Help Us Change At-risk Children's Future

Over 50% of America's children are at-risk to fail when entering kindergarten. The one thing they have in common is no books in their home suitable for children. No one reads to them at home.
This is tragic when coupled with the research findings on why high school dropouts are increasing each year (It is now conservatively estimated that 30% of high schoolers are dropping out before graduation.) The researchers traced the problems back to lack of shared family reading in the home before kindergarten. When children face school unprepared, they never catch up, staying 2 years behind agemates. They are 3 to 4 times more likely to dropout, feeling unsuccessful in the school process.

Literacy For Tykes has developed a method using step-by-step guidelines, empowering parents to use appropriate techniques to bring literacy to their early child. Our all-volunteer staff has given up royalty rights so we can offer these books and materials to benefit low-income at-risk children. Our non-profit educational and human service partners have identified at-risk children. They are happy to distribute our books and materials, and follow through encouraging parents to use appropriate techniques to read together with their children. Repeatedly they, report parent enthusiasm and measurable increases of time families are reading aloud together.

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Literacy For Tykes is a 501(c)(3) Public Charity. We depend on donations from sympathetic and generous people like you. Your donations allow us to pay publisher costs and shipping, and create materials, getting them to needy low-income families of at-risk children free of charge.

Please take part in our Year-Ending Fundraiser
to reach at least 2010 at-risk children in 2010.

Use Link at right on this page "Literacy For Tykes Main Website"
to use easy PayPal Button there
for secure tax-deductible donations.

All size donations are welcomed.
As a special thank you to those donating over $10
we will send a full-color copy of
"Enjoy Picture Books With Children"
along with your official tax receipt.

On behalf of our all-volunteer staff, partners, children and families we serve,

Thank you for all your help for the sake of giving these at-risk little ones a brighter future, and strengthening their families.
May you and yours have a blessed and prosperous New Year.

Nancy J. Cloyd
President of Literacy for Tykes

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