Timothy Community Corporation's (TCC) Leading With Literacy program has male volunteers present in the school by reading to primary-grade children (Pre-K-3) on a weekly basis.

Leading with Literacy - Timothy Community Corporation - Timothy Center

Early Literacy Development Programs

Provides children and their caregivers the opportunity to engage children to talk, play, read, do, and write supporting needed kindergarten readiness skills while at three participating laundromats. 

Language in the Laundromat Program - Elgin Partnership for Early Learning - Main Office

Youth Literacy Programs

Program focuses on promoting early learning opportunities through the Read 2 Succeed Program.

Early Literacy Development Programs | United Way Of Southeast Missouri

Programs that promote pre-literacy and language development skills in children from birth to age five with the objective of preparing them to read. Program activities are both educational and social and focus on helping participants develop oral language skills, expand their vocabulary, develop the concept of a word, have exposure to printed words and connect them to stories, develop phonological and phoneme awareness (sounds associated with letters and words), and recognize letters of the alphabet and connect them to words. Specific activities that promote early literacy development include reading aloud, summarizing stories read, conversations and dialogue, learning new words, exposure to books, rhyming and singing, imitating sounds, identifying syllables, writing and naming letters, attaching sounds to letters, and recognizing words. Counting and elementary math may also be incorporated. Programs may be formal or informal, and may include parent participation. Classes are often held at schools, churches, libraries and community recreation centers.