Category: For Parents
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How Do I Get Parents to Read With Their Kids at Home When They’ve Basically Stopped?
A recent Reddit thread among teachers reacted to a genuinely stark trend behind the parents reading aloud decline: Scholastic’s Kids & Family Reading Report found read-aloud frequency drops from 51 percent of families reading aloud 5 to 7 days a week when kids are ages 0 to 5, down to 37 percent by ages 6…
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Beyond the Summer Slide: Turning Break Time into Reading Growth
Summer break brings longer days, a pause from school routines, and opportunities to connect with families and friends. But for educators and families, it can also bring on the summer slide, a loss of reading growth for students. The summer slide is the learning loss that can happen when students are away from school for…
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Helping Students Talk About Books: 20 Questions That Work
“Did you like it?” or “How was your book?” are often the go-to questions we ask when we want to help students talk about the book in their hand or ask questions about a book they’ve just finished. We’ve all asked them, and we’ve all gotten the one word answers, “yes” or “fine”. As a…
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How To Keep Kids Reading During The Summer
Make Summer Reading an Outdoor Adventure During the summer, reading can sometimes feel like a chore for kids. We’re here to change that! Our goal is to make reading feel like what it truly is: an adventure waiting to happen. It’s no secret that reading matters. Research from the Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report…
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Avoiding The Summer Slide
How Parents Play A Critical Role You know it, and I know it, but only 52% of parents are aware of the valuable skills students lose over the summer break. At the same time, 96% of parents believe that summer reading would be helpful for their kids. So where is the disconnect? As an educator,…