Bookworm Reading Challenge

In November, Kate Harrington (pictured right)- our Full Day School Readiness classroom teacher- came up with the idea of a Center-wide reading challenge.  She and I collaborated to form "The Bookworm Reading Challenge," which encourages literacy, cognitive development, and parent involvement in their child's education.  Since November 14th, more than 1,500 books have been read at home (to 174 children).   Each classroom has an individual goal, based on the number of children in the classroom and the hope that parents will read to their children at least one book per day/night.  For each book read at home, children take a "worm circle," color it themselves, and the parent writes the book information on the circle.  The first month just ended and two classrooms exceeded their goal! The other rooms came close and are hoping to meet or exceed their goal next month.  Our goal for the upcoming months is to increase the number of parents/families involved in the program.