Part of the fun and inspiration of expanding the Parent-Child Home Program http://www.uwkc.org/our-focus/children/pchp/ throughout King County is hearing stories about the interactions Home Visitors have with the 2- and 3-year-olds and parents. They never fail to remind us of the power of this program– giving parents the tools they need to help their young children be ready to succeed in school from Day 1.
What inspires me is seeing the faces of the children that are really happy when I go visit them. The…
Congratulations to our colleagues at the King County Library System for being named the Gale/Library Journal 2011 Library of the Year, arguably the biggest honor in the library world. One of the busiest libraries in the U.S., KCLS serves more than 1.3 million King County residents each year, circulating more items than any other library system in the country. Some of the lucky recipients of KCLS services? The thousands of preschoolers who’ve been paired with adults who share books with them weekly through…
As part of her monthly report on the number of hours our Volunteer Readers spent reading, we got this note from the lead teacher at a low-income preschool that’s one of our Volunteer Reader Program sites:
Today was graduation. Both Monica and Kathy were key volunteers on our last day of school. A few students did not have any family members at the celebration. Monica for the PM class and Kathy for the AM class provided smiles, hugs and TLC for these children. Because of United…
