Parents often ask, how old do my kids need to be before I can stop reading aloud with them? Looks like they are never too old! The Forum on Child and Family Statistics recently published America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2011, a summary of national indicators of children’s well-being and monitors changes in those indicators. One key indicator is the family reading to young children at home. It is linked to reading development and later on, achievement in reading comprehension and overall success in school. This study was a feature article in the recent issue of Reading Today, the International Reading Association’s bimonthly newspaper.The Florida Center for Reading Research lends support to this indicator and has made available to families recommendations to help families promote literacy development at home. Here at Sts. Peter and Paul Salesian School, our K-5 reading program– Houghton Mifflin’s The Nation’s Choice, recently upgraded to the Medallion Edition, provides recommended leveled reading lists for students (easy, on level, challenge), independent readers, and for read alouds for students in K-5. You might want to check the lists out here, and then get the books at the public library. Nothing like a good story to get the imagination running, dendrites clicking, and getting ready for school!
Graphic courtesy of The Eagle’s Eye
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