,,iii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #id  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #bc1   
#bjag ,mr4 ,portman 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,harris7 submitted the following   
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary            
,,resolution  ,designating ,march #bjag 
as ,national ,read ,aloud ,month4       
,whereas medical experts have concluded 
that reading aloud is the single most   
important activity in which parents can 
participate in order to prepare their   
children to read and learn2 ,whereas    
recent research has concluded that1 by  
#c years of age1 there is a gap in early
 brain development between children     
whose parents read to them and children 
whose parents do not2 ,whereas ,congress
 has highlighted the importance of early
 childhood literacy by including funding
 for ,state comprehensive literacy plans
 and targeted funds toward early        
childhood education programs in the     
,every ,student ,succeeds ,act 7,public 

,law #aad-ie2 #abi ,stat4 #ahjb72       
,whereas1 in #bjac1 ,read ,aloud #ae    
,,minutes launched a decade-long        
national campaign highlighting the      
importance of reading aloud to children1
 starting from birth2 and ,whereas ,read
 ,aloud #ae ,,minutes now has more than 
#ba ,national ,leadership ,partners and 
#aj1jjj grassroots partners1 including  
day care facilities1 schools1 libraries1
 health centers1 and rotary clubs in all
 #ej ,states3 ,now1 therefore1 be it    
,that the ,senate-- 7#a7 designates     
,march #bjag as ,national ,read ,aloud  
,month2 and  7#b7 encourages parents and
 guardians to read to their children for
 #ae minutes every day because of the   
developmental benefits that activity has
 for children4