ELSB
What is ELSB?
What is ELSB?
What is ELSB?
Northwood is part of a grant from the State of California to help imrpove literacy for early elementary students. It helps us provide professional development and instruction materials for stronger reading instruction.
Surprising Facts About Reading
Surprising Facts About Reading
Surprising Facts About Reading
- Reading can reduce stress.
- Read 20 minutes per day, and you will read 1,800,000 words in a year!
- Children who have books at home achieve more in school than kids who only read at school.
- Reading is the fastest way to build vocabulary.
how to support your child's reading at home
how to support your child's reading at home
how to support your child's reading at home
- Create a reading space at home!
- Make it cozy with pillows, blankets, special stuffed animals to read to, bean bag chairs, etc.
- Make an at home library that supports their reading skills and includes their interests
- Encourage reading at night before bed. It's a great way to relax and have some screen free time before bed.
- Read every day. Twenty minutes makes a difference.
- Talk about books. Ask questions.Talk about topics and interests that come up when reading. Encourage curiousity and learning!
- Visit the library or local book store.
- Make it fun! Reading is a necessary skill for life, and can be a lifelong learning opportunity.
