Join Literacy Connects for 60 Days and 60 Ways to build community literacy!!
This summer, get fired up about literacy! As June and July turn the heat up, Literacy Connects is using the next 60 days to connect you with incredible opportunities for learning and exploration right here in the Old Pueblo. Follow along for a variety of fun and easy ways that YOU (as an individual, family […]
On the Laps of their Parents – Reading to Baby
April 24, 2012 By TMC for Children His diaper is clean, his belly full, and he just woke from a nap, but boy, is he cranky. Baby’s daddy sits down with baby snuggled into the crook of one arm and a book in the other hand. In seconds that tearful baby is smiling again. He […]
Volunteers – You Are Appreciated!
It’s National Volunteer Appreciation Week, and we would like to thank all of the volunteers in Literacy Connects’ programs for your many dedicated hours of service. You are truly the heart and soul of our programs. You are making a difference! Last year, volunteers with our programs served the community in a variety of dynamic […]
Start the Habit Young: At some Southern Arizona clinics, books have replaced lollipops
Thanks Adam Curtis at Willcox Range News for this wonderful article about Reach Out and Read Southern Arizona – A program of Literacy Connects. Children who get checkups at the Chiricahua Community Health Centers do not ask for lollipops anymore—they ask for books. Every now and then, Dr. Jonathan Lee-Melk, the medical director of community […]
Thanks Tucson for a record-setting show of support at Tucson Festival of Books!
Thanks to your support, Literacy Connects collected over 1,400 signatures for the National Right to Literacy Scroll at their tent at the Tucson Festival of Books on March 10 and 11. This is a new national record!! Previously Milwaukee held the record for the most signatures with 1,238. There is no competition for how many […]
Dr. Arthur’s Reading Corner: Common Questions Answered – Why Should My Practice Offer Reach Out and Read?
A pediatric and family practice office can be a busy place. The work schedule is usually full most of the year with well-child visits, school physicals, and sick-child visits. The last thing a medical provider is looking for is more work. Questions I frequently hear from colleagues include: So why would a pediatrician be interested […]
Sunnyside neighborhood, a literacy epicenter!
Results are magnified when entire families, neighbors and friends are involved What’s happening at Mission Manor Elementary School and the Sunnyside Literacy Zone? Everything! The Sunnyside Literacy Zone is one of two focus areas founded by the Literacy for Life Coalition, and being implemented by all the merged programs of Literacy Connects, local community members, […]
