Reach Out and Read Washington

"Babies with lower heart rates during back-and-forth interactions with their mothers at three months tend to have higher vocabularies when they are two and a half years old." Fascinating research from the University of Washington's I-LABS.

Heart-to-Heart: Babies love to listen to parentese, but did you know that it can also help calm babies? Recent research from I-LABS shows that the more parentese and back-and-forth interactions mothers use with their babies, the lower their heart rates tend to be. And this soothing, language rich environment pays off. Babies with lower heart rates during back-and-forth interactions with their mothers at three months tend to have higher vocabularies when they are two and a half years old. Read the study: https://buff.ly/3WKQMek

Huge thanks to our partners at Pacific Medical Centers for their long-time participation in Reach Out and Read!

Happy World Read Aloud Day! 📚

At PacMed, we're proud to support the Reach Out and Read program. At each well-child checkup for children from infancy through age 5, our clinicians offer advice to caregivers about early relationships and literacy and give children a new book to take home to build their home libraries.

Join us in promoting literacy and making a difference in our community. Let's read aloud and inspire the next generation of readers. 💙

Learn more about the program: http://ms.spr.ly/6184Un9rQ

On this week’s #RORPodcast, one of America's most successful children's writers, Candlewick Press’ Kate DiCamillo, talks about how reading — and reading aloud — has made her into the reader and writer she is today: reachoutandread.org/podcast.

The harms of Adverse Childhood Experiences are well-known, but let's flip the narrative! Positive Childhood Experiences — ones that cultivate a sense of stability, safety, and connectedness — mitigate the damage to a child's development caused by toxic stress.
https://www.statnews.com/2024/03/18/positive-childhood-experiences-pces-aces-trauma-health/?fbclid=IwAR2Ef0cFIDA6uAFxyLQP5hxPnaE4n0DecqNtOSGC7vi-1hxg4REZ9bVS7lc

The harms of adverse childhood experiences are well-known. But positive experiences can affect future health, too Positive childhood experiences can mitigate some of the long-term health consequences of trauma.