Smart Start Creates Impact by Recognizing the Importance of Early Literacy

In celebration of the upcoming new year, Smart Start is celebrating our hard work and taking this time to recognize the role of Smart Start local partnerships in each community. Smart Start is working across the state to create a...

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Smart Start Celebrates 8 Million Books Distributed

Since December of 2017, Smart Start has sent over 8 million books to young children across North Carolina through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (DPIL)! This milestone is a testament to the hard work by our local partnerships across North...

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Parents and Early Literacy

Children develop the skills needed to learn to read long before they ever enter a kindergarten classroom. Early Ed Watch interviewed Gabrielle Miller, a national expert on early literacy interventions  and national executive director for Raising A Reader about what the...

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