Newest Early Literacy Bright Spots: ArtsNow & SEE-KS
In the coming months, L4L’s Early Literacy Network will identify strategies to support scaling ArtsNow and SEE-KS so more students benefit from their work. Read More
Bringing The Basics to Communities in Georgia
The Sandra Dunagan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy and the Get Georgia Reading Campaign are pleased to release the grant application for the 2021 Collective Impact Grant initiative. Read More
DECAL Announces Three Community Impact Grant Opportunities for Community-Based Organizations
DECAL announced three separate Community Impact Grant opportunities for community-based organizations across Georgia. Funding will allow organizations to pilot and implement family-focused programs that promote economic security, support trauma-responsive care, and respond to local needs. Read More
GPB Announces 2021 Writers Contest for Kids in K – 3
GPB invites all Georgia students in kindergarten through third grade to create a great story, illustrate it, and enter it in the PBS KIDS Writers Contest. The deadline is April 30. Read More
Get Troup Reading Pivots to Support Students Learning Remotely During Pandemic
Get Troup Reading’s new READ-LEARN-GROW literacy volunteer program has pivoted to comply with COVID-19 guidelines while still providing students with crucial supplemental reading support. Read More
Collaboration Brings Books to Children, Encourages Reading
The goal of the “Glynn County Book Buddy Videos” program is to get age-appropriate books in the hands of the community’s 4 year olds and engage them in early literacy education. Read More
COVID-19 Crisis Has Exacerbated Lack of Access to Health Care and Housing Insecurity for Vulnerable Families and Children in Georgia
Georgia has the highest percentage in the nation of families with children concerned about losing their housing in the next month due to income loss from the pandemic, according to a new report developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Read More
Mommy & Me Fun Day Urges Parents to Get Meriwether Reading
Get Meriwether Reading, a coalition of Meriwether County leaders working to encourage development of the community’s next generation, hosted a Mommy & Me Fall Fun Day event coordinated by Meriwether County Family Connection. Read More
Providing Early Literacy Support at Home
A new affordable apartment complex in Warner Robins utilizes an on-site early learning center in the clubhouse to provide young children with supports and services they need to boost early literacy skills. Read More
Get Outside With Your Local Public Library
More Georgia public libraries are creating temporary or permanent StoryWalks® in their communities to provide meaningful activities for patrons, despite the barriers to in-person library programming due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
Whitfield County Recognized for Work in Supporting Early School Success
Whitfield County is being honored as a Pacesetter in Grade-Level Proficiency and a Bright Spot in Parent Success for the Get Georgia Reading Campaign community’s work in 2019. Read More
Gwinnett Building Babies’ Brains: Helping All Children Thrive in Kindergarten
Building Babies’ Brains is a comprehensive website with local resources and content that gives parents the tools they need to help grow their child’s brain. Read More
Pivoting Toward Possibility in Peoplestown
Vision 2020 is a six-week virtual reading program created by Emmaus House in Atlanta that was augmented by family-based learning projects and ongoing outreach from school leaders and volunteers. Read More
Unwrapping Kindness
My story, The Night the Stars Fell from the Sky, is rooted in two very meaningful parts of my life: my family and my career in education that spanned 38 years. Read More
The Other ACE: Adverse Community Environments
It’s difficult to even approach the topic of resilience while people are trying to meet basic needs during a crisis. However, it’s also the most crucial time to have this conversation. Read More
DECAL to Offer Financial Assistance to School Age Students Whose Schools Have Opted for Virtual Learning
The new Supporting Onsite Learning for Virtual Education (SOLVE) Program provides additional childcare funding options for students ages 5-12 whose school systems have opted for virtual-only learning models during the pandemic. Read More
Empowering and Connecting Middle Georgia Communities
Resilient Middle Georgia is a coalition that aims to foster community resilience and integrate trauma awareness in Central Georgia. Read More
Troup County Reframes Summer Reading Efforts Amidst Pandemic
Troup County literacy leaders found new ways to reach kids safely this year, expanding coverage and piloting an online tutoring program called “Read, Learn, Grow.” Read More
Roadmap to Reading Creates a Game-Changing Pathway to Children’s Deep Reading Brains
Roadmap to Reading is a dynamic, relationship-based online program designed to help teachers construct each child’s deep reading brain during the upcoming school year. Read More
Turnip the Volume—and Get Ready for Farm to School Month
“Turnip the Volume (Can you Dig It?)” is a statewide celebration coordinated by Georgia Organics to help kids across Georgia get to know turnips by growing, eating, and learning about it. Read More