Summer is just around the corner and reading should be a daily part of summer fun! The following article titled 7 Strengths of Super Readers: Turn the Summer Slide into the Summer Leap cites a "study found that if children read four or more books over the summer, they did better on reading assessments in the fall than their peers who read one or no books during that time, regardless of any differential." The same article also offers some great ideas including Celebrating Independent Reading, Summer Read-Aloud Fun, Creating Super Reader Families, and 7 Strengths for 7 Weeks of Summer where this program has a focus on seven strengths for reading success: belonging, curiosity, friendship, kindness, confidence, courage, and hope.
In the next couple of weeks the South Milwaukee Children's Librarian, Stephanie Jurss will be coming to each elementary school to promote the summer reading program at the South Milwaukee Public Library. What a fantastic opportunity for our students to have access to books, cool off in the library and other great ideas as offered in Kate DiCamillo's Top Ten Reasons to Participate in Your Local Summer Reading Program. While your students are at the library they should check out Kate DiCamillo's newest book titled, Raymie Nightingale or any of her other fantastic books!
If you are looking to send home a suggested summer reading list, below are two outstanding reading lists from the Association for Library Service to Children:
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