DID YOU KNOW...

Approximately 1,500 babies are born at Cedar Park Regional Medical Center every year!

Literacy development begins at birth.
90% of brain development happens by age 3.
Literacy is closely linked to a baby’s earliest experiences with books and stories.
Children who are read to from an early age start school with 30 million more words in their vocabulary.
It's important to have lots of books around the house, but especially important to have ones that will grab your baby's attention.

Help us “Give the Gift of Literacy” in 2022.

$50 Donation - Supporter Level

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

$50 Donation - Supporter Level

This donation will support over 12 books and associated materials for newborns and their families.

$100 Donation - Champion Level

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

$50 Donation - Supporter Level

This donation will support over 25 books and associated materials for newborns and their families.

$500 Donation - Advocate Level

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

Company or family name will be featured in printed and web-based materials.

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

Company logo placed on the tote bags that books are delivered in as well as their Company name and logo (where appropriate) featured in printed and web-based materials.

Five Tips for Reading With Your Baby

Snuggle up with a book

Choose baby-friendly books

Babies love to snuggle close when you look at a book together. This increases their sense of security and their bonding with you while building a love of reading.

Choose baby-friendly books

Babies prefer bright and bold or high-contrast images that are easier for them to see. Books made of sturdy materials like board books are easier for babies to handle.

Talk with your baby

Choose baby-friendly books

Talk with your baby

Describe what you're doing throughout the day. Narrate your actions. The more you talk with your baby, even before they can understand or respond, the more they will learning about language and the stronger their vocabulary will be.

Sing, read, repeat

Be patient with your baby and yourself

Talk with your baby

Babies love to reread books and sing songs over and over again. This repetition is great because it strengthens their language development.

Be patient with your baby and yourself

Read for a few minutes at a time whenever you can, but don't worry when their attention span wanders. Babies are learning so many things at once! Any and all reading you do with your child, even in small bursts, will help increase their language development, their positive feelings about reading with you, and their love of reading.

Suggested Books

Babies

Preschoolers

Toddlers

Where Is Baby's Belly Button? by Karen Katz
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Black & White by Tana Hoban
Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton
Yummy Yucky by Leslie Patricelli

Toddlers

Preschoolers

Toddlers

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
The I Love You Book by Todd Parr
Press Here by Herve Tullet
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin

Preschoolers

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
The Hello, Goodbye Window by Norton Juster
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
Elephant & Piggie by Mo Willems

Sponsors and Partners - 2022

Distribution Partner & Title Sponsor

Cedar Park Regional Medical Center partners with Books for Babies to distribute a book to each newborn child in their hospital!

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Distribution Partner & Title Sponsor

Max Kerr

Vista Ridge Family Dentistry

512-253-8840

mkerr@vistaridgefamilydentistry.com

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Distribution Partner & Title Sponsor

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Leigh Kubin

Master Certified Life Coach

512-260-3444

https://www.leighkubin.com/

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Travis & Rachel Hurst

Team Hurst Realty Group - TCP Real Estate

512-970-9584

team@teamhursthouses.com

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Huntington Learning Center

of Cedar Park

Naureen Shivji

DID YOU KNOW...

We Need Your Help!

Books for Babies is a project designed to encourage early literacy in Cedar Park.

Books for Babies provides to each newborn baby in Cedar Park:

Help us “Give the Gift of Literacy” in 2022.

$50 Donation - Supporter Level

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

$50 Donation - Supporter Level

$100 Donation - Champion Level

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

$50 Donation - Supporter Level

$500 Donation - Advocate Level

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

$1,000 Donation - Title Sponsor

Become a Books for Babies Supporter!

Five Tips for Reading With Your Baby

Snuggle up with a book

Choose baby-friendly books

Choose baby-friendly books

Choose baby-friendly books

Choose baby-friendly books

Choose baby-friendly books

Talk with your baby

Choose baby-friendly books

Talk with your baby

Sing, read, repeat

Be patient with your baby and yourself

Talk with your baby

Be patient with your baby and yourself

Be patient with your baby and yourself

Be patient with your baby and yourself

Suggested Books

Babies

Preschoolers

Toddlers

Toddlers

Preschoolers

Toddlers

Preschoolers

Preschoolers

Preschoolers

Sponsors and Partners - 2022

Distribution Partner & Title Sponsor

Distribution Partner & Title Sponsor

Distribution Partner & Title Sponsor

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Distribution Partner & Title Sponsor

Distribution Partner & Title Sponsor

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Distribution Partner & Title Sponsor

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Title Sponsor - $1,000

Title Sponsor - $1,000

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2020 Partners

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2018 Title Sponsors

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2017 Title Sponsors

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