Category Archives: General Information

Thank you to The Winston-Salem Foundation (Bill Johnson Trust to Benefit Stokes County) for a generous grant which will help us pay for our Reading Horizons software renewals.  Thanks to gifts like this we are able to continue our work.

A huge thanks to the Dollar General Literacy Foundation for a $3,000 adult literacy grant which will enable us to double the number of adults we are able to serve with Reading Horizons software.

Thank you to The River Foundation, the Apple Foundation (Ben Vernon, Sr. Trustee) and The Winston-Salem Foundation (Bill Johnson Trust to Benefit Stokes County) for significant grants in 2012 which have enabled us to purchase ten user licenses for Reading Horizons software and two laptop … Continue reading →

Organization Promotes Literacy in Stokes County by Meghann Evans Managing Editor The Stokes News  For around a decade, a local organization has been quietly serving struggling readers in the area, helping ensure that all Stokes County residents have the opportunity … Continue reading →

We’ve had an excellent first year working with eight primary grade struggling readers in one of our local elementary schools.. Phonemic awareness scores increased by 30%, word attack skills increased by a full grade level, sight word recognition increased by … Continue reading →

Change a life!  Volunteer to tutor an adult or child. Make a tax-deductible financial contribution.  It costs about $250 to train a tutor.  Send your check to: Buffalo Creek Literacy Project, P.O. Box 626, Germanton NC 27019 Support your local … Continue reading →

Because I’ve spent so much time in the last few years teaching reading, both to individuals and to small groups of students, I have seen first-hand the toll that struggling to read takes on adults and children. Through the teaching … Continue reading →

Difficulty reading single words. Difficulty decoding nonsense words. Inaccurate and labored oral reading. Trouble with small function words. Slow reading. Poor spelling. Fine motor skill difficulties. Reading avoidance behaviors. Delayed spoken language

Dyslexia – Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition, and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the … Continue reading →

  According to the National Coalition for Literacy Adult Literacy 2009 Factsheet: There are 759 million adults, about 16% of the world’s population, who only have basic or below basic literacy levels in their native languages. Two-thirds of the world’s … Continue reading →