We Need Your Help! Cedar Valley Readers is looking for volunteers that would like to help with vision screenings for Waterloo elementary kids. As part of the Vision to Learn program, we are looking for volunteers that would be able to attend a training on September 21st from 9:00AM to noon at Highland Elementary to … Continue reading Vision to Learn – Volunteers Needed!

We received over 130 posters from kiddos in Waterloo and Cedar Falls for our first annual "Reading Takes You Places" poster contest! Thank you to everyone who submitted artwork -- we were totally blown away by your creativity and LOVED seeing you enthusiasm for reading! In the end, it was too hard to pick just … Continue reading Celebrating Attendance Awareness Month with AWESOME posters!

Physicians at Covenant Clinic Pediatrics have been writing a new type of prescription for kids and parents: read aloud together for 15 minutes, at least once daily. It’s a simple prescription with a simple dosage, but it can make a world of difference in young children’s lives. And the best part? Parents don’t need to visit … Continue reading Celebrating One Year with Reach Out and Read!

Cedar Valley Readers is excited to announce our First Annual Attendance Awareness Poster Contest! We encourage any elementary (k-6th grade) student in the Cedar Valley to enter. All you need to do is think creatively about how reading "takes you places!" Did a great story transport you to a far-away world full of unbelievable creatures? … Continue reading 1st Annual Poster Contest!

One of the most important messages about early childhood education we hear from our teachers, our school administrators, local community organizations, friends and neighbors is the need to support and to strengthen parents’ engagement in their children’s learning. It is especially important in the earliest years of a child’s life, when time reading, playing and … Continue reading Free App Becomes Go-To Tool for Parent Educators

Enjoy this post by our guest blogger, Mel Hammen. Mel is our summer intern here at Cedar Valley Readers, and we are excited to have her! Mel is currently finishing her degree in Social Work at UNI. She has a passion for both serving others and for reading. When she was young, her mother had to force her to … Continue reading Digital options for Summer Learning