Read to Me Project

Program Overview

Read to Me Project helps under-served children achieve kindergarten readiness and a lifetime of literacy by empowering school age brothers and sisters to read to their young siblings at home. We also raise public awareness about the literacy crisis and the need for language development and pre-reading skills during a child's first five years of life.

RtMP provides children ages 6 months to 5 years, when 85% of brain development occurs, with the foundation for language and learning by coaching their 4th, 5th and 6th grade siblings to regularly read to them. Through coaching sessions with RtMP staff, participating students learn ways to read aloud that spark the little one's brain, inspires curiosity, and develops the language, vocabulary and cognitive knowledge needed to start school on track to succeed. This brilliantly simple effort between siblings is setting lives on course for success in school year-over-year and for a lifetime of equity and greater opportunities.

Proven impacts!

An independent/third-party program impact evaluation reported that students participating in the Read to Me Project improved their scores by 68% greater on standardized assessments compared to students who were not in the program. https://readtomeproject.org/impact-evaluation-repo...

Cost Info

Student and Volunteer Success Stories

"We have a shelf at our house with books but they were dusty because no used them but since I started Read to Me and I read to my baby sister, my mom says that my little sister will grab those books and baby talk to them so I know I am helping her to want to be a reader."- 4th Grade Student Participant

"The Read to Me Project is the only way schools have to penetrate into homes to provide early literacy experiences for children beginning at birth. The Read to Me Project is a simple and impactful program that benefits communities, schoolsand the lives of students, little ones, and parents." - Sonia Aramburo, Oak Avenue Elementary School Principal