Education News – Grace Smith
“New research suggests that children who are allowed to choose the books they would like to read over the summer break not only improve their reading skills, but also prevent “summer slide” – the loss of a few months of learning over the summer break. Reuters’ Andrew M. Seaman writes that children who selected their own books at the end of the spring semester scored better on reading evaluations when they returned in the fall compared to the students who were given the books they were to read over the summer…Research shows that a child’s long term health is better if they can read, suggesting that poor reading skills are a problem for not only schools but also for the children and families.”(more)