Frisco Babies Get Early Start On Learning To Read
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FRISCO (CBS11) - If you remember learning to read in first grade, you might be surprised to find some Collin County babies are light years ahead on the learning curve.
Eight-month-old Colton may not be ready to read just yet, but his grandmother is helping him lay the groundwork at Frisco's Wee Readers program that starts developing language skills as early as zero.
"You want them to develop their full potential, and that starts early," Gloria Meyer said about her grandson.
For Neda Saffarian, no time was too soon for her son, Arya.
"When he was born we started out reading from day one with him, and so while I was pregnant with him, I read a lot about introducing books from a very early age, and so I wanted to lay that foundation for him," Saffarian said.
"The advantage is you're really going to light up that baby's brain so much faster and so much sooner," said Youth Services Librarian Bonnie Barber, who teaches the course.
The classes taught at Frisco's public library focus on pre-reading skills like talking, singing, and playing. The goal is to build neural pathways through repetition.
"Parents in Collin County are extremely savvy," Barber continued, "When you have this demographic, we want to give them places to come and have learning educational play."
"He's having a great time, and it's just so nice to know that our community cares about babies," Saffarian said.
The class is held Friday mornings. It's open to children ages zero through 23 months.
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