PLAY & LEARN PROGRAM
Daily Dose of Reading’s (DDR) Play & Learn is a fun yet intensive early literacy program based on the Science of Reading with SEL (social-emotional learning) components, and is aligned with the Ohio Department of Early Education standards. The program is delivered in the classroom or small group setting.
Children participate in weekly concentrated, theme-specific sessions of pre-literacy skill training that include reading, singing, activities, and play. At the end of every second session, children receive a new book to take home and parents are provided with at-home literacy activities.
Play & Learn has consistently helped to reduce the emerging literacy skill deficiency among young children by over 50%. In addition, a partner organization determined that participants score an average of 25% higher across five TS Gold Literacy Objectives than a control group. We accomplish this at a cost of less than $200 per child served.
Play & Learn currently serves children at a variety of partner agencies within Cuyahoga County, including the Cleveland Metropolitan School District and various Head Start programs.
“Daily Dose of Reading’s Play & Learn program, which combines talking, singing, reading and playing, is based on the Science of Reading and aligns with the Ohio Department of Education standards. ”
