E3: Elevate Early Education

We’re creating Micro-Libraries across Virginia so EVERY child has books everywhere they go. 9,000+ books distributed! Partner with us: Host a library: ow.ly/nE2T5106f68 Donate books: ow.ly/OiFs5106fb3 Start or join an Imagination Library: ow.ly/zo4Q5106f63

Story time can be number time, too! 📚 Inspired by Goodnight, Numbers by Danica McKellar, try these at home: ✔️ Count things on each page ✔️ Ask “how many?” ✔️ Pair number words with objects ✔️ Go on a shape or number hunt Learn more: ow.ly/FBbX5105bnL

November is National Family Literacy Month! 📚❤️ All month, we’re highlighting the role families play in encouraging reading at home. Our challenge: read together for just 15 minutes a day. Before bed, after dinner, any time works. Just make it a habit! 🎉

Virginia has made progress on affordable, quality child care. As Sen. Locke and Del. Sewell point out, sustaining it means investing in the whole early childhood system, including the programs and educators who make access possible. Read more: ow.ly/sWgJ5104Zj8

What goes into building a strong reader? The Big Five! 📚 Phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary & comprehension help kids read and understand. Talk, listen, play with words & read together to build them early. Strong literacy starts with a strong foundation.

What can you do to help your child love books + reading? 📘 Read together daily – just 15 min makes a big impact 📘 Tell & retell stories 📘 Ask about their day. Listen & talk. 📘 Visit your library weekly 📘 Sign up for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Did you know phonemic awareness is a strong predictor of reading? Help your child build a foundation for reading and learning by sounding out words, playing word games, making rhymes, talking, helping children identify sounds and match sounds to letters.

Have you seen the Micro-Library @amazon HQ2 in Arlington? It’s filled with Imagination Library books. There’s an Imagination Local Program in Arlington. Enroll your child NOW.

15 minutes matter! Every time you read together, you’re helping build the reading brain. Just 15 minutes a day can support language development, comprehension and a lifelong love of reading.

We're proud to support TeachSOR in advancing the national conversation around the science of reading & educator preparation. Join literacy experts for a conversation about how teacher preparation programs can better equip future educators. Register today: ow.ly/1Sce50ZVa8z

Bilingual books are now available for all children and families in VA through the Imagination Library. Is your child enrolled in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library? Enroll today: ow.ly/BPEG50ZUywP

Congratulations to our Local Program Partners at ChainBreakers, Inc. for reaching an incredible milestone with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Portsmouth. Their Year 1 goal was to enroll 1,000 Portsmouth children & they’ve already surpassed it with 1,143 children enrolled!

Honor Dolly & support a local program partner in your community. Click on VA: ow.ly/JCFp50ZTSMU They work tirelessly to enroll children and families, raise local funds to put books in the hands of young children and are making a BIG impact.

Today is Give Like Dolly Day! 💛📚 Celebrate by supporting your local Imagination Library Partner, helping expand access to books in VA by partnering with E3 or simply spending 15 minutes reading with a child. Donate today: ow.ly/JzYy50ZR71E

Ahead of Give Like Dolly Day on 9.25, @WAVY_News is sharing how Virginians can help carry Dolly Parton’s commitment to children & reading forward. Check out the story and discover ways to join in: ow.ly/9AtQ50ZR6WQ

Build the daily habit of reading for just 15 minutes a day 📚 This is a high-impact habit that boosts brain development, increases vocabulary and more: ow.ly/P5zT50ZPU9u

A little reading time can make a lasting difference. Just 15 minutes a day can help children build vocabulary, strengthen early literacy skills and foster a lifelong joy of books: ow.ly/OVBu50ZPU8o

Mark your calendar for Give Like Dolly Day on 9.25 from 9-5! Next week, we’re celebrating her legacy by encouraging Virginians to support young readers and help more children grow up with access to books. Let’s celebrate Give Like Dolly Day by giving back: ow.ly/RVGg50ZPlf2

Building literacy can be as simple as talking with your child. Sing a song. Ask a question. Tell a story. Make one up together using the pictures in a book. Read together. These small, everyday moments help prepare babies, toddlers and preschoolers for a lifetime of learning.

This is Tyler. Once a curious preschooler building towers at E3 School, Tyler is now 15 and in 10th grade. The first eight years of a child's life build the foundation for everything that comes next. We're honored to have been part of his. Every child deserves a strong start.