#ReadLA
...sharing books, smiles, and even a visit from Clifford the Big Red Dog! Students and families enjoyed storytime, books to take home, and a love of reading that’s off the charts. ✨
#BackToSchool #LiteracyMatters #ReadLA #JoyOfReading #InspiringGreatness
August 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
📚🐾 Reading opens the world for our students! We kicked off the first week at Bakewell Primary Center with @asmtinamckinnor.bsky.social and #FamsInSchools President & Executive Director Yolie Flores for #ReadLA —
August 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Read LA! Storytime launched one year ago to bring joy & comfort to children impacted by the LA Wildfires. 📚 To mark this, FIS visited Marquez Elementary to support students' love of reading with free, book-filled bags. 🎒💙

Thanks to our partners & #ReadLA! Coalition for making this work possible. 🧡
February 4, 2026 at 10:52 PM
When families have the right literacy tools, kids thrive 📚👏🏽

FIS #LiteracyAmbassador Rocio led a community plática at Edward R. Roybal Learning Center on #EarlyLiteracy & how families can advocate for their children.

So grateful for our amazing parents & caregivers! ✨

#ReadLA!
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 AM
This new year, learn how the Read LA! App puts #EarlyLiteracy resources at your fingertips! 📱

Attend a short online session where FIS staff will walk you through downloading the app. Ask questions, share your experiences, & be entered into a gift card drawing! 🙌🏽

🔗 Register: bit.ly/readla-tutorials
January 17, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Building #EarlyLiteracy doesn’t only have to involve reading - singing is another important tool you can use with your child to help develop their oral language, phonics, and comprehension abilities while having fun with music! 🎶

#ReadLA! #PreK #ReadingTips #LiteracyTips #Rhyming #Storytelling
January 16, 2026 at 8:34 PM
#ReadLA! Storytime has spent its December spreading comfort & joy to children impacted by the LA Wildfires, with 4,000+ books distributed this year! 👏

Families engaged in the #PowerOfReading & we gave book bags to each child. 🎒📚

Thanks to Waterford's Tiarha Huerta for joining as a storyteller!
December 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
FIS welcomed the #ReadLA! Literacy Ambassadors for our 1st Annual Winter Celebration, & what a beautiful night it was! 🎉 A room full of comunidad as we celebrated all they’ve poured into this #EarlyLiteracy movement. 📖

So grateful for each & every one of them 🙌🏽 - 2026 is going to be even bigger! ⭐️
December 18, 2025 at 1:21 AM
#FIS staff were hard at work yesterday morning organizing book donations for our Read LA! #Storytime program! 📚

Through these wonderful books, #ReadLA! will continue bringing comfort, joy, & #EarlyLiteracy to children with the power of reading! 💙 #StaffBonding #BooksBringJoy
December 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Our #ReadLA! Coalition is ending the year strong and ready for 2026! 💪🏽 Thank you to the Children's Institute for hosting us and Family Engagement Lab's Vidya Sundaram for joining us to discuss our partnership and what's ahead!
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Tomorrow marks 2 years since the launch of Read LA! 🥳 To celebrate, #ReadLA! invited FIS staff & our coalition partners to share a children’s book that shaped their reading journey or that of a child in their life. 📚 Join us in sharing a love for reading with all children! #HappyBirthdayReadLA
November 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This weekend, Read LA! Storytime visited the West LA Region Library, sharing stories & handing out backpacks with books to children in communities impacted by the L.A. wildfires. Thank you to Tiarha Huerta of Waterford.org, one of our #ReadLA! coalition members, for joining us as a Storyteller! 📚
October 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Within the Read LA! App, there's a resource directory that provides tools for supporting students & families, from reading resources to #KnowYourRights videos to our #ReadLA! coalition partners' websites!

📱 Access this by downloading ReachWell to get the #ReadLAapp: bit.ly/ReadLA-App-Download
September 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Do you want to use the Read LA! App? It’s easy to set up so you can get content from FIS & the #ReadLA! Coalition: rwell.us/LosAngelesCA

📱 Watch this short video to get instructions on downloading the #ReadLAapp through ReachWell, adding Read LA!, & selecting the #EarlyLiteracy tools you want!
September 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Recently, #FIS welcomed our 5th cohort of #ReadLA! Literacy Ambassadors! 🎉 These Ambassadors will equip families with #EarlyLiteracy tools 📚 to help their children at home & advocate for them at school!

📣 Apply today to become an Ambassador: bit.ly/literacy-ambassadors
September 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
On the Read LA! App, you can choose which types of #EarlyLiteracy notifications you receive - this will determine the age group of the resources you see for your child’s literacy journey! 📚

🔔 Pick the notifications you want - download ReachWell for the #ReadLAapp today: bit.ly/ReadLA-App-Download
September 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
With Read LA! on the ReachWell app, FIS & the #ReadLA! Coalition are committed to reversing the #LiteracyCrisis in LA so that all children can read & thrive 📚

To learn more, listen to Read LA!'s Sr. Campaign Director, Olga Corona De La Cruz, on how this app will support families & #EarlyLiteracy! ✨
August 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Read LA! #Storytime had another busy month! From our 2nd major event in Pacific Palisades to wrapping up our last Altadena Library Summer Storytimes & having fun at the YMCA! 🎉 We are grateful for all of our amazing #ReadLA! Storyteller volunteers & the families who joined us! 🧡 #MoreStorytimesAhead
August 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Downloading Read LA! on the ReachWell app is super simple! 📱

Follow these quick steps outlined in the images below to get access to all of the weekly #EarlyLiteracy content 📚 released from FIS, the Read LA! Coalition, & other partners!

#ReadLAapp #ReadLA! #FIS #FamiliesInSchools #ReachWell
August 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
📢 We’re excited to announce that Read LA! is now on the free ReachWell app, putting powerful #EarlyLiteracy tools in every family’s hands! 🎉

Your child’s future starts now—get the app today (available in 130+ languages) & ensure they can read & thrive 📖 #ReadLA! #ReadLAapp: rwell.us/LosAngelesCA
August 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today, our Senior Campaign Director of #ReadLA! is at Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez's Summer Movie Nights ☀️, tabling to spread the campaign & share #EarlyLiteracy resources 📚 with families & community members! ☀️ Thanks to everyone who talks with her while enjoying a day of fun, film 🎬, & swimming 🏊!
August 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
July was a busy month for our #ReadLA! Storytime program as we partnered with the Altadena Library! 📚 We hosted 5 Storytimes, bringing #ComfortThroughStories to the children of Altadena with our amazing volunteers 💙 We can't wait to continue our partnered Altadena #Storytime work throughout August!
August 1, 2025 at 8:05 PM
#ReadLA! recently held 2 special Storytimes—one at the Oakwood Recreation Center & another at the Boys & Girls Club of the Foothills—for our #Storytime program! Both helped expand our reach with dozens of children impacted by the LA wildfires. Thanks to all the families & volunteers who joined us! 🧡
July 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Congrats to our newest #LiteracyAmbassadors cohort for completing their training with #ReadLA! 🎉 These are parents, educators, & community leaders taking on the #LiteracyCrisis & championing #EarlyLiteracy across L.A.! 📚

Interested in being a Literacy Ambassador? Apply today: bit.ly/literacy-amb...
July 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Wednesday was the first of our summer-long #Storytime partnership with the Altadena Library, reading to children & giving out backpacks 🎒 of books 📚 at Loma Alta Park! #ReadLA! Storytimes bring joy to children affected by the LA wildfires. Thanks to Scholastic & PaperPie for your book donations! 💙
July 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM