Join Read for the Record® and read to young children in your community!
Jumpstart’s Read for the Record is a campaign to highlight the importance of early literacy, and the power of reading with a caring adult.
Join us on October 19, 2017 to be a part of the world’s largest shared reading experience — bringing together over 2 million people each year in classrooms, libraries, community centers, and homes across the US. This annual campaign was launched over a decade ago to highlight the importance of building early literacy and language skills for EVERY child, so that all children have the opportunity to enter kindergarten prepared to succeed.
Here’s how you can create a Read for the Record event in your community!
Get Jumpstart’s 2017 Read for the Record book, Quackers, by Liz Wong, to share with young children in your community.
- Click here to order the special Read for the Record edition of Quackers now (available in English & Spanish).
- Or, check to see if your local library has the book available to check out.
- An online version of the book will also be available at readfortherecord.org for FREE starting on October 12th.
Find a local organization to host a story hour OR read with children in your own family on October 19, 2017 to be part of the world’s largest shared reading experience.
- Contact your local library, preschool, elementary school, or community organizations like the YMCA to volunteer to read with children (ages 3-6).
- You can use the library finder here to find libraries in your area.
Download the FREE activity & reading guides to help bring your event to life!
- Click here to download the guides, which include craft project ideas, discussion questions, vocabulary words, reading tips, and more…
- You can also use this Poster Template to advertise your event on bulletin boards in your community.
Read with us on October 19th to promote the importance of early literacy, and to help build a love of reading that will serve children for years to come!
This year’s Read for the Record book is Quackers, by Liz Wong. Read a sneak preview here.
Volunteer Opportunities in California
If you live in the San Francisco or Los Angeles area, we have 2 volunteer opportunities to support Read for the Record in your community. Click the links below to learn more:
About Read for the Record
Join us on October 19, 2017 to be a part of the world’s largest shared reading experience — bringing together over 2 million people each year in classrooms, libraries, community centers, and homes across the US. This annual campaign was launched over a decade ago to highlight the importance of building early literacy and language skills for EVERY child, so that all children have the opportunity to enter kindergarten prepared to succeed. Click here to learn more.
About Jumpstart
Jumpstart is a national early education organization working toward the day every child in America enters kindergarten prepared to succeed. We provide language, literacy, and social-emotional programming for preschool children from under-resourced communities and promote quality early learning for all children. Click here to learn more.
