Book Fair 2012

Thank you to the Dunlap Grade Parent’s Club for hosting another fantastic Book Fair. The fun luau themed week and evening was a success.

As Dr. Seuss said, ” The more that you read, the more things that you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” Reading is an integral part of student success and achievement. The book fair not only gives families the opportunities to expand their home libraries, but give back and increase teacher classroom libraries. Thank you to the families that visited or contributed to the book fair, and thus increasing the opportunities for our children to develop as readers. Furthermore, Thank you to the Parent’s Club for hosting the event. Their hard work and dedication to making sure things ran smoothly is appreciated.

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Now that you have more books at home, you may wonder, What part of reading development can you help with most at home? Scholastic.Com reports that a 1998 study published by the American Psychological Association links reading volume directly with both advancing a student’s reading skills and with that child’s future academic success.

The key to increasing your child’s reading volume is motivation. Choose books that match your child’s interest. Or, explore reading with other media your child loves. Is she a fan of princesses? There is a world of online fairy tales for her to explore. Kids who love superheroes can enjoy easy-reader comic books. Don’t be too picky about what your child reads at this age. Captain Underpants may be more meaningful than Little House on the Prairie — and that’s fine!

Finally, celebrate the fact that you still have a great deal of influence over what your child reads. In a survey commissioned by Scholastic, 81% of kids ages 5-8 say that their mom is a source of information for good books.

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