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Research shows that children lose 1-3 months of reading and math skills during the summer. There are many things you as parents can do to combat that statistic:
Literacy tips for families:
30 Minutes a Day challenge!
Encourage your WHOLE family to read 30 minutes a day! Before starting set a goal for the family to reach & have a Grand Prize that the whole family agrees on as a reward! At end of a 75 day summer vacation, each person will have read over 2000 minutes!
- Make your child responsible to log their minutes on the calendar every day they read for 30 minutes. At the end of the week, add up all the minutes and have them write the number on Saturday.
- As an alternative, make a ‘thermometer’ for each child, draw in 30 minute increments for each day and let them color in each section they read.
- See #4 in how to get in 30 minutes of reading a day! Be sure to set mini goals – it helps keep the kids on track each week!
How do you get in 30 minutes of reading a day?
1. Visit the public library. Help your child to get his or her own library card.
2. Read to your child regularly, even after your child is able to read some books independently.
3. Listen to your child read. Use strategies to help your child with tricky words. For example, when your child comes to an unfamiliar word, you might say, “Skip it and read to the end of the sentence. Now try again – what makes sense and looks like the word that you see?”
4. Set up mini goals or have the family read a chapter book together. Read classic stories like: The Secret Garden; The Indian in the Cupboard, Heidi; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, etc. The reward? Rent the classic movie and watch it together after finishing the book – don’t forget the popcorn!
How can you support their efforts at reading?
1. Praise their efforts at reading.
2. Play word games such as thinking of different words to describe the same things.
3. Support your child’s writing. Have writing materials such as paper, markers, and pencils available. Read what your child writes.
Thanks so much! I hope this gives you lots of fun ideas this summer on encouraging reading.
Before I go, I’d like to recommend a few fun books for you to start with:
Wickit Chronicles: Ely Plot #605845 $5.95 (Note: There are 3 books in this series- Harry Potter fans love ‘em!)
You’d think growing up in a medieval abbey, surrounded by nothing but monks and hundreds of miles of swamp, would be pretty boring. Pip thinks so too, until the day he meets Perfect, a small stone gargoyle with a life of her own.
Before long, the two find themselves in the middle of an assassination attempt against the new king. Escaping into the cold dark night, being chased across the fens by a man intent on killing them… Boring?
Anne Frank #512590, $6.99
This exciting series retells the stories of fascinating historical figures, bringing them to life so vividly, it’s as if you’re there with them! Most are stories about heroes – Martin Luther King, Winston Churchill, Florence Nightingale and a few who are definitely NOT heroes – think Adolf Hitler.Not exactly.
Jack Russell: Dog Detective, An Awful Pawful #605531 $4.95
(Note: There are 8 books in this series! You could read them all this summer!) When Jack and Foxie return from vacation, they can tell that something terrier-able is wrong in Doggeroo. Why are all the dogs in Doggeroo hiding under their beds? Who – or what – has scratched their noses? Why are they so terrier-fied? It’s a case for the dog with the nose that knows. But soon, Jack is hiding under his bed, too. So, how will he solve the case of – THE AWFUL PAWFUL?
Huckleberry Finn #516031 $4.99
Mark Twain’s classic tale of escape and adventure has been rivetingly retold for today’s readers and is as fresh and exciting as when it was first published over a hundred years ago. To get away from his violent, drunken father, Huckleberry Finn fakes his own death and lives wild in the woods. He soon meets Jim, a runaway slave, and the two outcasts set off on a dangerous journey down the nighty Mississippi river, in search of freedom. Huck’s chronicle of their adventures, and the amazing characters he meets along the way, is one of the great American Classics.
Little Women #512910 $6.99
Follow the adventures of four sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, in this lively retelling of a much-loved classic tale. The sisters fall into one scrape after another, as tempers flare, illness strikes and their lives are filled with new experiences and loves.
Well, I better stop – I could put a list of recommended family reading on as long as my arm! You can find all these online at www.myusbornebooks.com - or try clicking on the links.
Tina Peterson, The Book Lady
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