The SitStayRead Blog
Updates & Announcements
The initial environment a child is born into influences the basis of their functioning brain, and their later experiences build upon that foundation.
- Organizational News
SitStayRead looks back warmly at our amazing book drive partners, including individuals, small businesses, and organizations, from 2024.
- Book drive
Ethan prepared a fundraiser to purchase materials and books for one of our school partners, St. Ethelreda in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood of Chicago.
- Community Project
The summer program staff dug into learning about the Science of Reading, an approach to teaching reading based on decades of research and evidence.
- Organizational News, Past Events
SitStayRead is proud to kick off a new partnership with our city’s extraordinary, and much beloved, Chicago Public Library this fall!
- Organizational News
In September 2024, SitStayRead offered volunteers a special evening session with nationally recognized early emerging reader expert and Chicagoan, Beth Gaskill.
- Past Events, Volunteers
Help Chicago Students Become Confident Readers
When young students build strong literacy skills early, their confidence grows– in the classroom and beyond. Help support Chicago early literacy programs by donating or becoming a volunteer.