Hopa Mountain’s StoryMakers

Hopa Mountain’s StoryMakers Program offers:

• High-quality early learning resources to support children’s health and literacy.

• Child development information and book-sharing ideas.

• Personal encouragement for parents and caregivers as they support their children’s learning and healthy habits every day.

A growing body of research confirms that a strong early-learning home environment predicts children’s success in school. Success in school strongly predicts health and economic self-sufficiency in adulthood.

Hopa Mountain’s StoryMakers program is currently providing bookmarks and reading resources for families. Please call (406) 586-2455 for more information.

Here are some ways to make reading a fun activity for children you serve:

1. Provide a variety of books and bookmarks for families to choose from.

2. Find fun places for children to read—a tent outside, a fort, on the playground swings, or at a nearby park.

3. Have kids try buddy reading. Invite older kids to read to younger ones. This could be viewed as their first "job"!

4. Read with the kids. Choose a book suitable for your group and read it together.

5. Reading and writing go hand in hand so encourage kids to keep a summer journal.

6. Create a summer pen pal program. Kids love getting mail and e-mail. Reading letters is fun for kids.