SCHOLASTIC'S READING CLUB

Scholastic Reading Club

Adventureland Daycare and Preschool is proud to be a part of Scholastic Reading Club. Every month we receive catalogs with age appropriate books that parents can buy from. The parents really enjoy the convenience of being able to buy books for their children. To buy books you can either order from the catalogs and pay by check or buy online using our class number or name. Every time parents order books our classroom builds points to use towards free books. Parents who order receive monthly free goodies for their children such as bookmarks, stickers, and posters. With reading as such a large portion of our program we like to encourage further reading at home. Below are some facts taken from Scholastics.com on the importance of reading.

Having books in the home is twice as important as the father’s education level. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2010
The single most significant factor influencing a child’s early educational success is an introduction to books and being read to at home prior to beginning school. National Commission on Reading, 1985
The only behavior measure that correlates significantly with reading scores is the number of books in the home. The Literacy Crisis: False Claims, Real Solutions, 1998.
Children who struggle in vain with reading in the first grade soon decide that they neither like nor want to read. Juel, 1998
Two-thirds of students who cannot read proficiently by the end of the 4th grade will end up in jail or on welfare. BegintoRead.com
Urging young people to read more when there is little available to read makes as much sense as urging starving people to eat, when no food is available. Krashen, 2007
In middle-income neighborhoods the ratio of books per child is 13 to 1, in low-income neighborhoods, the ratio is 1 age-appropriate book for every 300 children. Neuman, Susan B. and David K. Dickinson, ed. Handbook of Early Literacy Research, Volume 2. New York, NY: 2006, p. 31.
80% of preschool and after-school programs serving low-income populations have no age-appropriate books for their children. Neuman, Susan B., et al. Access for All: Closing the Book Gap for Children in Early Education. Newark, DE: International Reading Association, 2001, p. 3.
61 percent of low-income families have no books at all in their homes for their children. Reading Literacy in the United States, 1996.
Only 24% of Waukegan 6 year olds engage with books! 2009 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment, United Way of Lake County 2010
More than $2 billion is spent each year on students who repeat a grade because they have reading problems. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Perhaps the most serious problem with current literacy campaigns is that they ignore, and even divert attention from, the real problem: Lack of access to books for children of poverty. Krashen, 2007
Each dropout, over his or her lifetime, costs the nation approximately $260,000. Rouse, C.E. (2005). “Labor market consequences of an inadequate education.” Paper prepared the Social Costs of Inadequate Education symposium, Teachers College Columbia University. October 2005
When the State of Arizona projects how many prison beds it will need, it factors in the number of kids who read well in fourth grade. Arizona Republic (9-15-2004) Advertisement by Sheahomes
The most successful way to improve the reading achievement of low-income children is to increase their access to print Newman, Sanford, et all. “American’s Child Care Crisis: A Crime Prevention Tragedy”; Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, 2000
Out-of-school reading habits of students has shown that even 15 minutes a day of independent reading can expose students to more than a million words of text in a year. Anderson, Wilson, & Fielding, 1988
A single, brief exposure to good reading material can result in a clear increase in enthusiasm for reading. Ramos and Krashen, 1998; Cho and Krashen, 2002
In 2009, Americans spent $3.2 billion on children’s books. The supply of quality used children’s books far outweighs the demand.