Recent research has revealed that children who are read to when exceptionally young, are more likely to develop a lifelong interest in reading, do well in school, and succeed in adult life. The Kiwanis Club of Ottawa has prepared a video, "Precious Minds: Nurturing Literacy in the Early Years". The intention of the video is to make parents and caregivers aware of the significant benefits created by reading to very young children. The video offers parents and caregivers a wide selection of practical suggestions on ways to nurture early literacy in children.

The video can be ordered with the either the english or french form.

 

The video has be made available on VHS and DVD through various partnerships across North America with over 100,000 copies of the video in the first year of release.

A streaming version of the video is now available on-line to preview the video before ordering copies.

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