Read LA! Storytime launched one year ago to bring joy & comfort to children impacted by the LA Wildfires. 📚 To mark this, FIS visited Marquez Elementary to support students' love of reading with free, book-filled bags. 🎒💙
Thanks to our partners & #ReadLA! Coalition for making this work possible. 🧡
When families have the right literacy tools, kids thrive 📚👏🏽
FIS #LiteracyAmbassador Rocio led a community plática at Edward R. Roybal Learning Center on #EarlyLiteracy & how families can advocate for their children.
So grateful for our amazing parents & caregivers! ✨
#ReadLA!
Building #EarlyLiteracy doesn’t only have to involve reading - singing is another important tool you can use with your child to help develop their oral language, phonics, and comprehension abilities while having fun with music! 🎶
#ReadLA! #PreK #ReadingTips #LiteracyTips #Rhyming #Storytelling
#ReadLA! Storytime has spent its December spreading comfort & joy to children impacted by the LA Wildfires, with 4,000+ books distributed this year! 👏
Families engaged in the #PowerOfReading & we gave book bags to each child. 🎒📚
Thanks to Waterford's Tiarha Huerta for joining as a storyteller!
FIS welcomed the #ReadLA! Literacy Ambassadors for our 1st Annual Winter Celebration, & what a beautiful night it was! 🎉 A room full of comunidad as we celebrated all they’ve poured into this #EarlyLiteracy movement. 📖
So grateful for each & every one of them 🙌🏽 - 2026 is going to be even bigger! ⭐️
#FIS staff were hard at work yesterday morning organizing book donations for our Read LA! #Storytime program! 📚
Through these wonderful books, #ReadLA! will continue bringing comfort, joy, & #EarlyLiteracy to children with the power of reading! 💙 #StaffBonding #BooksBringJoy
Our #ReadLA! Coalition is ending the year strong and ready for 2026! 💪🏽 Thank you to the Children's Institute for hosting us and Family Engagement Lab's Vidya Sundaram for joining us to discuss our partnership and what's ahead!
Tomorrow marks 2 years since the launch of Read LA! 🥳 To celebrate, #ReadLA! invited FIS staff & our coalition partners to share a children’s book that shaped their reading journey or that of a child in their life. 📚 Join us in sharing a love for reading with all children! #HappyBirthdayReadLA
This weekend, Read LA! Storytime visited the West LA Region Library, sharing stories & handing out backpacks with books to children in communities impacted by the L.A. wildfires. Thank you to Tiarha Huerta of Waterford.org, one of our #ReadLA! coalition members, for joining us as a Storyteller! 📚
Within the Read LA! App, there's a resource directory that provides tools for supporting students & families, from reading resources to #KnowYourRights videos to our #ReadLA! coalition partners' websites!
📱 Access this by downloading ReachWell to get the #ReadLAapp: bit.ly/ReadLA-App-Download
Do you want to use the Read LA! App? It’s easy to set up so you can get content from FIS & the #ReadLA! Coalition: rwell.us/LosAngelesCA
📱 Watch this short video to get instructions on downloading the #ReadLAapp through ReachWell, adding Read LA!, & selecting the #EarlyLiteracy tools you want!
Recently, #FIS welcomed our 5th cohort of #ReadLA! Literacy Ambassadors! 🎉 These Ambassadors will equip families with #EarlyLiteracy tools 📚 to help their children at home & advocate for them at school!
📣 Apply today to become an Ambassador: bit.ly/literacy-ambassadors
With Read LA! on the ReachWell app, FIS & the #ReadLA! Coalition are committed to reversing the #LiteracyCrisis in LA so that all children can read & thrive 📚
To learn more, listen to Read LA!'s Sr. Campaign Director, Olga Corona De La Cruz, on how this app will support families & #EarlyLiteracy! ✨
Read LA! #Storytime had another busy month! From our 2nd major event in Pacific Palisades to wrapping up our last Altadena Library Summer Storytimes & having fun at the YMCA! 🎉 We are grateful for all of our amazing #ReadLA! Storyteller volunteers & the families who joined us! 🧡 #MoreStorytimesAhead
Downloading Read LA! on the ReachWell app is super simple! 📱
Follow these quick steps outlined in the images below to get access to all of the weekly #EarlyLiteracy content 📚 released from FIS, the Read LA! Coalition, & other partners!
