Story Time in the Park 2021

Mondays-Thursdays June 7-July 15 at city and county summer lunch meal sites.

APS Title I Story Time was created to get books into the hands of kids! It is key to preventing summer learning loss. 

This summer's Story Time in the Park has been modified to accommodate public health orders.  

• APS Title I Family Engagement will provide a book bag of quality children’s literature, reading strategies, lesson ideas, and parent “tip-sheets” for families reading at home. 
• Book bags will be distributed Mondays-Thursdays June 7-July 15 at a number of summer lunch meal sites in the City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County.
• Teachers will distribute one bag per vehicle until they run out.
• Grab and Go lunch is served Monday-Friday. Times vary by site. 
• The aim of Story Time in the Park is to support families so they can guide their children toward reading proficiency and a life-long joy of reading.

Research shows that young children who have access to books in the home, and who are read aloud to regularly, have the best chance of becoming successful readers.   

Children from low-income families routinely lose two to three months of reading proficiency every summer while middle-class children gain about a month.  From first to ninth grade, children from low-income families lose two or more years of reading proficiency.  About 80 percent of the rich/poor reading gap accumulates during the summers. Children from low-income families gain as much reading growth during the school year, when schools are open, as middle-class children.                             

 For more information, call the APS Title I office at 505.253-0330.

Story Time in the Park Locations 

Northeast 

 Northwest  

Southeast 

Southwest