The program materials will be posted on the Maryland State Department of Education website this school year, so that schools and parents statewide can access the program. The State plans to offer the program to all schools in the 2000-2001 school year. Model this behavior by refusing to answer the telephone during DEAR time. Delay household chores to read. Children need a minimum of 8 hours of sleep each night Insist that children are prepared and ready to go to bed at an established time each evening.
Every child needs a special place to study and keep books.
This can be a desk or part of the kitchen table. Provide shelf, crate, or box to store personal books and materials.