My First Book

My First Book

Nancy  Otero    notero@stanford.edu  

Why is SO important for Latino infants to

start developing book reading habits as early

as possible?

Significant differences in abilities between

children of advantaged families and children

of disadvantaged families is present at

18 months of age already

30% of people living in poverty

in the US are Latinos

McKin$ey ¢alculated the co$t of the achievement gap a$ to be 9-16 per¢ent of the

GDP in 2008

Economy Nobel Prize, Heckman proposes social

policy to be directed towards the malleable early years

How can we help motivated Latino Mothers to read

more to their children?

Stanford  Graduate  Student  in  Learning,  Design,  and  Technology  Passionate  about  Early  Childhood  Educa@on  Stanford  Visi@ng  Scholar  for  2  years  at  the  Center  for  Infant  Studies  La@na  and  Ac@ve  Member  of  the  La@no  Community  Experience  with  La@no’s  Parent  Programs    

I created a text reminder�program and a phone call follow up for 15 Latino Mothers in San Jose, CA who wanted to read books to their infants as a new habit. But . . .

Mothers complained that their children DON’T like to read

books, so they WON’T read more books to

them… too HARD for both

Motivation and remainders are NOT

enough to create a habit because these Mothers are

having problems enjoying the activity and making it enjoyable for

their children

Mothers'  parents  didn’t  read  books  to  them  

 Mothers    only    interac6on  with  books  

was  at  school  

Mothers were afraid of the infant touching the book and in many cases the mothers didn’t show

the pictures to the infants and didn’t like

the infant to interrupt

An  emphasis  on  the  book        as  a  tool  to  share  high  quality  and  quantity  interaction  is  very  

important.  The  first  goal  is  for  mother  and  child  to  enjoy  the  experience  in  order  to  build  upon  it  

To  develop…  

Customized  technologies  that  make  easier  to  read  children’s  books  for  these  

popula@on  

Thank  You!    Comments  please  at:    Nancy  Otero  notero@stanford.edu