On December 13th, Wolfe Street Academy hosted a Raising a Reader (RAR) workshop for 42 Pre-K and kindergarten parents. Attendees learned about the Raising a Reader early literacy and family engagement program; participated in story time; and made a craft project with their
children. Pre-K Teacher Jennifer Ingersoll-Pintuck led the workshop.
Raising A Reader provides parents with training in how to develop the
habit of sharing books with their children. More than 100 high quality
books are rotated into each child’s home on a weekly basis for families
to practice regular book sharing. Families are also connected to the
local library in order to sustain book borrowing and sharing practices.
Funded by a grant from the United States Department of Education and
other private partners, Raising A Reader and City Schools will have served
over 12,000 children and families by December of 2013.
This year both Wolfe Street Academy and City Springs Elementary/Middle School were selected to participate in Raising a Reader. This is
Hampstead Hill Academy's second year in the program.
We would like to thank Raising A Reader, Baltimore City Public Schools, and the U.S. Department of Education for providing this wonderful opportunity for our students.
We would like to thank Raising A Reader, Baltimore City Public Schools, and the U.S. Department of Education for providing this wonderful opportunity for our students.
About Raising A Reader
Raising A Reader is a national non-proļ¬t organization offering local
agencies an evidence-based early literacy and parent engagement program
that has demonstrated it can improve the reading readiness skills of
children birth to age eight.
For more information visit: http://www.raisingareader.org
For more information visit: http://www.raisingareader.org
