Le y Sers

Le y Sers (Read and You Will Be) is a program designed to help parents with 0-4
year olds prepare their child for school. The program seeks to empower parents as
their childs first and most important teacher and role model. Each one-hour session
emphasizes the importance of developing early literacy skills. During the session,
simple methods that parents can use to develop these pre-literacy skills in their children
are demonstrated.
The program was originally implemented at several
Arlington ISD Title I elementary schools during the fall
semester of 2012. The participating parents and their
children met for one hour a week for six weeks at their
childs school, where an Arlington Public Library Program
Specialist helped educate the parents about early literacy.
In addition to introducing early literacy concepts, the
Program Specialists modeled ways that the parents could
support this concept development at home and engaged
parents in hands on activities to help them practice their
newly acquired knowledge in a tangible way.
In addition to the main focus of the program, Le y Sers introduced the popular early
literacy kits for parents to check out. Each kit contains books, activities and toys that
focus on a theme. The parents could check out these kits and bring them home to help
support their childs learning at home. Books from the librarys circulating collection of
board books are also made available at each of these sessions, making it easy for
parents to access the resources they need to support their childs learning.
Parents of Pre-K
students
Who?
Encourages
parents to be
their child's first
teacher
What?
For six weeks
each semester
When?
Local
elementary
schools
Where?
Examples of Literacy
Kit Themes:
Colors
Shapes
Textures
Counting
Rhyming
One of the early literacy kits available to check out with an Arlington Public Library
library card. The theme of this kit is rhyming.

Fall 2013 Semester
Elementary School Adults Children Contact Hours
Amos Elementary 12 6 90
Anderson Elementary 8 13 97
Blanton Elementary 6 6 66
Burgin Elementary 5 4 53
Crouch Elementary 21 22 245
Crow Elementary 4 4 42
Ferrell Elementary 3 3 11
Roquemore Elementary 3 4 31
Rankin Elementary 7 7 59
Sherrod Elementary 3 3 28
Speer Elementary 10 13 89
Starrett Elemantary 4 5 45
Webb Elementary 3 3 22
Wimbish Elementary 9 10 82
Totals: 98 103 960

Spring 2014 Semester
Elementary School Adults Children Contact Hours
Adams Elementary 1 1 8
Amos Elementary 12 6 90
Anderson Elementary 8 13 97
Atherton Elementary 4 4 44
Berry Elementary 15 16 149
Blanton Elementary 6 6 66
Burgin Elementary 5 4 53
Crouch Elementary 21 22 245
Crow Elementary 4 4 42
Ellis Elementary 6 5 41
Ferrell Elementary 3 3 11
Foster Elementary 7 8 41
Goodman Elementary 3 4 32
Hale Elementary 3 1 11
Johns Elementary 7 9 56
Knox Elementary 8 8 84
Kooken Elementary 18 19 155
Morton Elementary 15 17 157
Pope Elementary 2 3 28
Roquemore Elementary 3 4 31
Rankin Elementary 7 7 59
Remynse Elementary 4 6 32
Roark Elementary 7 6 66
Sherrod Elementary 3 3 28
Speer Elementary 10 13 89
Starrett Elementary 4 5 45
Thornton Elementary 10 15 104
Webb Elementary 3 3 22
West Elementary 8 9 79
Wimbish Elementary 9 10 82
Totals: 216 234 2047