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2023 National Family Reading Event
Read more: 2023 National Family Reading EventJoin thousands of families and educators nationwide as we kick off another exciting SUMMER OF READING at our inaugural National Family Reading Event (FRE) on Tuesday, May 23, 2023! This presentation reviews how the Kids Read Now summer reading program works and provides reading tips for parents and kids… PLUS a special guest will read…
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Still SO Much to Do: Fixing the Literacy Issue in America’s Schools
Read more: Still SO Much to Do: Fixing the Literacy Issue in America’s SchoolsThe Current Situation Did you know that more than 65% of kids across the country are not reading at grade level, and the number jumps to 80% for low income students? Kids Read Now’s mission of eliminating learning loss and building home libraries for every PreK-5 student in the country is more important and pressing…
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Kids Read Now projects 7 million books delivered by 2024
Read more: Kids Read Now projects 7 million books delivered by 2024Kids Read Now started as a small, local nonprofit organization and has rapidly grown into an impressive leader in the fight against K-5 learning loss. Most students, particularly those from lower-income families, experience steep reading skill loss over the summer break. Creating home libraries and engaging parents are key ways to accelerate summer learning and…
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Meet the School Librarian
Read more: Meet the School LibrarianAugust and September traditionally serve as the months for Meet the Teacher nights. Families file into school buildings to check out classrooms, admire bulletin boards, and inquire about policies and procedures. I am suggesting that parents make a detour on their way to classrooms this school year. Visit the school library. Yes, it’s true. School…
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10 Ways to Explode Your Students’ Excitement for Reading!
Read more: 10 Ways to Explode Your Students’ Excitement for Reading!How do you get kids excited about books? Over my 25 years of teaching, I’ve discovered many ways to spark excitement. Here are 10 to get you started: 1. Start an After-School Book Club Invite a guest reader from the community to kick off the meetings. After the read-aloud, the kids spread out to read…
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Let’s Leverage The Fun To Connect Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing!
Read more: Let’s Leverage The Fun To Connect Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing!The young students frantically waved their hands high in the air. They couldn’t wait to run to the front of the gym and participate in a game I call, “5 in Ten!”. I recently spoke with hundreds of students in different settings (urban, rural, and suburban) and they all enjoyed “5 in 10’!”. The gist…
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Literacy + STEM = A Perfect Pairing
Read more: Literacy + STEM = A Perfect PairingWhen it comes to STEM and literacy, one can’t exist without the other. STEM teachers emphasize the Engineering Design Process and computational thinking, as well as technology tools. But the work of engineers and scientists goes much further than the traditional STEM subjects of science, technology, engineering, and math. They are also communicators, collaborators, writers,…
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Stop the Summer Reading Slide; Kids Read Now Webinars
Read more: Stop the Summer Reading Slide; Kids Read Now WebinarsA Reading Problem Lack of parental involvement Poor test scores Low graduation rates Those are the answers you get when you ask school superintendents and administrators what keeps them up at night. They’re also directly linked to poor reading performance in children at early grade levels. From Kindergarten through third grade, children learn to read;…
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Holiday Traditions Around The World
Read more: Holiday Traditions Around The WorldPeople have chosen the end of the year as a special time for honoring, celebrating and giving, and they’ve been doing it for a long time. For thousands of years, people have revered this time of year for a variety of reasons and with distinctive flairs in every culture. Celebration and ceremony continues today all…
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Helping Your Community on #GivingTuesday
Read more: Helping Your Community on #GivingTuesdayThe period from Thanksgiving to New Years that inspires people to go out and perform kind acts for their community. According to a 2012 Guidestar survey, 50.5% of organizations claimed majority of their donations came during the fourth quarter of the year. As the year closes, people are far more generous than at any time…