Jumpstart's Read for the Record

 

Sit down to read. Stand up for children.

Jumpstart’s Read for the Record ®, presented in partnership with the Pearson Foundation, allows Americans to demand that all children receive the quality early education they deserve.   Millions of children in low-income neighborhoods are at risk of school failure before they even start kindergarten. On October 6, 2011, more than 2 million voices will call for an end to America’s early education achievement gap by reading Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney “ setting a world record in the process! Sit down to read in your community.You’ll be standing up for children everywhere!

She Is Dallas Info: For more information and to take your pledge to read on October 6th, please visit the Jumpstart Read for the Record webpage.   You can also follow Jumpstart Facebook and Jumpstart Twitter.

Lakeshore Learning will be having Llama Llama Red Pajama story time on Thursday, October 6th every hour on the hour.   Lakeshore Learning is located at 13846 N. Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX 75240 972-934-8866.If you make a purchase at a Lakeshore store on October 6, 2011, 10% of the proceeds from your purchase will go to Jumpstart's language programs.   Must mention code 4892 at checkout to participate. Want to read Llama Llama Red Pajama online? Through We Give Books and Pearson Foundation, you can read Llama Llama Red Pajama for free on at We Give Books – Read For The Record. Every online reader will help Pearson Foundation donate books to children in need! High quality early education is the best way to set our children “ and our nation “ on a path for long-term success. By joining the campaign, you ™ll be supporting Jumpstart, a national early education organization that helps preschool children in low-income neighborhoods develop the language and literacy skills they need for school, setting them on a path to close the achievement gap. Learn more at Jumpstart.