Let’s READ! Mid-Columbia is a parent-centered program designed to encourage, educate, and empower families to be their child’s first teacher. Created for children ages 3–4, the program provides families with simple, high-quality tools—and the guidance to use them—to build early reading skills through play, conversation, and shared reading. Kits are available in English or Spanish, ensuring families receive materials in the language they use at home.

Let's READ! is a program that equips families of 3–5-year-olds with practical, easy-to-use literacy tools. The research-aligned toolkit supports early reading development at home, providing a way for families to build skills, confidence, and routines that prepare children for kindergarten.

• A high-quality children’s book

• Parent-friendly activity guide, paired with the book

• Conversation starters to develop language, communication, and connection

• Child-sized whiteboard and dry-erase marker

• Play-Doh for multisensory exploration

• Play mat

• Crayons

• QR codes linking to short instructional videos

Access more than 20 short modeling videos demonstrating each tool and activity that are designed to help parents feel confident and capable using the materials at home.