The Benefits of Summer Reading

1. The easiest way to keep your brain sharp and smart!
2. The easiest way to MAINTAIN your reading level or increase it.
3. Top way to  become a better reader is to practice:  READ, READ, READ
4. It prevents the Summer Slide.  This is a decrease in your reading level, skills, strategies, and comprehension.  It’s what happens when no reading is done for 3 months!
5. It’s a lifelong skill, be strong, and start early!
6. You learn new things.
7. You become a better speller, reader, and writer.
8. Reading aloud is the single best way to prepare children for learning to read and to keep them reading as they learn and grow.
9. Reading aloud to your children improves listening comprehension and increases attention span.
10. Reading aloud to your children helps them to develop important language skills that will help them learn to read on their own.
11. Reading & rereading will build your fluency rate.
12. Reading is FUN!