Why should your child read or be read to this summer?
The Facts (from the Waterford Institute):
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Students can lose as much as 3 months of reading skill without practice and enrichment during the summer months.
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Teachers typically spend 4-6 weeks re-teaching material that students have forgotten over the summer.
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Reading 20 minutes a day keeps reading skills progressing through the summer.
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Reading 6 or more (chapter) books over the summer keeps a child from losing reading skills.
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In a year, the average American youth spends 900 hours in school and over 1,023 hours watching television.
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In a school of 400 students (which is the size of Crestview), if each student reads 30 minutes a day over the course of a 75-day vacation (our average summer break), that equals a million minutes of reading!!!
What can you do?
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Read every day!
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Take a book to the beach, in the car, to the pool, on a plane, to Grandma’s house, outside, everywhere! Never leave the house without a book!
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Keep a journal or keep a family journal and read about your summer activities.
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Visit the public library.
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Visit a Little Free Library. http://littlefreelibrary.org/ourmap/
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Start a book club.
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Email Mrs. Cross with pictures of cool places you’re reading! kmcross@henrico.k12.va.us
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Read to (or be read to by) Grandma, Grandpa, Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother, Dog, Cat, Goldfish, Clouds, etc.
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Visit the library web page for more reading links and summer opportunities.