For over 40 years, BookSpring has been providing a critical role in closing the early literacy gap in Central Texas. Grown out of the work of two acclaimed national organizations, Read Out and Read and Reading Is Fundamental, BookSpring was created out of a merger of the two local affiliates in 2008, and has continued to combine the best practices of these two approaches tailored to suit the unique character of Central Texas. Through schools, childcare centers, medical clinics, and community partners, we reach an average of 40,000 children with over 140,000 books each year. We provide hundreds of hours of motivational activities to children through our program partners and volunteers, increasing the parent’s motivation to read aloud and the child’s motivation to learn to read. Through access to books and training on how to engage with words and content, we aim to inspire a lifelong love of reading.
BookSpring provides reading experiences, tools, and books to children and their families so they can develop a desire to read and succeed in school and life.
BookSpring’s vision is a community where all children have the opportunity to become literate.
Are you looking for an enjoyable way to engage the parents of your early childhood students while offering them real knowledge and skills?
Come learn about Parent Book Club!
In this three hour workshop BookSpring will provide you with important tools in learning how to engage parents in a six week long learning journey.
Experienced book club facilitators from BookSpring will share:
- Best practices in engaging parents
- Trainers will share a full curriculum to help you get started
- Provide you with a sample set of books
- And YEARS of experience to problem solve with in creating an action plan in implementing a Parent Book Club at your campus/center
You will leave prepared to help parents understand the importance of their role as their child's first teachers!
Supports Strand 2 of the Family Engagement Plan in Texas House Bill 4 standards, specifically:
- (A) facilitate family-to-family support using strategies such as:
(i) creating a safe and respectful environment where families can learn from each other as individuals and in groups;
- (C) increase family participation in decision making using strategies such as:
(iii) equipping families with resources and skills to support their children through the transition to school and offering opportunities for families and children to visit the school in advance of the prekindergarten school year;
(iv) providing complementary home learning activities for families to engage in at home with children through information presented in newsletters, online technology, social media, parent/family-teacher conferences, or other school- or center-related events;
(v) providing families with information, best practices, and training related to age-appropriate developmental expectations;
- (D) equip families with tools to enhance and extend learning using strategies such as:
(i) designing or implementing existing home educational resources to support learning at home while strengthening the family/school partnership;
(ii) providing families with information and/or training on creating a home learning environment connected to formal learning opportunities;
(iii) equipping families with resources and skills to support their children through the transition to school and offering opportunities for families and children to visit the school in advance of the prekindergarten school year;
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