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 5 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. Themed this year as literacy through music, the day-long event will feature a visit from PBS’s Clifford the Big Red Dog, the music of Eric Henderson, balloon story telling with Annie Bannanie, and illusion tricks with magician Peter Winch.
 
Saturday, March 5, 2016
10:00 a.m.-3:00 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. Get involved today by visiting www.jstart.org/
 
Hear more: http://www.socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/news/2016/2016-02-21-jumpstart.php