Families and Literacy
Family Literacy is a high priority at Heartland Head Start. Parents and adult caregivers of children have a very important role in preparing children to become readers. Heartland Head Start recognizes that these adults are a child’s first and best teacher, and we encourage all parents and adult caregivers to make reading part of their daily family routines. We strive to help families in our program have the tools and knowledge needed to help children develop pre-reading and reading skills.
We provide many initiatives to support parents and other adult caregivers in their efforts to raise readers, including, but not limited to:
Below are listed some links where more family literacy activities and information can be found:
Reading aloud to children has been called the single most important activity for building the knowledge required for success in reading.