Children's Reading Alliance

Reading Solutions – October 2018

Reading to Your Child Ends “Word Hunger” Disparity between children’s educational success isn’t so much a matter of economic poverty as it is “word hunger.” Research reported in the Journal of Human Resources suggests that one change in parent behavior changes educational outcomes in just half an hour a day. Parents who engage in face…

The Children’s Reading Alliance (formerly under the name The Children’s Reading Foundation of Doña Ana County) focuses on advancing children’s literacy in Doña Ana County. Because it has been proven that reading daily with children and having books in the home leads to success in school, we promote the message “Read with a child every day” and support programs designed to place books in the hands of families. Please visit the program page for more information.