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What We Do

Our Early Childhood Literacy Program

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Early childhood word acquisition and literacy are critical to a child’s success in school and life.  Yet very few under-resourced preschoolers have adequate access to books outside of school.  We have established a preschool literacy program to address this need.


Our goal is to build personal libraries for our preschoolers. Our approach is to visit under - resourced preschool classrooms, read a seasonal classic book to the students, provide a related activity and create a craft project to reinforce the book. Each child is then gifted that book for their own home library.

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We are pleased to annouce that we have added 4 new preschool classes to our program since last year. We now serve 140 students in 7 preschool classes throughout the Monterey County Area. Our dedicated volunteers have engaged the imaginations of so many children throughout our local community. 

Our Current Partners:

  • Pacific Grove State Preschool

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Academy Preschools, Salinas

  • Santa Rita Preschools, Salinas

  • Fremont Preschools, Salinas

  • Northern Monterey County Unified School District State Funded Preschools

Volunteer Opportunities:

  • Preparing Craft Kits and Activities at our Craftoramas

  • Reading to Preschoolers

  • Aiding with In-Classroom Lessons

We were so fortunate to have you visit our centers. We greatly appreciate your commitment, as well as the delightful way you delivered the read-aloud activity and special goodies for our students. Your visit was truly meaningful and brought so much joy to the children."

Marizela Soria, Fremont Preschools Site Supervisor

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