Summer Reading

According to an article that appeared on Twin Cities.com,"It's shocking what happens over the summer when children don't read," says Maurna Rome, the K-3 literacy coordinator at Ogilvie and the president of the Minnesota Reading Association. "This year, in our fourth grade, every single student went down in reading fluency (after summer vacation). We tested them at the end of the school year, and we checked again in the fall. And it didn't matter whether they are the top reader or the bottom — everyone went down. The fourth grade is notorious for something called 'The Fourth Grade Slump,' but it's still shocking that of the 30-some kids in our small school, they all lost ground over the summer.Why? They just don't read. We live in a day and age of video games and TV."

Make sure your child doesn't lose ground over the summer; you can enroll him or her in the Children's Room Summer Reading program, or the Teen Reading Program, both of which start July 6th. Don't neglect your own summer reading, grab some recommended reads bookmarks, or ask us what we have enjoyed reading lately.