At 18 months of age significant differences are present between children from disadvantage families and children from advantage families. This difference will later transform into the achievement gap, which is costing the US 9-16% of its GDP. Here it's a small contribution to the understanding of the problem in particular with the Latino population. How can we help mothers that are motivated to participate in closing the gap?

1. My
First Book
Nancy
Otero
notero@stanford.edu

2. Why is SO important
for Latino infants to
start developing book
reading habits as early
as possible?

3. Significant differences
in abilities between
children of advantaged
families and children
of disadvantaged
families is present at
18 months of age
already

4. 30% of people
living in poverty
in the US are
Latinos

5. 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

7. How can we help
motivated Latino
Mothers to read
more to their
children?

9. 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

10. 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 . . .

11. Mothers complained
that their children
DON’T like to read
books, so they WON’T
read more books to
them… too HARD for
both

13. 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

14. Mothers'
parents
didn’t
read
books
to
them
Mothers
only
interac6on
with
books
was
at
school

15. 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

19. 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

20. To
develop…

21. Customized
technologies
that
make
easier
to
read
children’s
books
for
these
popula@on

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