This is the important message taught at Smart Babies, an early literacy program run by the Tarrytown School District and supported by Kids’ Club. With enthusiastic guidance from bilingual educator Rocio Minchalo, each week mothers and their babies meet to get a head start on building literacy. Rocio engages her class with nursery rhymes, songs, books, and simple craft activities, all the while reminding parents that the more words an infant hears, the more prepared he or she will be for school down the road.