The Literacy Council of Fort Bend County is piloting a Family Summer Reading Camp where they are inviting members of the community, including esteemed community volunteers and local authors, to read and actively engage with children and their parents over the summer.
According to Literacy Council Program Director Alisha Procter, “the purpose of the Family Summer Reading Camp is twofold, first, to help show parents how to teach critical reading comprehension skills which are important to teaching children to read and two, improving their reading comprehension skills as adult learners.”
Over the course of the Family Summer Reading Camp, children and their parents have been reading together and participating in other expressive activities, such as painting and playing games, to help bring the words in their books to life.
Procter is excited about the outcome of the Literacy Council’s inaugural summer camp so far.
“It has been super successful and rewarding for the children, parents, volunteers and staff of the Literacy Council of Fort Bend County,” Procter said.
Exciting things are happening at the Literacy Council! Join us!
Registration for our adult ESL and GED classes will begin on Thursday, August 1, 2019.
New volunteer tutor trainings will be held every second Monday of the month during the academic year. The first tutor training for Fall 2019 will be held on Monday, September 9, 2019, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM, at the Sugar Land Learning Center.
For more information on registering for classes or becoming a volunteer, please go to ftbendliteracy.org or call 281-240-8181.
Help us “Change Lives Through Literacy!”
About the Literacy Council of Fort Bend County
Since 1987, the Literacy Council of Fort Bend County has been Changing Lives Through Literacy. The mission of the Literacy Council is to improve family, community and professional lives through adult literacy education. The Literacy Council provides several programs for its students: Basic Literacy, English as a Second Language, GED Preparation, U.S. Citizenship Preparation, Computer Skills and Workforce Readiness.
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- Literacy Council Basic Literacy tutor and retired elementary instructor Sally Kubiak (center) shares the joys of reading with children at the Literacy Council’s first annual Family Summer Reading Camp.
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- : Literacy Council student and proud parent Christian Caballero reads with her daughter.
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- Local author Aurora Gonzalez de Freire (top left) discusses her book “Harvey Bear Gets Rescued” with Valentina Caballero, Sophia Caballero, and their parents Christian Caballero and Adolfo Caballero (bottom left to right).
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- Eastside University Village Learning Center CEO Jackie Aguilera (right) shares the excitement of robots with children at the Family Summer Reading Camp.
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- Retired elementary instructor Sharon Carey (top center) shares the joys of reading with children at the Literacy Council’s first annual Family Summer Reading Camp.
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- Literacy Council student and proud parent Sylvia Ventura attends the Literacy Council’s Summer Reading Camp with her daughter.
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- Dr. Indu Shah (center) poses with children after reading Sofia the First: The Royal Games.
