Early Education Podcast Early Ed Watch spoke with Gabrielle Miller, national executive director for Raising A Reader, about the skills that influence a child’s reading success. By working with Head Start centers, childcare centers, school districts and other community groups, Raising A Reader circulates 100 books each year to participating families. Family book reading and library usage has gone up…
January, 2011
Raising A Reader Welcomes the Year of the Rabbit
2011 Year of the Rabbit In honor of the year of the rabbit we highlight So Many Bunnies, written by Rick Walkston and illustrated by Paige Miglio, from the Raising A Reader collection. Old Mother Rabbit has twenty-six children, from Abel who sleeps on the table to Zed who sleeps in the shed. This bedtime…
East Oakland Community Library Grand Opening - Saturday January 29, 2011 at 11am
East Oakland Community Library Grand Opening We are extremely excited that the largest and first Oakland Public Library on a school campus is opening near one our program sites - Acorn Woodland Community Development Center. The opening of this new branch with make is easier for Raising A Reader families to transition from our weekly…
Raising A Reader National Partners with Target in the Bay Area
Bay Area Expansion through Target Grant Raising A Reader National is thrilled to announce a partnership with Target in the Bay Area. This partnership will expand the Raising A Reader program into (15) new high need Kindergarten classrooms throughout San Francisco, Alameda, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, and San Mateo counties in California. The program will…
Raising A Reader is Closing the Gap
Helping to Close the Achievement Gap Yesterday morning National Public Radio aired a story on Closing The Achievement Gap With Baby Talk by Alix Spiegel. When Raising A Reader staff goes out into the field to train child care providers we often quote the Hart & Risley research, Meaningful Differences in the Everyday Experience of…