Baby’s First Book program welcomes each new baby born into the Richland community with the tools to begin a lifetime of reading. There is no app to replace your lap when it comes to early brain benefits for babies. The most important period for language and vocabulary development is in the first two years of life. By age two, children who are read to regularly have better language comprehension, larger vocabularies, and higher cognitive abilities than children who were not read to regularly. Baby’s First Book program aims to promote childhood literacy, parent-child bonding and infant cognitive development.
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We want to welcome your baby to the Richland Community! Parents or guardians may bring their baby (6 months old or less) into the RCL Children's Library and ask for Baby's First Book.
Baby’s First Book kit includes:
A board book
Brochure with reading tips and early literacy information
Teething toy
RCL Bag
