Learn to Read English for Refugee Kids

The complete step-by-step curriculum to help refugee children learn to read, write, and thrive in English - with joy, dignity, and success.

Learn to Read English for Refugee Kids is more than just a reading program - it's a bridge to belonging, confidence, and opportunity for children starting a new life.

Created by literacy leader T.J. Edwards and The Freedom Forward Project, this groundbreaking 16-chapter curriculum gives teachers, parents, community leaders, and refugee advocates everything they need to help refugee learners master English reading and writing - at their own pace, in a safe and joyful way.

Inside this powerful book, you'll find:

✅ Step-by-step lessons - phonics, sight words, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, writing

✅ Trauma-informed strategies for healing and trust-building through literacy

✅ Culturally responsive teaching that honors children's languages and identities

✅ Real-world reading & writing - connecting literacy to life

✅ Family engagement tips - how to partner with refugee families for success

✅ A complete refugee reading program template - build programs in schools, refugee centers, after-school programs, and communities

✅ Joy-driven methods to create lifelong readers and writers

Who is this book for?

✅ Teachers of refugee and ESL learners

✅ Parents & foster families supporting refugee children

✅ Community literacy volunteers

✅ NGOs and refugee resettlement agencies

✅ Public libraries and literacy centers

✅ Faith-based organizations supporting refugee families

Why this curriculum?

Because refugee children deserve more than worksheets.

They deserve connection, confidence, and hope - and literacy is the key to all of it.

Learn to Read English for Refugee Kids provides a complete, flexible system that works for:

✅ PreK-12 learners

✅ Mixed-age and multi-language groups

✅ Trauma-affected learners

✅ Beginners and emerging readers

✅ Community-based and school-based settings

Every child can learn to read and write. Every child deserves that chance.

This book gives you the tools to make it happen - one reader, one writer, one life at a time.

Forever forward.