Exciting news: this year, Florida’s free home literacy program, New Worlds Reading, will send enrolled families 3 free bonus books! Families who apply for an eligible child at
newworldsreading.com by Monday, June 10th, will receive all 12 books and resources for the 2023-2024 school year. Our goal is to get 300,000 eligible students enrolled for this school year, and we need educators’ help!
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For those unfamiliar with the program, New Worlds Reading mails enrolled students 9 books and reading activities each school year through fifth grade in English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, or braille. That’s up to 63 free books and activities by the end of 5th grade if a student enrolls while in VPK! Plus, eligible kids remain in the program through fifth grade, even if their reading scores improve.
Kids can choose which books they’ll receive each year based on what interests them, getting a special package addressed just to them in the mail to spark their excitement. To grow kids’ skills, newworldsreading.com offers free activities, interactive reading guides, and videos that reinforce science of reading strategies as a resource for families to use with striving readers at home.
To be eligible, a child must be in a Florida VPK program and not yet meeting age-appropriate standards according to FAST Star Early Literacy OR in kindergarten through 5th grade and not yet reading on grade level in a public or charter school.
If you have any questions, please contact new.worlds@coe.ufl.edu.
Families can apply at newworldsreading.com.