Read Aloud America of Honolulu, HI
Read Aloud America
What is Read Aloud America?
Founded in Hawaii in 1995 by Jed Gaines, Read Aloud America is a nonprofit 501(C)3 organization that promotes literacy, encourages a love of reading in adults and children, and increases children’s prospects for success in school and life.RAP is an innovative family program that brings parents and children together for six sessions during one school semester and motivates them to read. The program is conducted at host schools which provide meeting space, volunteers, and logistical support. The host schools pay a small fee with smaller grants and contributions from local businesses and individual supporters.Since 1999, Jed and the hundreds of volunteers of Read Aloud America have read to audiences totaling over 338,341, 90 Schools, 154 Programs at Hawaii’s elementary and middle public schools. Read Aloud America’s RAP program is the largest and most effective family literacy program in America!
What are Read Aloud presentations?
Jed Gaines and his select team conduct Read Aloud America presentations at public and private schools and various community functions. The presentations, open to all, are designed to motivate individuals to read and read aloud to children – in the classroom and at home – on a regular basis. The school presentation package offers interactive classroom time with teachers and their students.
What is RAP: The Read Aloud Program?
This unique family literacy program draws parents and children together for six sessions every other week in the early evening to share good books. Its goals are to reach families and stimulate their interest in reading, decrease television viewing, increase family time spent in reading activities, and connect the values of good books to everyday life. Families who participate in RAP build Family Reading Handbooks and receive free books, reading lists, and dinners.
How does RAP support families?
The 1985 Commission on Reading’s report, Becoming a Nation of Readers, concluded, “The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children.” RAP provides reading experiences for adults and children and suggests how to read aloud and select appropriate books. Adults and older student volunteers serve as readers and positive role models. Through purposeful, nurturing interactions, RAP builds reading confidence in children and adults.
URL: http://www.readaloudamerica.org/
Address: 1314 S King Street, # G4, Honolulu, HI 96814
Phone: (808) 531-1985