"Improving our city's youth one word at a time"
Literacy Foundation
OUR PURPOSE:
Through personal experience and research we've found that children in urban / inner city settings have trouble with reading. Research also shows that children that struggle in reading are at risk to struggle in other subjects. Children who are not reading at a 3rd grade level by the end of grade 3 will likely have trouble learning in all subjects in higher grades according to the Ohio Department of Education. These children are 4 times likely to drop out of school.
OUR MISSION:
EPJ Literacy Foundation is a non-profit organization that's determined to educate inner city children through our literacy progam. Through a multitude of literary activities we will focus on each child as an individual to ensure that your child receives the attention he/she needs.
Give us a call:
513-319-0249
Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Literacy Enrichment Programs:
Our kindergarten to 2nd grade program offers a variety of different literacy activities to help engage your child's interest in reading at an early age. We use methods that allow your child to see the enjoyment in different types of literature.

+ Study Island (Web-based curriculum based on Ohio academic content standards)
+ Readers theater
+ Book club
+ Poetry club
+ Sight word games / board games
+ Creative writing
+ School district's collaborated literacy lessons

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2nd-3rd Grade OAA Literacy Prep.
In our 2nd-3rd grade program we focus on preparing students for the 3rd grade Ohio Achievement Assessment Test, the following are methods that we use to help improve literacy at this grade level:

+ Study Island (Web-based curriculum based on Ohio academic content standards)
+ Readers theatre
+ Book club
+ Poetry club
+ Creative writing & journalism
+ School district's collaborated literacy lessons
+ Literacy based board games

4th-6th Grade Literacy Enrichment Activities:
​With our 4th-6th grade program we continue to improve literacy using methods that connect to real world situations. We encourage students to find which type of literature they enjoy and we expand upon it.

+ Study Island (Web-based curriculum based on Ohio academic content standards)
+ Readers theater
+ Book club
+ Poetry club
+ Creative writing & journalism (includes books into plays and movies, writing and illustrating their own book)
+ School district's collaborated literacy lessons
+ Literacy based board games



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