Childhood Literacy
27% of Georgia’s 3rd graders
who were tested at the end of the 2019 year were reading below grade level.
For some, READING is a hobby. Others call it a chore. But for many in Georgia, it DETERMINES the FUTURE. Researchers have discovered one the greatest factors for crime and poverty is the inability to read well by fourth grade.
Children not reading on grade level by the fourth grade are 70% more likely to end up in JAIL or on WELFARE. Literacy ministry across Georgia is changing this reality for many children, and you can too. Working with schools, Georgia Baptists are helping kids succeed in life by HELPING KIDS SUCCEED AS READERS.
Discover ways to help children succeed in reading…
ACTIONS
ACTIONS
- Coordinate a book drive at your church and deliver to local schools.
- Gather a group to provide homework and reading help for kids at apartment complexes.
- Train senior adults to become Read Georgia volunteers at a local elementary school.
- Help families sign up for library cards at the local library.
- Provide a Community Story Time at your church and give books away.
- Recruit and train youth from your church to read with kids in a daycare once a month.
PRAYERS
PRAY FOR…
- Children who are struggling to read, and more volunteers to help them.
- Read Georgia, a new program to train churches to bring literacy ministry to schools.
- Schools as they adjust to a new school year in the midst of the COVID.
- Tutoring and after-school ministries as they share the Gospel with kids they serve.
- More Bibles and Bible based books to be in the homes of unchurched families.
RESOURCES
RESOURCES
- Georgia earned a C- in K-12 in student achievement, ranking 30th among the 50 states. View Source
- Georgia has one of the five worst graduation rates in the nation. View Source
- 27% of Georgia’s 3rd graders who were tested at the end of the 2019 year were reading below grade level. View Source
- We learn:
Only about 10% of what we hear.
Only about 30% of what we read.
About 50% of what we hear and read.
About 90% of what we hear, read and do!
This study was conducted by the U.S. Air Force.
(Copied from “A Call to Joy – Discipler’s Guide” by Billie Hanks, Jr., pg. 5.) - 19% of high school graduates cannot read.
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