Cincinnati Reads/Greater Cincinnati Literacy Network

“Cincinnati Reads” was inspired by an AMOS project and was launched under the leadership of a few HPCUMC members: Ronda Deel, Al Harmann and Bob Buechner. The program, which is now under the umbrella of Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati, generally focuses on Cincinnati Public School students (K - 4th) who are reading below grade level.



Bob Buechner shares his own thoughts and experiences with this program: "Cincinnati Reads enables volunteers to interface with young students in a school environment to help the students become better readers. My personal experience has been with different students at South Avondale School . The structure has been different from year to year, but has always been interesting. One year we worked on reading, word games, and puzzles. The next year, we worked on reading for different periods of time over the same text to enable the student to increase reading speed through familiarity. The children are delightful, eager to learn and are appreciative of an adult's time, effort, and commitment."



For more information about Cincinnati Reads and the Literacy Network of Great Cincinnati, go to www.lngc.org or contact Julie Steimle, at (513) 621-7323, jsteimle@lngc.org .