Motivational Monday

Bring Me A Book

Igniting the Passion to Read

Bring Me A Book's mission is to provide easy access to the best children's books and inspire reading aloud to children.

By providing libraries of high quality children's books and read aloud workshops to underserved communities, Bring Me A Book inspires reading aloud to children, the most important factor in determining a child's future success in reading. Watch the BMAB Video.

First Teachers

Challenge:

Only 50% of children in low income areas are read aloud to on a daily basis, compared to 70% of higher income children.

Solution:

The First Teachers Program workshops engage and educate parents, childcare providers and teachers on the critical importance of reading aloud to children. Through highly interactive instruction and dialogue, participants develop individualized solutions to overcome the challenges of daily read-aloud routines.

The goals of our First Teachers Workshop are to:

• educate parents, childcare providers, and teachers on the importance of reading aloud to children
• motivate these adults to institute a daily ritual of reading aloud
• provide an opportunity for the adults to improve their own English language reading skills
• introduce families to local library resources and help them overcome reluctance or fear about use of these resources
• encourage parents to become more involved in their child’s education

The workshops are facilitated by Bring Me A Book’s highly qualified and enthusiastic trainers who conduct workshops in Spanish, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and English. Our curriculum is interactive and highly visual and uses “modeling the message” techniques that empower and provide parents the means to become their child’s “first teachers.” We collaborate with community partners to provide lingual training for parents and community members, communicating the importance of reading aloud and emphasizing the benefits achieved when parent and child read together on a daily basis.

You can help:

Your donation can fund a First Teachers Workshop. You can also volunteer as a trainer in our program. for more information visit the Bring Me A Book Website