Eat. Learn. Play. Welcomes New Literacy Partners
Eat. Learn. Play. is excited to continue expanding our literacy work of fostering a culture of reading among all Oakland kids by meeting them where they are most often - in school, at home, and in their community. Eat. Learn. Play. is working to address the literacy crisis in Oakland and across the country, where only 1 in 3 kids are reading at grade level by the end of third grade. Knowing that reading is a foundation for academic success and maximizing opportunities in life. In 2022, we are launching new community partnerships with organizations focused on literacy.
One of those partners is Tandem Partners in Early Learning, whose mission is centered on creating early learning experiences. Our work with Tandem Partners will support children ages 0-5 (infants, toddlers, and preschool aged children) and will focus on the distribution of 100,000 multicultural books and high-quality early learning experiences for families with children who are not enrolled in preschool to ensure they enter kindergarten ready to learn.
Knowing that reading is a foundation for academic success and maximizing opportunities in life, we are also thrilled to be partnering with Lotus Bloom Family Resource Center on early learning. Our grant to Lotus Bloom supports their literacy work through a network of Oakland Family Resource Centers to dramatically increase Oakland families’ access to early childhood learning resources and activities to promote the academic growth of children ages 0-5 years old.
Additionally, Eat. Learn. Play. is excited to announce our newest partner, Community Education Partnerships(CEP), an organization that supports the education of students facing homelessness and housing insecurity in the Bay Area. Our work with CEP will support their Early Literacy Campaign in Oakland for pre-K to 3rd grade students and their families. We believe all students in our community deserve to have access to the resources and support needed to become great readers, and we're excited to work with CEP to help reach this goal. Our work with CEP will support their Early Literacy Campaign in Oakland for pre-K to 3rd grade students and their families.
Lastly, Eat. Learn. Play. has recently begun our work with Reading Partners as we continue to tackle the literacy crisis in Oakland. Reading Partners' mission is to help children become lifelong readers by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction with measurable results. Through our partnership with Reading Partners Bay Area, we are helping expand their “Take Reading With You” program to distribute 40,000 books and offer literacy tutoring to students and families everywhere - in school, at home, and in local communities.
We are looking forward to working with all these amazing partners and more as we continue to grow the love of reading across our Oakland community.