Learning Wheels, a program of Project Read, provides families for literacy services to hard-to-reach neighborhoods in North San Mateo County. Imagine a school on wheels where young children can hear stories, use a state-of-the-art computer, receive free books, and play with interactive educational toys.

You’ve just imagined Learning Wheels. Best of all, it is a free service of the libraries of South San Francisco, Daly City, and San Bruno.

In partnership with community organizations, Learning Wheels goes to health care centers, home day care centers, homeless shelters, health care centers, and individual homes. At each visit, families receive free books, hear a story time, get community information, and advice about parental concerns from a credentialed teacher.

Since Learning Wheels began in 2000, more than 37,000 people came aboard.

• Yearly, Learning Wheels sees 8,000 people
• Gives away 6,000 books
• Distributes 10,000 pieces of community information
• Answers endless questions
• Receives numerous hugs from the loving LW kids

Benefits of Learning Wheels:

• More parents are reading to their children
• More books are in the homes of low-income families
• More families have access to community information
• More people are receiving advice from an educator
• More parents understand the link between reading to their children and their child’s intellectual development.

Call Project Read at 650-829-3871 for information on when we will be in your neighborhood.