26C. 6563.21, PE Central, Starting a Summer Reading Program

Course Purpose: The purpose of this e-course is to help you develop a successful summer reading program that will help to support and minimize the "summer slide" or the summer set back that children experience from not having a daily routine inside the classroom. The ideas within the course are meant to be simple so that you can easily implement a plan to encourage and set aside time each day for reading. In addition, there are ideas that can benefit enrollment within your program with your summer reading program, and also your collaboration within the community.

Course Description: The online course will be based on a series of instructor videos and resources that guide participants through the process of starting a summer reading program, tools that can use or monitoring and evaluating, as well as resources and fun activities to engage readers.

Course Goals: The information provided in this course will teach you the following.

You will learn to:

• How to set up a summer reading program that improves children’s reading motivation, vocabulary, and comprehension
• How to use set up and prepare for a successful summer reading program simply and effectively
• How to use tools to help you monitor and evaluate your summer reading program
• How to get parents and families involved in the success of your summer reading program
• Ideas to get children enthusiastic and bring the books to life that they are reading

Additional Course Benefits: You will receive the following support tools with enrollment in this course - A Simple and Fun Reading Log Template, An Evaluation Survey for Parents, Parent Letter, Recommended Reading Lists and dozens of ideas to bring your reading program to live this summer.