Jean and Carl celebrate "March is Reading Month" in 2005 and donate a copy of "Lost in the Woods" to every public elementary school in Michigan to help children learn to read.
Have you wondered how to improve reading skills in children? Two out of every three fourth graders overall are not proficient in reading, according to ”Success Starts with Reading”, a press release from the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The new report, “Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters“, from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, finds that children who read on grade level by the end of third grade are more successful in school, work, and in life.
“The evidence is clear that those students who do not read well have a very tough time succeeding in school and graduating from high schools and going on to successful careers and lives,” Ralph R. Smith, the executive vice president of the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation, quoted in the article, “Analysis Ties 4th Grade Reading Failure to Poverty“, in Education Week.
Learn more about Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters
Executive summary (PDF, 10 pages)
Visit the Annie E. Casey Foundation website.
Improve Your Child’s Reading Skills
If kids skip reading and writing from June to August, they’ll lose skills learned during the previous school year, according to Debbie Corpus, a professor of education at Butler University, who specializes in reading instruction, quoted in the article, “Boost Your Kid’s Summer Reading with T.A.F.“, from Newswise.com. (T.A.F. stands for time, access and fun.)
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