Tutors' activities include reading picture books, telling stories, singing songs, and creating writing and book-making activities. They also engage children in rhyming, finger plays, conversation, and dramatic play. These activities take place in small groups or with individual children. Elementary Schools and Middle Schools Elementary and Middle School Reading Corps tutors are matched with individual children and conduct literacy sessions during the school day. Sessions include reading with skills-work as well as simply reading for pleasure.
Tutors work with teachers to address each child's needs.
After School Programs Afterschool Reading Corps tutors are also matched with individual children. They also engage the children in literacy-based games, crafts, and other expansion activities. This program provides family literacy workshops and tutoring opportunities for parents and their preschool-age children whose home language is other than English. The program includes on-site Literacy Workshops at the Mansfield Public Library, along with weekly tutoring sessions in the families' homes. Tutors are partnered with individual families and attend Literacy Workshops with their partner family.