STOP SUMMER LEARNING LOSS
Every summer, low-income children lose two to three months of learning. Launch into Literacy supplies books to children at home and pairs volunteers with tutoring and mentoring opportunities. Having books at home improves reading scores and increases the likelihood a child will graduate from high school.
$3 provides a book to a child at home.
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LOW INCOME STUDENTS FALL BEHIND
WHY IT MATTERS
Low-income students lose an average of more than two months in reading achievement in the summer, while their middle-income peers tend to make gains in reading.1
By age 4, low-income children hear 30 million fewer words than children from high-income families.2
One in four Pierce County third graders is not reading at grade level.3
Those who don’t read at grade level by age 10 are six times more likely to drop out of high school.4
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
- Children with books at home attain higher levels of education.5
- Giving children books leads them to read more often and for greater amounts of time.6
- Having books at home improves children’s reading performance.7
- When children have greater access to books research indicates improved attitudes toward reading and learning.7
WHAT YOU CAN DO
- Hold a book drive at your business, school or church
- Volunteer to read to a child or be a mentor
- Make a cash donation to help buy books
- Pledge to read to your child, or have them read to you, each night, even during the summer
- Visit a local library
- Join us for a Launch Into Literacy event
1 Cooper H., Borman, G., & Fairchild, R. “School Calendars and Academic Achievement.” 2010
2 Hart, B. & Risley, T.R. “The Early Catastrophe” 2004
3 OSPI 2013
4 Annie E. Casey Foundation, “Double Jeopardy” 2011
5 IEA Reading Literacy Study “Reading Literacy in the United States”. 1996
6 University of Nevada, in conjunction with UCLA and Australian National University “Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and schooling in 27 nations.” 2010
7 First Book.org : Outcomes Study. 2013