At South Coast Early Learning, we aim to create a community where young children are excited and ready to read, with engaged parents, knowledgeable teachers, and a supportive community.
Free Early Literacy Resources for Families:
Dolly Parton Imagination Library:
Sign up to receive free books each month for children birth to age five. Available to all families in Coos and Curry Counties.
Select Books:
Free books shipped to your door on a wide variety of topics, including belonging and inclusion, community building, education, parenting and well-being. Available to everyone in Oregon.
Vroom:
Vroom is a free app for parents that turns everyday parent-child interactions into brain building activities and early literacy skills for children 0-5 years.
PBS for Parents:
Free Tips and tools for supporting early literacy for children ages 2-8.
Find Early Learning and Family Support Programs:
Find free programs that your family is eligible for on the South Coast.
“Parents and families are the first, most important teachers in a child’s life.
Before a child learns to read and write, they learn to listen and speak. Literacy learning starts at home in a child’s first three years of life – in the lap of a trusted and caring adult.
Brain science tells us that children are developing these skills from birth, which is why support for children to gain early literacy skills is absolutely critical even in the first few years of life – long before they enter preschool or kindergarten.”
