With every kid in the country being home-schooled, business is booming for Storyline Online, SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s children’s literacy website, which streams free videos of well-known actors readi…
) and Wanda Sykes . Other famous readers include Lily Tomlin, Chris Pine, Kristen Bell, Rita Moreno, Viola Davis, Kevin Costner, Betty White, CCH Pounder, Sean Astin, Allison Janney and many others. The readings are accompanied by lively animation and art work.
“Teachers have known about Storyline Online for years and have used our videos and guides in the classroom, but now parents are finding out about Storyline Online with their children at home,” Vance said. “They are also using the site to promote remote learning and reading. With the launch of our first book read fully in English and in Spanish by Jaime Camil, we’re seeing a 500% increase in video views on their first day.
Making a pitch for donations, he said: “As we’re a nonprofit, and we don’t run any advertising on our videos or site, we’re totally reliant on donations to produce our content. We hope that this massive growth in our audience will translate to goodwill and major donations to Storyline Online so we can produce more read alouds, advance children’s literacy and inspire a love of reading in many millions more children around the globe.
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