CSUN Leader Stresses Reading in Day Care Center Visit
As a group of preschoolers huddled around her, Cal State Northridge President Blenda Wilson illustrated how to get children interested in books.
“Red bird, red bird, what do you see?” Wilson read. Before she turned the page to a picture six preschoolers shouted, “a yellow duck!”
In her annual visit to the campus day care center, Wilson explained that today’s successful college students were yesterday’s youngsters who were eager to read. As she looked around the playground, Wilson said she saw the college kids of tomorrow.
“I think reading is the most important skill,” Wilson said.
The children’s center takes youngsters ages 2 through 5, most of them children of CSUN students. The children are dropped off when their parents are in class or at work. About 105 children are enrolled this semester.
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