By Dr. Jezelle Fullwood
Board of Directors Member

“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The holiday season brings with it a spirit of giving in the form of good cheer, celebrations with family and friends, warmth, and reflection. It also brings to mind the remembrance of grace and kindness. One way to show kindness is to spend time with those you hold dear and our children need and deserve the warmth and kindness of those around them. 

Showing kindness to our children can be done in multiple ways and one of the best is to create memories through storytime, reading, and conversations about wonderful books. In addition to the holiday season, November is also National Family Literacy Month and there are more reasons than ever before to engage in reading with our children starting at a very young age. It builds vocabulary skills, expands attention span, improves listening skills, develops imagination and creativity, and it's portable and free!

The Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation prides itself on the ways in which we celebrate reading and literacy. Our Bag of Books and Read with Me Programs support literacy and the love of reading at schools across the Santa Clarita Valley. Additionally, here is a link to multiple book titles that are focused on kindness for children of all ages and the young at heart! https://www.readbrightly.com/childrens-books-about-kindness/

Thank you for your kind support of the  Santa Clarita Valley Education Foundation. Please feel free to contact us if you need additional ideas and information or would like to support us as we strive to make reading accessible and fun for students in the Santa Clarita Valley.