Program for Students (ALPS)
Footsteps2BrilliancE Academic Language Description:
- Free program provided in Spanish and English to Napa County parents of preschool-age children.
- Digital program made up of libraries of books that read themselves to the children in English and/or Spanish.
- Parents have been invited to meetings to learn how to download the program into their own reading devices – computers, Smart phones or tablets.
Data:
Source
Details about the digital program available here !
- Purpose is to eliminate the two-year achievement gap that research has shown exists between children from more affluent families & those from less affluent families, particularly English-learners.
- Since the program began in February, children 3 - 5 have been exposed to 5.3 million words, have read 10,495 books, played 8,301 literacy games and written 661 books of their own.
- The program currently enrolls 671 students.
Source
Details about the digital program available here !