Hands on Literacy

A unique community partner-based KQED project, Hands on Literacy helps enrich early literacy experiences between parents and children. KQED works with Bay Area organizations to train community partners who facilitate monthly family workshops using a multimedia approach. At Hands On Literacy sessions, families receive free books, activity tips, and learn strategies for using educational public media to support early learning and development.

If your organization is interested in becoming a KQED Hands On Literacy partner, contact us at EarlyLearning@kqed.org.

Major funding for the Hands On Literacy project is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and The Stanley Langendorf Foundation.

2007 - 2008 Community Partners include:

Asian Family Support Center, San Francisco
Asian Perinatal Advocates, San Francisco
Bayshore Child Care Services, Daly City
Berkeley Public Library, Berkeley READS program
Bret Harte Child Development Center, San Francisco
Campbell Unified School District's Family Learning Center, Campbell
Catholic Charities of the East Bay, Richmond
City of Oakland's San Antonio Even Start Program, Oakland
Compass Community Services, San Francisco
Contra Costa Community College's Foster/Kinship Care Education Program, San Pablo
Daniel Webster Elementary School, San Francisco
Davis Chapel EME Church's One Church One School Program, Richmond
Excelsior Family Connections, San Francisco
Juniperro Serra Annex Child Development Center, San Francisco
Kai Ming Head Start at Cumberland, San Fransisco
Cabrillo Unified School District's Los Listos Migrant Pre-K, Half Moon Bay
Marin Learning Center, Marin City
Marin Center for School Readiness, Marin City
Maternal, Paternal, Child and Adolescent Health Department, San Leandro
New Haven Adult School's Even Start Family Literacy Program, Union City
Nia Imani Academy, El Sobrante
Oakland Public Library's Second Start Adult Literacy Program, Oakland
Oakland Unified School District's Parent Involvement Program, Oakland
Our Second Home, Daly City
Portola Family Connections, San Francisco
San Antonio Park Head Start, Oakland
San Francisco State University's Cadillac Head Start Program, San Francisco
San Francisco State University's Early Head Start Program, San Francisco
San Leandro Adult School's Even Start Family Literacy Program, San Leandro
South San Francisco Public Library's Community Learning Center, South San Francisco
Visitacion Valley Community Center, San Francisco
West County First 5 Center, San Pablo
West Side Head Start, San Francisco
Wu Yee's New Generation, San Francisco
YMCA Richmond, San Francisco