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

Benefits of the program

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

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 102 RAP programs to date.

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