Welcome to the James V. Brown Library's
Seven to Eleven Year Old School Age
Summer Reading Program
Make a Splash @ Your Library
Register for the Summer Reading Program beginning June 21 at the library. Children should read and log their time. Children will recieve a small prize for joining and a prize for completing the program by reading for the full 600 minutes. The program begins June 21st and ends August 14th. In addition to the reading log, each student will also be given a Bingo Bash Game Card to win coupons for additional family prize drawings.
Why summer reading is important
During the summer children experience something called the “Summer Slide.” This means that on average they lose about 22% of what they learned during the previous school year.
When children go back to school their teachers can spend up to 2 months catching them back up.
What can you as a parent do to help your child keep what they know and be ready to go back to school?
Research shows that the best thing you can do is to have your child participate in the library’s summer reading program.
The library’s summer reading program is the easiest and most fun way to keep kids ready to learn.