Baby S.T.E.P. Inc is a non-profit organization that works in conjunction with the Literacy Council and Hospitals to promote literacy. Currently, we collaborate with Orange Regional Medical Center so that each mother is given a baby board book when discharged from the Mother Baby Unit. We hope to expand to WIC offices, pediatricians, and other places in the community in low-socio economic areas and
inform parents of the importance of reading to babies. By providing an educational pamphlet and the baby's first book...we are giving the gift of reading! Danielle F. Lowe,
Kindergarten teacher &
Founder of Baby STEP Inc
I have taught Pre-kindergarten through 7th grade and have worked in an inner-city school district in New York for the past fifteen years. I taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the State University of New York at New Paltz for 8 years. In 2006, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to observe and co teach in the inner city classrooms of Dublin, Ireland. I collaborated and trained Irish teachers and administrators on early childhood assessments. I inquired about early childhood and learned that schools work with parents in the community beginning at birth! In December 2007, I presented for the Staff Development for Educators at the National New England Teachers Conference, and presented at the National Kindergarten Conference in Las Vegas in 2009. In March 2009, I presented my research article Helping Children Cope through Literature at Pembroke University in Oxford which was later selected for publication! I also had the opportunity to work with teachers and administrators in London. I inquired about early childhood practices in the United Kingdom. At the end of 2009, I was awarded a scholarship to pursue my doctoral degree with William Howard Taft University! In January 2011 I worked in the orphanages and classrooms in Belize and presented at the Belize International Symposium for Educators, where I shared my research with the ambassador of Belize! In August 2011, I decided to create the Baby Steps to Literacy Inc. non profit organization in hopes of promoting literacy through hospitals, WIC offices, pediatricians, etc. We formally were granted non profit status and recruited Board Members to assist us in our vision and mission to help provide support to parents and community members to promote literacy. We are meeting incredible people in our journey to help families and infants. Thank you for your support!
