Family Education and Literacy
Make Way for Books Family Education and Literacy Programs are two-generation programs where children and parents learn together each week through ongoing sessions in a group setting. Parents and caregivers gain skills, knowledge, and confidence as their child’s first, most essential teacher. Families receive books at every session. Young children are immersed in shared reading and literacy and language-rich interactions that build the emergent literacy and language skills they need to start school ready to read and succeed.
Story School
Story School is our intensive, two-generation program where children and parents learn together each week in a positive group setting. The model fosters community among participants as they explore and build connections around books. Children are immersed in books and literacy activities that foster their development of literacy, language, and social-emotional skills as well as positive approaches to learning they need to thrive in school and beyond. Parents/caregivers gain skills and tools to support their children’s early development.
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, we quickly and creatively adapted our Story School program to a new digital platform to continue supporting young children and families online. Story School is a scalable, innovative, two-generation model which means children and parents learn together simultaneously and both gain critical skills. Using books and stories as a primary tool of engagement, our model fosters children’s emergent literacy and language skills while empowering parents with the knowledge, confidence, and skills to create these powerful learning experiences with their young children and integrate them into their routines at home.