“What greater gift can you give a child than the gift of WORDS……WORDS that will build the brain. The brain is rapidly growing during the first 2,000 days of a child’s life. By giving a child WORDS, talking and reading to a child, brain connections are being made that will prepare the child to be ready to read. WORDS are free. My mission and passions have become to spread the word to any and all, that WORDS are the greatest gift you can give a child.”

 

–Susan Hudgens Harper, EdS, Board Chair, Board of Early Care and Learning Georgia, Department of Early Care and Learning