S1E19: Literacy is All Around Us w. Dr. Amy Napoli and Wendy Keele

In this week’s episode of The Good Life in Early Life, host Emily Manning interviews Wendy Keele with Nebraska Growing Readers a part of the Nebraska Children and Families Foundation and Dr. Amy Napoli, associate professor, and Early Childhood Extension Specialist at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. They discuss how reading to children and exposing them to literacy at an early age can have positive outcomes such as developing creativity and increasing the chances of graduating high school. Reading to children is also a great way to connect with children and open their eyes to a world of possibilities. Resources: Nebraska Growing Readers- https://www.singasongofsixpence.org/news/nebraska-growing-readers/nebraska-growing-readers.html https://www.singasongofsixpence.org/news/nebraska-growing-readers/faqs.html Read for Resilience- https://child.unl.edu/read4resilience Nebraska 4-H Reading Stem Connections Program - https://child.unl.edu/nebraska-4-h-stem-reading-connections-program Books mentioned in this episode: Pickle Things- Mark Brown Patrick Buys a Coat- Geoffrey Hayes You Matter- Christian Robinson Chrysanthemum- Kevin Henkes Gaston- Kelly DiPucchio Saturday- Oge Mora The Rabbit Listened- Cori Doerrfeld The Invisible String –Patrice Karst The Old Man Who Loved Cheese – Garrison Keillor The following music was used for this media project:  Music: Afterparty Review by Sascha Ende  Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/2962-afterparty-review  License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license     "Wholesome" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/