Today, Education World surveys some of the best children's summer reading lists on the Web. Here, you'll find an overview of more than a dozen great lists that you or your school's staff might use to create your own summer reading program. Every educator knows it. So do most parents.
Most young readers suffer a backslide in reading skills during their summer downtime.
But that needn't be the case, Riley added. I urge families and caregivers to make reading a summer priority. Share that resource on today's message board . There are so many ways to incorporate reading and writing into what we're doing in the summer. In addition, America Reads is encouraging reading this summer with special events, a free poster of popular children's book character Arthur reading with his friends, a summer reading and vocabulary log , and a printable certificate for kids who achieve their summer reading goals.