LITERACY
A special Early Childhood musical afternoon exploring Spring time multicultural stories & songs for children ages 0-4 with hearing loss and their families.

READ DAYS
On READ days, a deaf guest speaker brings to life the stories related to healthy habits and talks with the students about taking care of their hearing equipment, advocating for their communication needs, and living a healthy lifestyle through good eating and exercise habits.
Each child receives two books and a book-bag filled with helpful information related to hearing healthcare and encouraging a love of reading.
DEAR DAY
DEAR Day, Drop Everything And Read, promotes the importance of reading and achieving literacy goals. With today’s technology, deaf and hard of hearing children are achieving literacy levels on par with their hearing peers with the right type of support and a keen focus on literacy. By funding this program in Central and Southern Illinois, FHSR works to reduce the opportunity gap to successful literacy markers and place deaf and hard of hearing children on a successful school trajectory.

LITERACY LIBRARY VIDEO SERIES

One of our favorite things at the Foundation is celebrating literacy in the lives of children who have hearing loss. Which is why we recently started a literacy project to focus on the power of reading!


Summer Reading & Book Recommendations for Kids with Hearing Loss
“How do I read with my baby if they are deaf or Read More

FHSR Literacy Library – Strictly No Elephants
Hear and See Strictly No Elephants being read and captioned and in Read More

FHSR Literacy Library – The Snowy Day
Hear and See The Snowy Day being read and captioned and in Read More

The first book in the FHSR literacy library – How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Hear and See How the Grinch Stole Christmas being read and captioned Read More
BE A PART OF IT ALL.
Share the joy of literacy with a child.
Your donation to the EARS (education, advocacy, resources) Literacy Program is critical to bringing our services and programs to the children who need them most.
