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Preventing the Summer Reading Slide The summer months are approaching and for most children that means an extended break from school. What will your child do this summer? You’ve probably already begun to register him/her for summer camps, swimming lessons and team sports. Maybe you’re planning a fun family vacation. Whatever you have planned, please remember to include reading in your child’s daily routine.

Research clearly shows that students who don't read during the summer can lose up to three months of the reading progress they made during the school year. This loss has a cumulative, long-term effect that can cause students to fall farther and farther behind their peers in reading achievement. The following resources and articles may be helpful in planning fun activities to encourage your child to continue reading and learning this summer.

Reading Programs and Resources

1. LIBRARIES! Visit a public library in our area to enjoy special summer programs. Visit to relax and read in the cool air conditioning, access the Internet, get a library card, and join the summer reading programs to win prizes! Here are two to check out:

Vestal Public Library, located on the Vestal Parkway near Vestal High School: http://vestalpubliclibrary.org/kids/
Broome County Library, located on Court Street in Binghamton: www.bclibrary.info/srpchildren

2. New York Libraries and MyON. As part of Summer Reading at New York Libraries, the State Education Department and myON are partnering to bring books to children. Visit the MyON website at www.myon.com/login/ to freely access thousands of enhanced digital books.

3. Scholastic Read-a-Palooza Summer Reading Challenge. Visit www.scholastic.com/summer/home with your parents to sign up, and then log reading minutes. Once participating kids reach 25, then 50 and then 100 million minutes collectively read in the Summer Reading Challenge, Scholastic will donate a minimum of 200,000 books in collaboration with United Way to kids in need across the United States!

4. Applebee’s, located on the Vestal Parkway, gives a free kids meal to a child that reads and records any 10 books as part of the Bookworm Reading Club, http://tlcneighborhood.com/tlc-program/bookworm-reading-club.

5. Chuck E. Cheese, located on the Vestal Parkway: https://www.chuckecheese.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/LSM_Reading_Rewards_Calendar_21.pdf

6. Barnes and Noble in the Town Square Mall offers events and a summer reading program for grades 1-6. Read any 8 books this summer, log them in the B&N Summer Reading Journal (below), return the journal to the store, and choose a free book from a selected list of top titles. https://www.barnesandnobleinc.com/our-stores-communities/summer-reading-program/

BN_Summer_Reading_21_Journal_English.pdf

Year-round eBook options:

Students have access to eBook, audiobook, and digital collections in the public libraries year-round, so don’t forget to take advantage of all of these resources as well. To access our extensive Broome-Tioga BOCES eBook collections and accompanying tutorials, visit http://www.btboces.org/eBooks.aspx Students can likewise access eBooks and audiobooks through the Four County Library System and Finger Lakes Library System’s electronic collections with their Public Library card. Visit http://www.bclibrary.info/eLibrary (Broome County) or http://www.flls.org/public/ (Tioga County) to view, listen, and download from these comprehensive collections.

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