How to Advocate for Your Child and Family
What Is Advocacy?
Advocacy is any action that speaks in favor of, recommends, and supports or defends on behalf of others.
The Importance of Literacy
Reading is the foundation of learning. A child who learns to read is set up for success throughout school and in life. Literacy opens the door to school achievement, graduation, employment, healthcare and home acquisition.
Did You Know?
The number of books in the home correlates with significantly higher reading scores for children.
Students who choose what they read tend to be more motivated, read more, and show greater language and literacy development.
Children who are read to at least three times a week are almost twice as likely to score in the top 25% in reading.
How Can You Be an Advocate for Your Child?
With you as an advocate, your child can become a strong reader and learner and learn how to advocate for child! These are skills that will serve your child throughout their lifetime!
Tips for the Caregiver
Get a library membership and visit the library together regularly.
Talk to your child’s teacher about how your child is doing.
Get involved with your local PTA and share with other parents.
Ask your child’s teacher about audiobooks.
Model and support your child in asking for what they need.
Refer to the “Read-Aloud” flyer for more tips on reading with your child!
Tips for the Child
Tell a teacher if you are struggling.
Read every day in the way that works best for you, including audiobooks.
Talk and share about the book you are reading.
About Learning Ally
Learning Ally is a leading nonprofit education organization dedicated to equipping educators with proven solutions that help early and struggling learners reach their potential. Our range of literacy-focused offerings for students in Pre-K to 12th grade, including our award-winning reading resource, the Learning Ally Audiobook Solution®; our new Early Literacy solution, Excite Reading®; and catalog of professional learning allow us to support more than 2 million students and 500,000 educators across the US.
About Dollar General Literacy Foundation
For the last 30 years, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has been helping to change the lives of people through educational empowerment. We remain committed to investing in communities and collaborating with local literacy organizations to advance teacher and student success. It is our hope that the grants awarded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation will empower individuals to achieve their educational goals and dreams, one word at a time.