Reading Program

READ AND FEED

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According to research from Johns Hopkins Center on School, Family and Community Partnerships, learning at home is the number one way to make a difference in a child’s education.  If children are not read to at home, researchers found that there is a “300 word-per-hour gap” in what children from professional families hear vs. what children from low income homes hear.  Calculate that word deficiency to a child of middle school age and you have a child with a “30 million word deficiency”!

 

These gaps in reading proficiency in North Carolina are big according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress report—”29% of fourth graders cannot read at the most basic level”!

 

29% of Wake County, North Carolina’s fourth graders are unable to read at grade level.  Over 37% of Wake County students enrolled in Grades 1—5 are from low-income, working families.  To bridge this gap, Read and Feed provides low-income families with the most basic of resources: food, books and tutoring assistance.

 

Through our Feed the Reader Road Show, we go to these families’ neighborhoods—bringing food and books and encouraging parent and child to read together.  Because of this, Read and Feed is able to motivate children,, ages five to ten, to stay in school and become confident in their skills so that they have every opportunity to succeed in adult life.

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 Feed the Reader Road Show

Read and Feed Reward Buck

During the summer,  a Reading Program  has eight weekly, one hour sessions.

 

During the Fall and Spring school terms, a Reading Program has twelve weekly, one hour sessions.