Fun Volunteering Opportunity at Raising a Reader Workshop: Calling All the Wild Things

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EVENT DESCRIPTION:

This is a community workshop open to all families in Boston. Parents and children will attend together. The event will open with some whole-group activities that incorporate drama and play with storytelling. Later, parents and children will break into separate groups. Parents will work with Raising a Reader MA staff to incorporate dramatic play into their at-home reading routines, while the children will work with volunteers to create puppets and large backdrops. The puppets and backdrops will be used by the parents as they put on a show for the whole group at the end of the workshop. Food will be shared, and each participant will leave with the gift of a book.

WHAT WE'LL BE DOING:

Before 5 p.m., volunteers will be helping to set up the event. From 5:00 to 5:15, volunteers would be supporting workshop sign-in. After that, volunteers will guide craft projects with the children. Sample art projects, instructions, and guidance will be provided for volunteers at the event!

We understand the timing of this event is tough at the end of a work day, but we appreciate anyone who might be able to join us! It is ok if you are not able to arrive until 5:00 pm.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:

Volunteers should love reading, interacting with other community members, and not be afraid to get a little silly.

WHERE TO MEET:

There is limited street parking available near the library. The nearest MBTA stop is the Airport station on the Blue Line. Meet at the main circulation desk inside the East Boston Public Library, located at 365 Bremen St, Boston, MA 02128. The Event Manager will contact all volunteers closer to the event with information on where to meet.

RAISING A READER: Raising A Reader MA is an evidence-based early literacy organization that helps families of young children (newborn to age 5) develop, practice, and maintain habits of reading with their young children at home. Our core program model, which both increases access to books and offers families tools and supports for strengthening the culture of reading at home, is driven by 25 years of research that show the most significant factor impacting a childs academic success is being regularly read to by a parent or other primary adult caregiver before starting kindergarten. The goal of Raise A Reader is to end the cycle of low literacy by helping families across Massachusetts develop high impact home reading routines that lay the groundwork for a lifetime of learning, success, and productive, responsible citizenship