What time is it? It’s time to read to a child

Hi everyone,

This morning I’d like to remind you about an old favorite of mine, a project called OZARK FAMILY VOICES. It was a privilege to work with a number of good people for several years to advocate for reading to children under five years old. We eventually moved on to other activities but the site is still there and now and then I post something on it.

The people behind Ozark Family Voices

I have very few pictures left of adults reading to their young children, but I hope to get back to posting what I have and begging for more in the near future. Here’s the note I posted today. https://www.facebook.com/ozarksfamilyvoices/photos/3285255801755181 and also a new picture of an adult reading to children. Go meet Quenby Poland and her entranced niece and nephew as she treats them to a picture book story. https://www.facebook.com/ozarksfamilyvoices/photos/3285273558420072

An innovative way to read to your grandkids

Hi everyone,

Check out howRalph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi manage to read to their grandchild. If you haven’t already been doing this, now’s a good time to start a new habit. https://www.facebook.com/ozarksfamilyvoices/

Calling for more pictures for Ozarks Family Voices

Hi everyone,

To start the new year off right, I’ve posted a picture on Family Voices (https://www.facebook.com/ozarksfamilyvoices) and am asking you to consider sending me your own family pictures for future postings to the site. By now most of you know about the postings of family members reading to children, mostly under five, as an ongoing campaign to remind everyone how important it is to read to young kids during those crucial years when their brains are developing at a rate faster than it ever will again during their lifetimes.

Sometime ago (Ozarks) Family Voices discontinued our active campaign of organized activities. When I post pictures of family members reading to their little ones, it’s a reminder of our core message.

When you join the fun by sending me (to davidlharrison1@att.net) a picture (saved as jpg) to add to the growing collection on our Family Voices page, your support is greatly appreciated. If you haven’t already sent me something, please add it to your resolutions for 2021. Thank you so much for adding your strength to the effort. I’ll post this plea on Facebook, too, so I hope you’ll consider sharing it with others who might be able to help.

Henry’s back

Hi everyone,

You gotta love Henry. He knows the only thing better than a book is when someone reads the book to him. https://www.facebook.com/ozarksfamilyvoices

I hope this is the day you’ve been putting off — taking a picture of you reading to a young child and sending it to me to post on FAMILY VOICES. It’s fun to do and sends an important message. Send saved as jpg to davidlharrison1@att.net. Thank you.

Brilliant lights of Branson

Hi everyone,

No time yet for anything creative but I hope you’ll visit FAMILY VOICES page at https://www.facebook.com/ozarksfamilyvoices and consider sending me pictures of you reading to a child under 5. I need to replenish my supply!

Enjoy some of the 1,000,000 the lights we saw last week when we stayed two nights at Wilderness Club/Big Cedar.