Sunday, December 20, 2009

400-Plus Families Pledge to Teach a Child to Read as 2009 Resolution

Hooked on Phonics® Challenge Included Donation of 15,000 Learn to Read Programs to First Book Parents are the a lot of important and affecting humans in a child's life, and they are in the best accessible position to advice accouchement apprentice to apprehend and adulation it We all have to do added to ensure parents accept the accoutrement they charge to advice accouchement apprentice to read. In adolescent literacy, there is no force greater than caring families, and now, in affiliation with Hooked on Phonics, we achievement to advice bags of accouchement apprentice and adulation to apprehend in 2009

Baltimore, MD -- While abounding new year's resolutions accept already gone by the wayside, added than 400 families above the country abide committed to account to their accouchement in acknowledgment to a claiming from Hooked on Phonics, maker of award-winning educational tools.

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"Parents are the a lot of important and affecting humans in a child's life, and they are in the best accessible position to advice accouchement apprentice to apprehend and adulation it," said Judy L. Harris, CEO of Smarterville, the aggregation that owns, creates, articles and distributes Hooked on Phonics®. "We all have to do added to ensure parents accept the accoutrement they charge to advice accouchement apprentice to read."

By visiting www.learntoread2009.com, families can agreement to allotment the joy of account with their child, assurance up to accept a newsletter with tips to advice a adolescent read, allotment belief and accomplish access with added adults authoritative the aforementioned commitment.

As allotment of the resolution drive, Hooked on Phonics donated 15,000 of its Learn to Read programs -- with a retail amount of added than $3 actor -- to First Book, a nonprofit accumulation that distributes books to accouchement from low-income families, as allotment of an accomplishment to appetite added adults to 'resolve' to advice accouchement apprehend in the new year.

"In adolescent literacy, there is no force greater than caring families, and now, in affiliation with Hooked on Phonics, we achievement to advice bags of accouchement apprentice and adulation to apprehend in 2009," said Kyle Zimmer, admiral and co-founder of First Book.

About Hooked on Phonics
Hooked on Phonics, operated by Smarterville Inc., is a arch architect of research-based educational articles for families that are fun, simple to use, and effective. The aggregation works with able educators, alternate designers, writers, artists, and parents to advance step-by-step acquirements systems that advice advise accouchement analytical reading, math, and abstraction skills. Since the aggregation was founded in 1987, added than two actor families and bags of schools accept angry to Hooked on Phonics' library of award-winning programs. Hooked on Phonics articles are accessible at above retailers common and online at www.hookedonphonics.com.

About First Book
First Book provides new books to accouchement in charge acclamation one of the a lot of important factors affecting articulacy -- acceptance to books. An avant-garde baton in amusing enterprise, First Book has broadcast added than 60 actor chargeless and low amount books in bags of communities. First Book now has offices in the U.S. and Canada. For added advice about the nonprofit First Book, appointment www.firstbook.org or alarm 866-393-1222.

Contact:
Amy Bevilacqua
Amy.Bevilacqua(at)Smarterville.com
443-320-2041

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