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Youth and Family Connections – READ Kits

Literacy Development

Literacy is defined as the ability to read and write. A key goal of Youth and Family Connections is to support families in the early stages of literacy development with their Deaf, DeafBlind, or Hard of Hearing child and to help them foster a love of books.

READ Kits

The READ Kits program targets children 0-3. READ kits include books, toys, an activity sheet, and DVDs with suggested reading strategies. The reading strategy videos and activity sheets are also available below for you to view.

Request your READ Kit today!

Check out time is 3 weeks.

Everything you need to return the READ kits in the mail will be included, all at no cost to you!

Made possible by funding from the Oberkotter Foundation

See what we have available for check out!

Animal Kit

Click here to see the Activity Sheet! 

Books included: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? and First 100 Animals

Bedtime Kit

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Books included: Good Night Moon and Bedtime

My Body Kit

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Books included: From Head to Toe and Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes

Doctor Kit

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Books included: First Time Doctor and If I Were a Doctor 

Food Kit

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Books included: Mealtime and Eating the Rainbow

Transportation Kit

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Books included: My First Things that Go and Things that Go

Peek-a-Boo Kit

Click here to see the Activity Sheet! 

Books included: Peek-a-Who? and Peek-a-Zoo!

Spot the Dog Kit

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Books included: Where’s Spot? and Spot Goes to the Park

Create your own activity page!