Reading Mentors make the best recruiters! Just ask Bob Daum. He has recruited seven new Reading Mentors so far this year.
Blog 2022
Caring relationships make a difference
Every child who winds up doing well has had at least one stable, committed relationship with a supportive adult. – Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University
It’s never too early: Reading at a young age matters
We know that reading at grade level by third grade can change the trajectory of a child’s life. Why? Because reading changes the way our brains work, how we relate to other people and how we understand the world.
Reading Mentor pulls double duty
At the beginning of the year, Mike McGuire joined our team of Reading Mentors. Every Tuesday, you’ll find him at Genesis School. Before he joins his class as a “Flextra” Reading Mentor, he heads to the school’s library, logging into a virtual reading session with a student at Academy for Integrated Arts (AFIA).
Read a book, change a life. Volunteering with Lead to Read KC.
Lead to Read KC’s dedicated volunteer Reading Mentors are caring, dependable adults in the lives of the students we serve. But did you know that spending one-to-one time with a child builds healthy brain connections at any age?
The impact of literacy on self-confidence
Did you know that helping a child improve their reading skills can give them a boost in self-confidence?
Read for 15 program builds strong readers
Congratulations to all the students who completed 15 weeks of reading for 15 minutes outside of school every day as part of Read for 15!
The Science of Reading and General Tips
At our Practical Reading Mentoring Tips Lunch & Learn, Lead to Read KC’s staff of experts — with more than 100 years of combined educational experience and tips for working with beginning readers, advancing readers and reluctant readers.
Love of literacy inspires newlyweds, wedding guests to support young readers
We were surprised and honored when newlyweds Ross and Cynthia Merritt told us they asked their guests for donations to Lead to Read KC instead of gifts for their wedding.
Everything’s coming up rainbows: a volunteer profile
It’s National Mentoring Month, and Lead to Read KC could not do what we do without our dedicated Reading Mentors, like Diane Stecklein.