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WAY FOR BOOKS A study published in the Review of Educational Research concluded that all young people experience learning losses when they do not engage in educational activities during the summer. Moreover, limited resource students experience greater summer learning losses than their higher-income peers. On average, limited resource students experience more than two months’ loss in reading achievement. The Summer Reading Buddies program addresses this concern by serving childcare centers that enroll school-age children during the summer months. Kits are provided to these sites that contain books, interactive extension activities, game boards to chart reading progress, and incentive prizes. The Summer Reading Buddies Program has been administered by MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS since 2000. The program provides preschools with themed hardcover books, games, incentive prizes, and book activities designed to enhance reading readiness. The activities develop Print Awareness, Book Handling Skills, Phonological Awareness, Letter Knowledge, Vocabulary Development, and Comprehension. The theme for 2008 is “Reading Under the Big Top.” Over 500 preschoolers and school-age children are expected to participate. Twice a week, older children and preschoolers are
teamed up to participate in book sharing sessions. MAKE WAY FOR
BOOKS staff show the school age children how to share books with
their Little Buddies. They learn how to ask prediction questions
about the story, how to discuss the books with preschoolers, and
how to record the title and author of each book they share together.
The program not only gives the Big Buddies practice in reading
and writing, but the Little Buddies look up to them as role models. |
MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS Summer Reading Buddies is made possible through the continued support of...
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