Literacy

Read Ready Covington is a city wide early literacy initiative. Offering all residents access to diverse resources and information to use at home and on-the-go.

WHY? Families and our community need to better prepare our little ones with the early experiences they need to be ready for kindergarten to continue beinging successful through their school years.

To find free Public Wi-Fi Locations in Covington click, HERE.

• Registration on Footsteps2Brilliance is 100 percent free for Covington residents. 

• The Footsteps2Brilliance app provides early literacy materials to Covington’s young children, their families, schools, and childcare centers. After downloading content it can be used even when not connected to the Internet. 

• Using Footsteps2Brilliance together with the Clever Kids University app for just 15 minutes a day with their child allows Covington families to monitor their child’s learning as they listen, read, and interact with fun stories and games.

Note: Use this is only to register Covington children that are NOT already Registered at their school or childcare site that uses Footsteps2Brilliance. Ask your child's caregiver or teacher about use.

Note: Delete those files when your child has mastered them. Then download new items from F2B and CKU. 

* F2B is a private, secure app. This means your contact information is safe, and will never be shared outside the app itself. 
 

For questions, comments, or volunteer opportunities, please reach out to info@readreadycov.com.

• LOG INTO WEB BROWSER:
  Type the following: www.myf2b.com/register/covington
  Note: This will allow you to create your free parent and child(ren) accounts.
• REGISTRATION PAGE 
  Follow directions on website. On the final page, you will see a username and password that can also be sent to your email address. 
• DOWNLOAD FREE APPS 
  Use ANY smart phone, tablet, laptop, or computer to download the F2B app. 
  Use the unique code you receive for each of your children to log in to their account.
• DOWNLOADING CONTENT 
  Download ONLY select books, games, and activities you want to use in the coming weeks. Downloading all of it will slow down your device. 

Summer is a vital time to use outdoor games to explore, expand, and prepare your young children for a successful transition back to school. CLICK HERE for  the directions and 4 Activity Challenge cards needed to create your own fun summer game. All you need in addition to these materials is chalk… and the fun together will follow!

Rainy Day keeping you inside – no problem! Just 15 minutes daily using the stories, songs, skill games, and projects in Footsteps2Brilliance or CleverKidsUniversity helps children continue to learn all year long.

For help logging into your child’s account, or to create an account for your children and yourself, contact us at info@readreadycov.com or call 859-292-2301.

**Prize award selections are subject to demonstration of student performance and at the discretion of the City of Covington/Read Ready Covington in April 2020.

• $500.00 First Prize: Owen Tobergta, James. E. Biggs student
• $400.00 Second Prize: Cris Perez- Tomas, Glenn O. Swing student
• $300.00 Third Prize: Alithea Gates, Sixth District student
• $200.00 Fourth Prize: Micah Lewis, John G. Carlisle student
• $100.00 Fifth Prize: Yubin Fosco, St. Augustine student

Read Ready Covington’s calls each of us to share the importance of early literacy with everyone we meet. Early literacy includes more than just singing the Alphabet song and counting to ten. Literacy includes self-regulation, language development, social, and emotional growth, knowledge about one’s family and neighborhood, and development of a positive attitude toward learning of all kinds. RRC Literacy Ambassadors help spread the word about the urgent need to better prepare our young children for a strong start in Kindergarten.

YOU CAN BE A READ READY COVINGTON LITERACY AMBASSADOR!   

Contact us with your ideas or to sign up!  info@readreadycov.com

• Literacy Ambassadors are individuals that have committed to promoting early literacy with all residents throughout the geographic boundaries of Covington; including our families, neighbors, colleagues, students, childcare educators, employers, faith and civic leaders.  
• Our RRC Ambassadors tell Covington families about the many resources and literacy events available throughout Covington.
• RRC Ambassadors are called to share, demonstrate, and encourage use of the Clever Kids University and Footsteps2Brilliance apps for children, and the RRC parent support app made available to all Covington residents for free.
• Ambassadors invite families to attend literacy events, help children to have books available for use in their homes, and  encourage the emergence of children’s strengths in preparation for Kindergarten and throughout their school years.