Early Childhood to Elementary
Literacy is essential to developing a strong sense of well-being and citizenship. Children who have developed strong reading skills perform better in school and have a healthier self-image. They become lifelong learners and sought-after employees.
Growing Great Readers
The Teacher Reuse Exchange serves pre-k and kindergarten students in select Forsyth County elementary schools by donating books at the beginning of the school year.
Why Books?
- 61% of lower income families have no children’s books in the home. This lack of books puts children at a disadvantage, because 75% of students who are poor readers in third grade remain poor readers in high school.
- Middle-income children are read to aloud an average of 1,200 hours by the time they reach kindergarten. Lower-income children are read to about 25 hours.
- Children develop much of their capacity to learn in the first three years of life when their brains grow to 90% of their eventual adult weight.
- Providing books for children often is a great advantage to their parents as well. Parents with low reading skills have been shown to improve their literacy by having books in the house. The family reading together has a better chance of breaking the illiteracy cycle that keeps appearing generation after generation.
Video: The Importance of Reading to Your Children
Additional Resources
Reading Rockets - The importance of literacy in a child's development
PBS for Parents - Seven Tips for Early Literacy Learning
PBS Kids - Reading Games
More resources available on our Middle & High School Page!
Head Start on Learning
The Forsyth County Head Start Program regularly visits the Teacher Reuse Exchange to procure essential supplies and teacher resources. The TRE also provides books and summer learning materials for students. Catering to children from low-income and predominantly ESL households, this early education initiative plays a vital role in their development.
Children enrolled in this program are given an opportunity to develop school readiness skills in an environment that encourages them to have fun while learning.
For more information about this program, visit the Ninth District Opportunity website.
Read Across America
The Teacher Reuse Exchange serves Pre-K through Grade 5 in select Forsyth County public schools as part of their Read Across America Celebrations in March. Read Across America is an initiative that began in 1997, created by the National Education Association (NEA). It is recognized annually on March 2, which is also the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Schools across the nation participate by observing the unofficial “holiday” with a variety of activities.
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