Thursday, March 27, 2008
Jumpstart's Read for the Record 2008...
Mark your calendars! The third annual Jumpstart's Read for the Record is on the books. Since 2006, over half a million adults and children have read together, raising awareness about the importance of early education. This year, read Don Freeman's Corduroy on October 2, 2008 and help us spread the word! Talk to your friends and family and ask them to pledge to read at http://www.readfortherecord.org/site/R?i=qbYsIE0fXnQN5F-jBdZQKQ... I have participated in this event for the past couple years and I invite you to join me. Together, we'll make early education a national priority.
What is Jumpstart's Read for the Record?
Jumpstart’s Read for the Record is a national campaign designed to encourage hundreds of thousands of children and adults from across the country to read the same book on the same day.
Why was Jumpstart’s Read for the Record created?
The goal of Jumpstart’s Read for the Record campaign is to raise public awareness about significant disparities in early education. An early learning gap exists as early as age 3, due primarily to economic inequality. And because of these early discrepancies in language acquisition and literacy skills, one third of America’s children arrive at their first day of school unprepared to learn. Awareness about this issue is crucial, as this early learning disparity serves as a critical precursor to our country’s persistent educational achievement gap.
How Jumpstart’s Read for the Record Works
Through this campaign, Jumpstart asked Americans to support early education opportunities for all children by reading the official campaign book, The Story of Ferdinand, together on September 20, 2007 to break the record for the largest shared reading experience ever, which was set by 150,000 people on August 24, 2006 during the inaugural year of Jumpstart’s Read for the Record campaign. Reading activities on September 20 ranged from personal sessions between an adult and a child to big group events with hundreds of people gathering together for a large community reading session. Keep checking back for a preliminary count of participants!
See campaign and event highlights from September 20, 2007!
What is Jumpstart?
Jumpstart is a national nonprofit organization that engages preschool children from low-income communities in an intensive early education program. Jumpstart trains adult mentors, primarily college students, to work in yearlong, one-to-one relationships with at-risk children to improve their language, literacy, and social skills. Since 1993, thousands of Jumpstart mentors have helped more than 50,000 children from low-income communities around the country enter school ready to learn at grade level. To find out more, visit http://www.jstart.org/.
And while you are at the JumpStart website, make sure to check out Jumpstart to Kindergarten, a free resource for familes. Learn more...
The MN State Tournament basketball game yesterday was fun. New London-Spicer won and my son played great... I will not be able to post tomorrow since we will be off watching the semi-finals. I hope you have a good weekend...
MAKE EARLY EDUCATION A NATIONAL PRIORITYMark your calendars! The third annual Jumpstart's Read for the Record is on the books. Since 2006, over half a million adults and children have read together, raising awareness about the importance of early education. This year, read Don Freeman's Corduroy on October 2, 2008 and help us spread the word! Talk to your friends and family and ask them to pledge to read at http://www.readfortherecord.org/site/R?i=qbYsIE0fXnQN5F-jBdZQKQ... I have participated in this event for the past couple years and I invite you to join me. Together, we'll make early education a national priority.
What is Jumpstart's Read for the Record?
Jumpstart’s Read for the Record is a national campaign designed to encourage hundreds of thousands of children and adults from across the country to read the same book on the same day.
Why was Jumpstart’s Read for the Record created?
The goal of Jumpstart’s Read for the Record campaign is to raise public awareness about significant disparities in early education. An early learning gap exists as early as age 3, due primarily to economic inequality. And because of these early discrepancies in language acquisition and literacy skills, one third of America’s children arrive at their first day of school unprepared to learn. Awareness about this issue is crucial, as this early learning disparity serves as a critical precursor to our country’s persistent educational achievement gap.
How Jumpstart’s Read for the Record Works
Through this campaign, Jumpstart asked Americans to support early education opportunities for all children by reading the official campaign book, The Story of Ferdinand, together on September 20, 2007 to break the record for the largest shared reading experience ever, which was set by 150,000 people on August 24, 2006 during the inaugural year of Jumpstart’s Read for the Record campaign. Reading activities on September 20 ranged from personal sessions between an adult and a child to big group events with hundreds of people gathering together for a large community reading session. Keep checking back for a preliminary count of participants!
See campaign and event highlights from September 20, 2007!
What is Jumpstart?
Jumpstart is a national nonprofit organization that engages preschool children from low-income communities in an intensive early education program. Jumpstart trains adult mentors, primarily college students, to work in yearlong, one-to-one relationships with at-risk children to improve their language, literacy, and social skills. Since 1993, thousands of Jumpstart mentors have helped more than 50,000 children from low-income communities around the country enter school ready to learn at grade level. To find out more, visit http://www.jstart.org/.
And while you are at the JumpStart website, make sure to check out Jumpstart to Kindergarten, a free resource for familes. Learn more...
// posted by Tammy Wachter @ 4:45 PM 
