About Raising A Reader

Raising A Reader is an evidence-based early literacy program helping young children (birth through age five) develop, practice, and maintain habits of reading together at home.  Our core program model increases access to books and offers support for strengthening the culture of reading at home. This is driven by decades of research showing the most significant factor impacting a child’s academic success is being regularly read to by a parent or other primary adult caregiver before starting kindergarten.

How Raising A Reader Works

Raising A Reader is a child-driven program encompassing early childhood educators, parents, and librarians in a coordinated “read-aloud” effort utilizing the following principles: The child drives the process: Children’s excitement motivates the parents. Program is turnkey: Designed for easy implementation across diverse settings. Training: Early childhood professionals are trained in Raising A Reader methodology. Parent engagement: Parents learn how to effectively engage in read-aloud techniques. Life-long love of reading: Families are introduced to libraries, so that read-aloud behavior is sustained.

Reading to your child matters!

By reading to your child from birth, just 20 minutes a day, they accumulate about 600 hours of essential pre-literacy preparation before entering school. If that’s not enough, you will spend hundreds of hours bonding with your children!

Bring Raising A Reader to your classroom

Interested in bringing the Raising A Reader program to your classroom? please contact Jess Merritt at raisingareader@ccacwa.org or call 360-810-1049.

Thank you to our Raising A Reader Supporters:

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