childhood. I was not exposed to them.

The best way to enhance a child's imagination is to make them read.

The kids who speak well, are articulate and intelligent, are all readers.

I read to my children, and now they love to read. I encourage parents to carve out just 20 minutes a day. It helps you learn more about them, and really opens the door for you to speak into their life!

I'm a big reader. My kids love reading, and I think it's important, not just for development but for bonding. You start reading to kids before they can even understand what you're saying to them, so I look at it as a fundamental tool for connection.

Once upon a time, I sat in my mother's lap as she turned the pages of Golden Books, and I gradually learned to read.

Childhood reading is so important.

There have been two areas identified as being vital to reading - and that's for very young children between the ages of one month and five years and for teenagers. I've been trying to find ways of approaching both groups.

Having a larger vocabulary the day you walk into kindergarten is advantageous.

Reading to babies creates such a special parent-child bond and so strongly influences a child's language skills that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that doctors and nurses routinely discuss it with parents during pediatric visits.

In India, not enough importance is given to writing for children. And what could be more important than the enrichment of young minds with great literature?

One way to ensure that all kids will be successful in school and life is by focusing on literacy by the end of the third grade.

Writing, for me, really started in the '70s as a young child. I used to read a lot of nursery rhymes, and I learned a lot of those rhymes word for word.

If children haven't been read to, they don't love books. They need to love books, for books are the basis of literature, composition, history, world events, vocabulary, and everything else.