Abby Thaker

Apply to receive up to $5,000 worth of brand-new, culturally-relevant children's books. #philly #phled #diversebooks #earlyliteracy firstbook.org/solutions/phil…

@sharefoodphilly @Readby4th Thank YOU for being such welcoming hosts and partners these past few weeks! Your team is amazing and we’re all grateful to have learned more about your work @sharefoodphilly

Feeding bodies & minds 🍏📚 We were so happy to host @readby4th during their volunteer packing & pick-up weeks! In the first week alone, 130+ volunteers helped pack 11,000 literacy kits & 16,000 children's books!

Teaching your child the alphabet? Join us for a FREE virtual training sharing simple and fun ways you can help grow your reader. Register here: bit.ly/3KMw33J #philly #earlyliteracy #PHLED

Need some inspiration for your Neighborhood Literacy Fund application? This Storytime & S.T.E.M event was a blast! The Neighborhood Literacy Fund awards up to $2,000 for projects that support early literacy in Philadelphia. Applications are due April 19! #philly

Philly, there's still time to apply for up to $5,000 of diverse children's books! Tag a teacher, organization, or literacy advocate 📚❤️📚 firstbook.org/solutions/phil…

This @Readby4th partnership w/ @AIMtoLearn, @mastery_schools & @saintjosephs highlights the importance of #SOR training for preservice & inservice teachers and leaders as well as the need to coach and support new teachers to ensure classroom implementation. #partnerforimpact

Hey Philly, we could use a hand (or 100)! In preparation for Reading Promise Week, Philly's annual family literacy festival, we're packing 13,000 literacy kits to give away free! ❤️📚👉volunteer.readby4th.org/bagpacking #philly #righttoread #phlserves

Want to learn how the Neighborhood Literacy Fund can support literacy projects in your community? Join us for an info session today at 12 PM! #philly #righttoread #PHLed us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Happy first day of school, #phled! Philadelphia public schools should have the public funding they need to educate all children, but in the meantime, here is a thread of classrooms in West Philly looking for donations:

@SusanBneuman Is there a link to the study you can share? Would love to read more.

At the end of the 8-week project, over 22,000 books were distributed through these bright blue vending machines. What was the community feedback? “This is so needed.” “This is the greatest thing ever!” “This is what the community needs!”. #LiteracyEquity #EndBookDeserts

@SusanBneuman Can you share a link?

Thrilled to see our article on an innovative book distribution program in print in the Reading Teacher...shows how a community can get behind reading to children

@cecilyharwitt Hmm I don’t know, sorry. We left the kids at my parents house when we did this.

@cecilyharwitt And Stella has a nice outdoor area we liked for dinner/drinks by the river

@cecilyharwitt Also recommend renting e-bikes and biking up the tow path

I Spy with my little eye...A colorful new childhood literacy campaign featuring real Philly kids is rolling out across SEPTA. inquirer.com/life/early-lit… via @PhillyInquirer ⁦@UpsideStories⁩ ⁦@WilliamPennFdn⁩ ⁦@SEPTA⁩ ⁦@Readby4th⁩

@pmgentry @frumpenberg @Weckerlys Would love a scoop shop too but meanwhile fu wah has both jeni’s and graeter’s pints

@frumpenberg @Weckerlys while not knowing what ice cream shop margins are like, I can’t believe an old-fashioned scoop shop wouldn’t thrive.

Strongly agree with these recs, even as I find it so sad that none of them are west of the schuylkill.

Wondering what people mean when they say “the science of reading?” @Readby4th is hosting a virtual session on March 9 to share the evidence. You can register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

@Dan_UA @jenniferkates Thank you for all your work on this!! And thank you to your whole team!