I created OSEA Reading Enrichment Labels at least 3 years ago when I was assigned to be a Reading Interventionist at a  middle school where I was formally employed. Until that time,  I did not realize how severe the 4 million word speech gap and reading deficits were in underprivileged communities. I knew that my students struggled, but I didn’t realize how much most of them missed out on basic reading foundation instruction. One day, I told a colleague, “Parents must not realize how much they can contribute to their student’s readability at home.” I’m naturally a solutionist, and Sinai created the labels for my students at the time, first. Then I created them for my OSEA kids.  It is my goal to empower parents with this product, reminding them who their child’s first teacher is.