With reading and mentoring sessions resuming this month, it’s the perfect time to enhance or refresh your skills as a Reading Mentor! You can do that by watching one or all of our short training videos. These four videos are packed with great tips and tools to help...
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Our blog is like a choose-your-own-adventure book, with a great Lead to Read KC story on every page. Read recent posts and explore an archive dating back to 2012.
Getting to Know Your Student
With reading sessions resuming at most of our partner schools this month, many Reading Mentors and students will be making new connections. Are you a Reading Mentor? Modeling a good conversation by interacting with your student for a few minutes during each reading...
Digital reading program creates long-distance connections
Lead to Read KC has partnerships with elementary schools throughout the Kansas City metro, making it easy for local volunteers to sign up at a school near their home or office. But what about those living outside Kansas City who want to help? Our digital reading and...
Connections Matter: Building Strong Relationships
Helping Reading Mentors build strong relationships with students is central to Lead to Read KC’s mission to support the social, emotional and reading skills that are foundational for student success. As a follow up to Connections Matter, our September 2021 Lunch &...
New program puts books in the community
If you know Lead to Read KC, you know we pair adult Reading Mentors with elementary students. But did you know we also give books to teachers for their classroom libraries — and put books in the hands of children to encourage reading at home? After 18 months of...
Reading proficiency leads to equity
“If a goal of education is equity, schools have to pay attention to building knowledge and vocabulary, exposing kids to lots of content, helping them access a wide range of information and experiences. And schools need to encourage kids to read a lot. Because reading...