Goals and Benefits

RAP has five goals:

To encourage parents/caregivers and teachers to read to children on a regular basis

To provide resources to help parents and teachers choose books and read to children

To demonstrate the pleasure of reading and its relevance to daily life

To nurture a love of reading in parents and awaken a love of reading in children

To encourage families to limit television, computer, and video time and read

Benefits of the program

For the family

   Provides a family activity that promotes closeness and communication
   Gets parents and children reading more
   Provides book lists and handy tips for reading together
   Creates lifetime readers, not school time readers

For the school

   Helps students read better and listen better

   Strengthens the links between school and home

   Actively involves parents in the education process

   Creates good feelings about the school

For the community

   Raises the literacy level of adults and children
   Forges bonds among schools, businesses, and community agencies
   Creates informed citizens and a literate work force
   Brings families together for a common goal

Click here to see the Program Objectives and the measurable results of the 66 RAP programs to date.

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