SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — ABC 10News anchor Melissa Mecija read to first grade students at Lindo Park Elementary School as part of the station's If You Give a Child a Book: Storytime initiative.
As is tradition, the kids got to pick five free books to bring home. Storytime's goal is to instill a love for reading and a commitment to literacy early on in a child's education.
"What do you like about reading?" Mecija asked one of the students as he collected some books.
"That it helps with my mind... I read every afternoon when I get home with my mother," the young boy told Mecija.
"It's so important to emphasize reading at this age, because this is when they're developing their love for books," a Lindo Park educator said. "It really helps with their development for other academics as well."
