First Lady | Summer Reading Challenge
June 2008 is Literacy Awareness Month
Fathers read to your children. It is the best gift you could ever give. Reading and storytelling stimulate children's imaginations, enhance their vocabulary, introduce them to characters, action, and sequence, and help them learn about the world around them.
A child's potential for success in school starts long before he or she walks into a classroom. An easy activity you can do with children of all ages - which is consistently linked with better school performance - is reading. The amount of time fathers spend reading with their children is a very strong predictor of their cognitive abilities and verbal skills.
The latest research indicates that children who have nurturing and actively involved fathers do better in school, have higher self-esteem, build better relationships with other children, and develop healthier ideas of how they should behave as adults.
So fathers, don't underestimate the important contributions you make to your children's lives. Every family should have received my Summer Reading Calendar from their local school or library. This activity calendar will give your family some exciting ideas of how to keep reading throughout the summertime break. As children read throughout the summer, they retain their reading skills, and learn new and exciting things and are prepared to return to school in the fall, ready to learn. Read with your children every day for twenty minutes. Make it the most important part of your day.
Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
Governor
Mary Kaye Huntsman
First Lady
Summer Reading Challenge Calendar
 Reading Power...It's In YOU! |
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| Introduction | Letter from Governor and First Lady Huntsman ( 746kb) |
| Program Information | Program Information ( 746kb) |
| Calendars | June ( 1.1mb) |
| July ( 1.2mb) |
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| August ( 1.1mb) |
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| Bookmarks | Bookmark front ( 5.2mb) |
| Bookmark back ( 1 mb) |
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| Book Recommendations | Book Recommendations ( 736kb) |
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