Have you read to a child today?
Pediatricians agree that a child who is not read to is missing an important element in his/her growth. They recommend setting aside at least 30 minutes throughout your child's day for reading.
"Books and words need to be as familiar to children as the food they eat, the music they hear and the art they do. if we want our children to become literate then we must do everything we can to make
them comfortable with
books and language."
Bev Boss
"If parents understood the huge educational benefits and intense happiness brought about by reading aloud to their children, and if every parent and every adult caring for a child read aloud a minimum of three stories a day to the children in their lives, we could probably wipe out illiteracy within one generation."
Mem Fox author of Reading Magic
Experts tell us that children need to hear a thousand stories read aloud before they begin to learn to read themselves. Three stories a day will deliver us a thousand stories in
one year alone.
"As parents, the most important thing we can do is read to our children early and often. Reading is the path to success in school and life When children learn to love books, they learn to love learning."
First lady Laura Bush
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1.Because when you hold them and give them this attention,
Because when you hold them and give them this attention, they know you love them.
2.Because reading to them will encourage them to become
Because reading to them will encourage them to become readers for life.
3.Because children's books today are so good,
Because children's books today are so good, they are even fun for adults.
4.Because illustrations in children's books often rank among the best,
Because illustrations in children's books often rank among the best, giving children a life long feeling for good art.
5.Because books are one way of passing on your values.
Because books are one way of passing on your values. 6.Because books will enable your child's imagination to soar.
Because books will enable your child's imagination to soar. 7.Because until they learn to read themselves,
Because until they learn to read themselves, they will think you are magic.
8.Because for that short space of time they will stay clean and quiet.
Because for that short space of time they will stay clean and quiet. 9.Because if you do, they may let you read in peace.
Because if you do, they may let you read in peace.10. Because every teacher and librarian they encounter will thank you.
"74% of children who are poor readers in 3rd grade are poor readers in 9th grade. So strong is the link between literacy and being a useful member of society that some states use 3rd grade-level reading statistics as a factor in projecting future prison construction.”
Bob Chase, President of National Education Association
15% of all 4th graders read no faster than 74 words per minute, a pace at which it would be difficult to keep track of ideas as they are developing within the sentence across the page.
Out of school reading habits of students have shown that even 15 minutes a day of independent reading can expose students to more than a million words of text in a year.
With repitition being a natural part of the learning process, buying books rather than borrowing allows for the reinforcement of reading and comprehension skills. The practice of re-reading does not, as some parents fear, stall the progress of emergent readers. In fact, even fluent readers
enjoy re-reading old favorites.
Family Play and Learn
Children who have not developed some basic literacy skills by the time they enter school are 3 to 5 times more likely to drop out in later years.
For Books for Babies and Toddler's
"If children were read to daily, from infancy, it would revolutionize education in this country."
U.S. Education Secretary, Richard W. Riley.
Ten Reasons Why Reading to Your Children Every Day
Will Help Them Become Leaders
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Make regular trips to the library. Help each child acquire their very own library card. Keep a special place at home especially for library books, so they are easy to find on the due date!
Set up a bookshelf in your child’s room or in a corner of another room to keep their own books.
Play Scrabble and Boggle and other word games.
Model yourself as a reader. Curl up with a good book today.
Remember the TV has an off button too. Discuss TV programs with your child.
Give books as gifts for Birthdays, Christmas and other holidays.
Keep lots of drawing and craft materials readily available for the budding author/artist.
Plan a trip together -- read maps and travel brochures etc. Have your child keep a diary of the trip.
Read aloud alot and encourage quiet alone reading time every day.
Discuss the books you and your child read. "Would you like to live during those times?" "Would you have chosen him as a friend?" "How do you think she felt when...?" "What would you have done?"
Provide an unlimited amount of reading material... Magazines, newspapers, comic books, Usborne books, encyclopedias, story books etc.
How to Raise a Bookworm
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View the Reading Program online, see a video interview with Reading Program consultant Allison Kelly, a leading expert in the teaching of reading, listen to an audio clip of the Pirates CD, download a guide to the Reading Program framework, and more!
Internet-Linked books give your kids the best advantage. Not only offering incredible illustrations and text but also handpicked web sites geared toward their interest and age level. Expanding the possibilities for learning to this computer generation while keeping them safe from inappropriate websites.
More information about Internet-Linked Books!
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Stay posted for more information to come!
Readers are leaders others follow.
Usborne Books at Home
Dina Lantzer
Literacy Specialist
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612-432-8778
Listen to an audio-clip of Pirates here.
Download a chart of the Reading Program Guide for parents and educators.
Here is one of my favorite titles! Jake, my son, is studying colonial times in school right now and here is a terrific website on colonial living to check out. Just one of the 100's of sites that you can find in this book!
