Bring Read Aloud Delaware to your center

Read Aloud Delaware partners with preschools, childcare centers and kindergarten programs across the state. Volunteer readers typically visit once a week, getting to know the children as they share books and talk about the stories.

Read Aloud Delaware staff work with your center to fit reading visits into the classroom schedule. Placements depend on volunteer availability.

Give children in your program regular, one-on-one time with books at no cost to your center.

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Questions from childcare centers

A volunteer reads with one child at a time in an assigned classroom. Individual reading sessions typically last five to 15 minutes, allowing the reader to spend time with several children during a visit.
Volunteers usually spend one to two hours in the classroom, sharing books and talking with children about the pictures and stories.
Your center will work with Read Aloud Delaware to identify a classroom and arrange a reading schedule.
During visits, staff help children take turns reading with the volunteer. Staff also communicate with Read Aloud Delaware about scheduling changes or questions.
No. The volunteer reading program is free for participating centers.
Readers typically visit once a week and return to the same classroom. This gives children a familiar person to read with and helps visits become part of the classroom routine.
Readers are community volunteers recruited and placed by Read Aloud Delaware. They do not need teaching experience. Read Aloud Delaware prepares them for what to expect before they begin.
Adult volunteers must complete the required background checks before placement.
Read Aloud Delaware can provide books for reading visits. Gently used children’s books may also be available for classrooms. Ask staff about availability.
The volunteer reading program serves young children in preschools, childcare centers and kindergarten classrooms.
Read Aloud Delaware staff coordinate placements based on available readers and participating centers. Each reader is assigned to a specific classroom for regular visits.
If a reader needs to miss a visit, they follow the communication process established by Read Aloud Delaware and your center.
Yes. Read Aloud Delaware also offers literacy events and family programs, including character visits featuring favorite storybook characters. Programs have included LENA Start, which helps families with children from birth to age 3 incorporate more conversation and reading into everyday routines.
Ask staff which programs are currently available to centers and families.