BWB Featured in Palmetto Project Newsletter

August 17, 2012. ONE IN SEVEN of South Carolina's children start kindergarten and first grade without the basic skills necessary to learn to read. A key factor to the absence of these basic skills is a lack of exposure to books at an early age.The simple presence of books in a home significantly affects a child's perception of him/herself as a learner and vastly improves his/her educational trajectory into adulthood.BEGIN WITH BOOKS is a literacy program available in Charleston County that works to address this problem....Click on the image for a larger view, or read the complete Palmetto Project newsletter in the attachment to this item.