#ReadLAapp #ReadLA! #FIS #FamiliesInSchools #ReachWell
...sharing books, smiles, and even a visit from Clifford the Big Red Dog! Students and families enjoyed storytime, books to take home, and a love of reading that’s off the charts. ✨
#BackToSchool #LiteracyMatters #ReadLA #JoyOfReading #InspiringGreatness
📚🐾 Reading opens the world for our students! We kicked off the first week at Bakewell Primary Center with @asmtinamckinnor.bsky.social and #FamsInSchools President & Executive Director Yolie Flores for #ReadLA —
📢 We’re excited to announce that Read LA! is now on the free ReachWell app, putting powerful #EarlyLiteracy tools in every family’s hands! 🎉
Your child’s future starts now—get the app today (available in 130+ languages) & ensure they can read & thrive 📖 #ReadLA! #ReadLAapp: rwell.us/LosAngelesCA
Today, our Senior Campaign Director of #ReadLA! is at Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez's Summer Movie Nights ☀️, tabling to spread the campaign & share #EarlyLiteracy resources 📚 with families & community members! ☀️ Thanks to everyone who talks with her while enjoying a day of fun, film 🎬, & swimming 🏊!
July was a busy month for our #ReadLA! Storytime program as we partnered with the Altadena Library! 📚 We hosted 5 Storytimes, bringing #ComfortThroughStories to the children of Altadena with our amazing volunteers 💙 We can't wait to continue our partnered Altadena #Storytime work throughout August!
#ReadLA! recently held 2 special Storytimes—one at the Oakwood Recreation Center & another at the Boys & Girls Club of the Foothills—for our #Storytime program! Both helped expand our reach with dozens of children impacted by the LA wildfires. Thanks to all the families & volunteers who joined us! 🧡
Congrats to our newest #LiteracyAmbassadors cohort for completing their training with #ReadLA! 🎉 These are parents, educators, & community leaders taking on the #LiteracyCrisis & championing #EarlyLiteracy across L.A.! 📚
Interested in being a Literacy Ambassador? Apply today: bit.ly/literacy-amb...
Wednesday was the first of our summer-long #Storytime partnership with the Altadena Library, reading to children & giving out backpacks 🎒 of books 📚 at Loma Alta Park! #ReadLA! Storytimes bring joy to children affected by the LA wildfires. Thanks to Scholastic & PaperPie for your book donations! 💙
#AB1454 just passed the CA Senate Education Committee with unanimous, bipartisan support! 🎉 Thanks to @governor.ca.gov & the 2025–26 budget, $200M is already committed to teacher training. Let’s pass the full #EarlyLiteracy bill & ensure every child learns to read! #YesOnAB1454 #ReadLA! #CAKidsRead
📣 On July 9, #AB1454 will be heard by the CA Senate Education Committee! We invite parents, community members, & advocates to join #FIS & other organizations in Sacramento as we urge elected leaders to vote #YesOnAB1454! RSVP with CA Kids Read: www.californiakidsread.org/event-detail... #ReadLA!
Did you know that #FIS has a monthly Read LA! newsletter for parents, caregivers, & families? 📖 Each month, readers get updates on our #ReadLA! campaign, receive #EarlyLiteracy & #FamilyEngagement resources/activities, & other content. 📝 Sign up here to join our readership: bit.ly/read-la-newsletter
Read LA! partnered with Ketchum-Downtown YMCA for another #Storytime! 📖 Our Storytimes spread joy & comfort through reading & help children affected by the LA wildfires rebuild their personal libraries with backpacks 🎒 of donated books 📚. Looking forward to more summer Storytimes! ☀️ #ReadLA! #FIS
📣 Big news! The CA Assembly passed #AB1454 in a unanimous 75-0 vote, bringing us closer to evidence-based literacy 📚 for every child. Thanks to all who have championed this bill, especially @caspeakerrivas.bsky.social, Asm. Rubio, & Asm. Muratsuchi! Let’s get this across the finish line. #ReadLA!
With Ketchum-Downtown YMCA, FIS visited Hoover Elementary for another #Storytime, spreading joy ✨, comfort 💙, & literacy 📖 with students! FIS’s staff read to students & helped distribute backpacks 🎒 with books 📚 so each child can continue their #EarlyLiteracy journey #ComfortThroughStories #ReadLA!
With @afabc.bsky.social as our host, FIS & Literacy Ambassador Rocio E. held a #CommunityPlática with parents in Huntington Park to share tools & resources for supporting their children’s #EarlyLiteracy journey! Community Pláticas bring our #ReadLA! campaign into our communities #FamilyEngagement
