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For Immediate Release Date: February 8, 2017 Contact: Leslie Piotrowski (847) 377-8055 Hannah Goering (847) 377-8099
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Waukegan First Ward Alderman Sam Cunningham will read to
children at the next “Leaders are Readers” event at the North Chicago Health
Center, 2215 14th Street in North Chicago. This free event, which
will have a Valentine’s Day theme, will take place on Saturday, February 11,
from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. In addition to readings in both English and Spanish,
kids will make Valentine’s Day cards for their loved ones.
The Lake County Health Department launched the “Leaders are
Readers” series in connection with its commitment to the 30-Million-Word Campaign.
The initiative is encouraging parents to read more
to their children, since there is a direct correlation between early verbal
experiences in childhood and later achievement.
Research shows
that children who are not exposed to enough words during their first years of
life often have vocabularies that are half the size of other children by age 3.
This puts them at a disadvantage when they start school.
The “Leaders are Readers” series takes place on the second
Saturday of each month. Reservations are unnecessary. For more information, please send an email to:
ksingleton-Reed@lakecountyil.gov.
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