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The Words Alive Early Literacy Intervention program is a read-aloud program conducted at nine state-funded preschools, child development centers and Head Start locations serving pre-kindergarten-age children from mostly low-income households. In teams of two, trained volunteers read weekly at assigned sites and also conduct enrichment activities. The sessions are designed to help children develop cognitive and verbal skills, a love of reading and books and help prepare them to meet California State Kindergarten preparedness standards. By focusing on pre-kindergarten students and reinforcing pre-literacy skills, volunteers facilitate the children’s later adjustment to the kindergarten reading requirements.
The program is currently offered at Bayview, Colonel Salomon, Dewey, Hawthorne and Kennedy Child Development Centers, Bay Point State Preschool, and Loma Portal, Miller and McGill Head Start.
Please click here if you are interested in volunteering with this program.
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