Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 is hosting this Parent University Event with author & literacy advocate Maya Smart. Join Maya Smart, Author of Reading for Our Lives, to discover how to nurture literacy from the very beginning and give your child the foundation for a successful future. This event will be on January 21 at 6:30 pm in the Hendee Rooms at the Jefferson Early Childhood Center. 8200 W Greendale Avenue, Niles, IL. Enter through door 9.
ALL families in Park Ridge-Niles with children from birth to elementary school are invited. This event is free.
Maya Payne Smart is a writer, parent educator, and literacy advocate who has served on the boards of numerous library and literacy organizations. She and her family live in Milwaukee, where she serves as affiliated faculty in educational policy and leadership in the College of Education at Marquette University. Her website, MayaSmart.com, provides tips and tools for parents to nurture, teach, and advocate for kids on the road to reading.