Monica reads to her daughter, preschooler Makaela, in Saint Vincent’s library. She also attends parenting classes there on nutrition and dealing with stress.

Flor enjoys reading to other children. Her preschool teacher, Miss Teresa, says she’s a role model.

Miles loves learning to count the Legos and blocks in his preschool classroom so much that he has begun counting pennies and cars on the street.

Cecilia, who speaks Cantonese at home, also enjoys the English-language books her preschool class is reading. She wants to be a teacher, and she likes pretending to read the books to her classmates.