Reach Out and Read

Reach Out and Read
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Reach Out and Read

From the national organization Reach Out and Read comes a brand new podcast centered around the belief that children’s books build better brains, better family relationships, and happier, healthy children and societies. Join us as host Dr Dipesh Navsaria, a pediatrician with a children’s librarianship degree, dives into a wealth of varied early childhood health and literacy topics with expert guests examining the many facets of supporting the parent-child relationship as key to early success.

  1. MAR 20

    Bonding with a Newborn

    It's overwhelming to form a relationship with a new baby while your relationship with yourself as a new parent is in flux!  Keeping it simple is one of the ways parents can get through a challenging but rewarding time.  Dr. Joanna Parga-Belinkie, a clinical neonatologist and author of "The Baby Bonding Book", explains how one-on-one time and getting 'back to basics' can create the needed building blocks of bonding, safety, and attachment.

    36 min

  2. MAR 6

    The Last Human Job: Part 2

    In Part 2 of our interview with Allison Pugh, professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University and author of "The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World", we talk about what  "connective labor" means for early relational health, and can how physicians, practitioners, and caregivers can apply this theory to their everyday interactions with children.

    30 min

  3. FEB 20

    The Last Human Job: Part 1

    How people connect to one another is something we sometimes don't think about, and how technology touches modern life is a key factor.   Allison Pugh, Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University and author of a notable book on this subject, joins us to talk about how, and why, the human connections now at risk in our tech-driven lives are worth fighting for.

    34 min

  4. FEB 6

    The Science Sessions: Learning from Families About What Inspires and Enables Them to Share Books Together

    Dr. Clare Crosh and Dr. Diogo Anyigbo join us to talk about what they have learned from families about how they view and practice shared reading and how that can inform messaging and resources that inspire and enable families to sing, tell stories and share books with their young children.

    30 min

  5. JAN 23

    The Daycare Myth

    Addressing childcare and education in this country has been a challenge for decades, but according to our next guest, fixing it comes down to one thing - acknowledging that we’re thinking about the whole system upside-down, and flipping it right-side-up. Dan Wuori, known globally for his uplifting and educational social media, joins us to talk about his new book, “The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong About Early Care and Education (and What We Should Do About It)".

    39 min

  6. JAN 9

    How To Talk So Little Kids Will Listen

    What does early relational health have to do with getting your kids to put their shoes on? Julie King, co-author of "How to Talk So Little Ones Will Listen: A Survival Guide to Life with Children Age 2-7", offers a series of parenting tools that lean into emotional intelligence and foster early relational health.

    32 min

  7. 12/26/2024

    A Conversation with Lois Lowry

    For nearly 50 years, Lois Lowry's books have adeptly tackled friendship, loyalty, fear, comfort, family, war, political oppression, love, grief, racism, and so much more – and usually from the perspective of the children themselves. Lois Lowry joins us to share how, through writing, she tries “to convey her passionate awareness that we live intertwined on this planet and that our future depends upon our caring more, and doing more, for one another.”

    33 min

  8. 12/12/2024

    Creating the Magic of "The Yellow Bus"

    Every so often, a book comes along that allows parents and children to slow down together, engage, and experience the joy of reading a book that requires, and then rewards, looking closely at everything that book has to offer.  Famed author and illustrator Loren Long joins us to talk about The Yellow Bus, a magical new children's book that does exactly that.

    33 min
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    From the national organization Reach Out and Read comes a brand new podcast centered around the belief that children’s books build better brains, better family relationships, and happier, healthy children and societies. Join us as host Dr Dipesh Navsaria, a pediatrician with a children’s librarianship degree, dives into a wealth of varied early childhood health and literacy topics with expert guests examining the many facets of supporting the parent-child relationship as key to early success.

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    • Creator
      Reach Out and Read
    • Years Active
      2020 - 2025
    • Episodes
      100
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