Creating Literacy-Rich Environments

April 6, 2022

NIOSTpartnershipkidsOur new Spring 2022 Afterschool Matters journal brings a focus on literacy through this special issue highlighting the work of the William Penn Foundation and its partners to support children and families in Philadelphia through literacy-rich programming and environments.  Four papers in this issue reflect current partner initiatives to build literacy-rich environments. Other papers explore how literacy environments promote

the kinds of adult–child interactions that build literacy skills and how museums and community-based organizations can partner to support family literacy. Two articles focus on how coaching can help OST professionals support children’s literacy. Special thanks to the William Penn Foundation for generously funding this current issue. With this renewed focus on literacy, we’re highlighting a few other Afterschool Matters papers from the archives worth a read, too.  

 

ASM logoNIOST logo

The Afterschool Matters Initiative is managed by the National Institute on Out-of-School Time, a program of the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College

Georgia Hall, PhD, is Managing Editor of the Afterschool Matters Journal

Wellesley Centers for Women
Wellesley College
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481-8203 USA

asm@niost.org
781.283.2547