Language and literacy skills development is the focus of UCI’s Jumpstart Chapter which services nearly 300 low-income pre-school students in the Santa Ana area. Saturday, March 7 is the program’s annual Spring Literacy Fair where those interested in the program can come for a day of fun with story telling, arts and crafts and a visit from PBS’s Wyatt from Super Why. Learn more.

Saturday, March 7, 2015
10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Heritage Museum of Orange County, 3101 W. Harvard St., Santa Ana, CA 92704

About Jumpstart: Jumpstart is a national early education organization that recruits and trains college students and community Corps members to serve preschool children in low-income neighborhoods. The organization’s proven curriculum helps children develop the language and literacy skills they need to be ready for kindergarten, setting them on a path to close the achievement gap before it is too late. 

 

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