The Reading Team is THANKFUL for all the wonderful families that we work with at Margaret Beeks. We want to wish you and your families a fantastic Thanksgiving!Schools will be closed for Thanksgiving break on November 25th, 26th, and 27th.
*READING REMINDER*
Why Read 30 Minutes A Day?
If daily reading begins in infancy, by the time the child is five years old, he or she has been fed roughly 900 hours of brain food!
Reduce that experience to just 30 minutes a week and the child's hungry mind loses 770 hours of nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and stories.
A kindergarten student who has not been read aloud could enter school with less than 60 hours of literacy nutrition. No teacher, no matter how talented, can make up for those lost hours of mental nourishment.
Therefore.....30 minutes daily = 900 hours
30 minutes weekly = 130 hours
Less than 30 minutes weekly = 60 hours
Guess you now understand why reading daily is so very important. Why not have a family reading night? It is great to just shut off the television for 20-30 minutes and read...and share.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, America Reads Challenge (1999)"Start Early, Finish Strong: How to Help Every Child Become a Reader." Washington, DC
Thank you for all your help and support!
Happy Reading!
Jo Kempfer
Judy Witherspoon
Susan Sheridan
Pam Easterling
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