| Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy (The) |
www.barbarabushfoundation.com |
An organization which develops and supports programs in which children
and parents read and learn together. |
| Family Literacy Foundation |
www.read2kids.org |
A not-for-profit organization which directs community literacy programs
such as informational sessions and reading partnerships. Their mission
is to facilitate supportive relationships for children through families
and friends, reading aloud with them. |
- Building Bridges with Books
|
www.read2kids.org/buildingbridges.htm |
A program designed to benefit children of incarcerated parents. |
| - Reading Roots Program |
www.read2kids.org/roots.htm |
This program was created to educate parents/caregivers about the
importance of reading aloud with children in their preschool years. |
| - Uniting Through Reading |
www.read2kids.org/uniting.htm |
A program for military families that helps keep parents and children
connected while separated during long deployments, through the medium
of reading aloud on videotape. |
| - Youth Reading Role Models |
www.read2kids.org/youth.htm |
A program that empowers high school youth to transform their communities
by volunteering to read aloud with pre-school children. |
| Head Start and Early Head Start |
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb |
Are comprehensive child development programs that have the overall
goal of increasing the school readiness of young children in low-income
families. |
| National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) |
www.naeyc.org/default.htm |
An organization devoted to maintaining quality education for the
earliest stages of development. |
| National Center for Family Literacy |
www.famlit.org |
Listing of family literacy projects and initiatives as well as links
to publications, facts and other related sites. |