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Guided by an evaluation, LEAP staff integrate reading into art and STEM activities, strengthen children’s self-efficacy via individualized support, and model family literacy practices in multilingual neighborhoods. The program also emphasizes a safe, neutral, and emotionally responsive environment while coordinating within the city’s OST system. 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Examples include read-aloud sessions with a therapy dog, creating “space slime” after reading about Mae Jemison, and making squares for a freedom quilt after reading related books.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"What approach does LEAP use to build students’ self-efficacy?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"LEAP helps children become more self-confident and self-reliant by providing individualized attention and fostering a learning culture. Staff encourage positive self-talk, help students create work plans, model library resource use, and tailor support to each child’s literacy level and interests.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"How does LEAP support families to encourage literacy at home?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"LEAP staff model strategies for encouraging literacy and connect families to additional resources, including the Free Library’s Literacy Lab. 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These promising strategies for supporting early literacy and learning are based on an evaluation of LEAP conducted by Policy Studies Associates.  \nEmbed reading and literacy in activities  \nLEAP staff intentionally integrate literacy into fun and engaging activities, including art and STEM. For example, we observed activities in which LEAP participants:  \n• Read stories out loud to a therapy dog. Children and LEAP staff jointly selected a book to read to a visiting therapy dog, giving children the opportunity to practice and showoff their reading.  \n• Created “space slime” after children and staff read a book about Mae Jemison, the first African American woman togo to space.  \n• Made squares for a freedom quilt after participants read books honoring Black History Month.  \nWe are trying to introduce reflective thinking and narrative thinking even into the art that kids are making. Kids building with Legos and blocks, it turns into a story.  \n–Afterschool Leader (ASL)  \nK-3 Participants’ reasons for coming to LEAP  \nSource: LEAP Participant Survey, 2019.  \nDevelop and reinforce self-efficacy  \nLEAP staff help children become more self-confident and selfreliant in their learning by providing individualized attention and support and by fostering a learning culture. LEAP staff stood out when they:  \n• Encouraged children to use positive self-talk when approaching homework or other challenging tasks.  \n• Helped participants to develop work plans for completing assignments.  \n• Modeled using library resources to find information and solve problems.  \n• Tailored support and activities to children’s individual literacy level and interests.  \n[In LEAP, children find] a positive experience that you won’t be judged on, in a comfortable, self-initiated learning environment rather than a classroom environment  \n-Librarian  \nModel literacy support for families  \nAcross Philadelphia’s diverse, multilingual neighborhoods, LEAP staff model strategies for encouraging literacy and connect families to additional supports and resources. We saw LEAP staff build capacity by:  \n• Including caregivers in homework assistance, intentionally modeling strateigies for working with young learners.  \n• Connecting families with additional literacy resources, such as the Free Library’s Literacy Lab.  \n• Helping non-native English-speaking caregivers navigate school forms and other communications.  \nKids know that we are here to help with homework. Otherwise, for some the library is a nice, safe, warm, and cozy place to be.  \n-Librarian  \nProvide a safe and supportive environment LEAP staff created environments that helped children to be ready to learn by:  \n• Being flexible in program plans to respond to emotional needs before proceeding with learning goals.  \n• Establishing a “neutral” environment where participants feel safe and can be themselves, especially important in neighborhoods coping with upheaval or violence.  \n• Acting to defuse bullying and other negative behaviors while acknowledging and talking through children’s feelings that may lead to those behaviors.  \nLEAPandthe City of Philadelphia’sOSTsystem  \nFor more than 25 years, the Free Library of Philadelphia has offered academic support and enrichment through the Literacy Enrichment Afterschool Program (LEAP), a free, voluntary and drop-in program for students of all ages. LEAP operates within a comprehensive out-ofschool time (OST) system in Philadelphia.  \nPhiladelphia invests in and provides policy guidance to OST programs in the city, including LEAP.  \n• 2018-2026 strategic plan for OST  \nA citywide OST vision and mission  ","cbCaicBPDnQFQR6O","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicBPDnQFQR6O","pdf",396707,"English","# Strategies for Supporting Early Literacy and Learning in LEAP\n## Embed reading and literacy in activities\n## Develop and reinforce self-efficacy\n## Model literacy support for families\n## Provide a safe and supportive environment\n## LEAP and the City of Philadelphia’s OST system\n## LEAP staffing, design, and activities\n## LEAP by the numbers, 2018-19","[{\"question\":\"How does LEAP embed reading and literacy into everyday activities?\",\"answer\":\"LEAP staff intentionally integrate literacy into engaging activities such as art and STEM. 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