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Water is the Theme
for the 2010 Summer Reading Program
Children and Teens can sign up for KRL's Summer Reading Program starting June 12
For children, the directive is "Make a Splash at Kitsap Regional Library." For teens, it is a more refined "Make Waves." But either way, the goal of summer reading is to combine fun with literacy.
Children and teens can sign up for the summer reading program at any KRL branch. They will receive a "tracker" they can use to log their reading hours this summer.
(You can download your own reading tracker here.)
If they read or are read to for at least 10 hours this summer, they will successfully complete the program and be eligible to receive a free book (paid for by donations to the Kitsap Regional Library Foundation and the Friends of the Library) and a free ticket to the Kitsap County Fair and Rodeo.
Why 10 hours?
It's pretty simple really. Doesn't seem like much considering you have all summer to do it. But extensive educational research has found that 10 hours of reading during the summer can help assure that a child maintains the reading grade level she has achieved during the school year. Less reading during the non-school months means your child can regress in reading skills. So 10 hours is time well spent, especially if you get a free book and a free ticket to the Fair out of it.
A Major Commitment by KRL to the Children of Kitsap
Kitsap Regional Library devotes considerable time, resources and energy to the Summer Reading Program because of the importance of summer reading to a child's continuing literacy. We're proud to make this commitment to meet the needs of our county's young people and we want to make participation in the program as fun for them as it is academically helpful.
New research supports the benefits of a summer reading program.
That's why every single one of the nine KRL branch libraries has a full slate of special programs for children and teens throughout the summer.
Upcoming Summer Reading Program events are listed on a special KRL web site calendar.
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