Youth Literacy Programs | READING POWER, INC. - Literacy Tutoring Program

Provides independent, individualized literacy program tutoring for children in prekindergarten through grade two. Offers one-to-one tutoring during the school day at participating schools with a focus on: - Reading - Writing - Speaking Programs offer 60-100 individual tutoring sessions per year. Preschool Program focuses on: - Oral language development - Listening comprehension - Vocabulary - Love of books Volunteers work with students several times per week in the classroom. Kindergarten Program focuses on; - Story listening skills - Phonemic awareness - Phonic skills Students receive 25 minute sessions up to four times per week. First and Second grade program focuses on: - Students read texts at their instructional level. - Focus on developing fluency, writing, & comprehension - Direct word study instruction with the use of phonics and building sight word vocabulary, also emphasized. Students receive 40 minutes up to five days a week. Also offers Literacy Activity Kits and Read-Aloud videos online for more learning support.

Date of Last Formal Update

10/23/2023

Data provided by

Lake County 211

Physical Address

900 North Shore Drive, Waukegan, IL 60087

Hours

Service Hours: Monday: 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Tuesday: 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Wednesday: 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Thursday: 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Friday: 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM

Voice

224-436-8060

Primary Program Phone

Application process

Student testing is conducted at the start of the school year with classroom teachers and will be selected based on results. Documents Required - None For a list of participating schools, please visit: https://readingpowerinc.org/about/#ourschools

Eligibility

Children from Pre-K to second grade student and enrolled in District 187 or District 6 Selection for the program is based on results from student testing done at the schools

Languages

None

Agency info

READING POWER INC

Offers literacy tutoring for elementary students.