Jump-Start Reading
"With each new year it becomes more and more obvious that reading is the key to progress. Reading is the basis of everything else that children learn,"
Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley.
To read by the nationally mandated benchmark of third grade, a child must start reading
in the earliest years. The StoryBus curriculum is implemented in childcare centers and
pre-school and kindergarten classrooms in low-income Chicago neighborhoods during the
school year. The StoryBus itself visits those same neighborhoods on weekends,
parking at libraries, community events, grocery stores, and fast food restaurants,
inviting parents to come aboard with their children to learn how simple activities
help children to develop important early literacy skills. Recipients of the Kohl
McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards continuously advise on StoryBus exhibit
design and create the curriculum. |
