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Originally posted on 聽by Zerina Khairzada

LOS ANGELES 鈥� Children鈥檚 books about animals, robots, and wildlife line the back wall of a Saturn Street Elementary school classroom. Inside, students spend about one hour after school learning how to become better readers with the help of tutors.

鈥淚 think it鈥檚 good and also I think it鈥檚 going to help me read more better,鈥� said second grade student Cristopher.

Previously, Cristopher had some difficulty sounding out words and reading out loud.

鈥淚t was like so hard. I feel like I know the word but I don鈥檛,鈥� Cristopher said.

It wasn鈥檛 until the beginning of this school year, that Cristopher started to look forward to picking up a book he wanted to read. Cristopher has been receiving one-on-one tutoring sessions with one of聽成人直播聽volunteer tutors Rex Tercero. Together, the pair go over phonetics, vocabulary, and the alphabet.

鈥淭o see how much he鈥檚 grown and how much he鈥檚 enjoying it now makes me feel a lot better just to see the value that something I鈥檓 doing 鈥� just an hour a week is so small but its making such a huge impact that I know is going to help him in his future,鈥� Tercero said.

Cristopher is reading at least 30 percent more words per minute than when they first started, Tercero said. According to 成人直播 latest national impact report, about 90 percent of kindergarten through second grade readers in the program like Cristopher gained a deeper understanding of grade level reading skills.

鈥淚鈥檓 becoming a better reader,鈥� Cristopher said.

These weekly tutor sessions are helping second graders get to the next chapter in reading to create skills that will carry with them for a lifetime.

In the 2019-2020 school year so far, 成人直播 has worked with 14 schools across three Southern California school districts and tutored 670 students with the help of nearly 950 volunteers.

If you or someone you know would like to volunteer for 成人直播 head over to聽.