Volunteer Readers
Community volunteers attend a one-time orientation and are placed in classrooms and other settings to read regularly. Their consistent involvement serves as a commercial for reading and sends a powerful message that reading is an enjoyable lifetime activity. The importance of trained volunteer readers cannot be over-emphasized. Training helps ensure that the quality of the program is maintained.
Recent Blog Posts
A small sample of the book reviews and other articles we’ve written to inform and guide our volunteer readers. If you need more ideas for great books to read, visit our Book Lists & Reviews page.
At home, school, or at the fair, readers make valuable contributions to children’s literacy
A Letter from Executive Director Dawn Miller Twenty-some years ago when Kelly Griffith was teaching first grade, her class studied honeybees for a mont ...
Energy Express has always held a special spot in my heart
By Bob Johnson Energy Express has always held a special spot in my heart. Several years ago, the local WVU Extension agent told me about the need for Read A ...
The next normal, whatever it is
Letter from the Executive Director, Dawn Miller All year, Read Aloud chapters around the state have adapted and adapted again to best serve children, famili ...
10 to try: Our readers recommend
At the end of every school year, we ask our volunteer readers to tell us about their experience and share some books that worked well in their classrooms. Here ...