Organize a program in which members volunteer to read to children in these programs each week. Sponsor trips to the local library. Help provide transportation or escorts for neighborhood children during weekly trips to the library. Ask whether any children have special transportation needs such as a wheelchair lift and try to link them with an escort who can meet those needs. Get families involved in local reading efforts.
Parental involvement has a crucial impact on children's academic achievement.
Take information about local reading programs into the school. Encourage families whose children have special needs to participate in local reading efforts. Think of ways your organization's expertise can help make stories come alive for students. By adding music, movement, or improvisation, performers can help students respond to and better understand a story. Develop a weekly storytelling hour at your organization, using your members' individual talents.