The Preeceville School was among 19 other Good Spirit School Division libraries that were open for a time during the summer.
The Preeceville School library was open August 10 and 22, when approximately 30 students come through its doors to check out books for summer reading.
"As we get to end of school year and through the summer, reading gets crowded out," said Leslea Hanson, teacher. "Everyone should make reading goals connected to volume or complexity so as not to lose their reading momentum.
“Like improving athletic skills by participating in hockey, football, or another activity, the only way to improve reading skills is to read, and the more you practice, the more you improve," Hanson said.
A reading goal can be whatever one likes, she said. Discover a new author, experiment with a new genre, read the newspaper each week, read two hours a week, read five books; whatever.
"My goal this summer was to give audio books a chance and I listened to Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser and Breaking Night: A Memoir of Forgiveness, Survival, and My Journey from Homeless to Harvard by Liz Murray," said Hansen.
Like anything children learn by watching the people around them, so being a reading role model is very important.
"As we move into the 2017-2018 school year, Preeceville school's commitment is to promote literacy in all subjects,” she said. “As well as our day-to-day reading activities, we have a lot of exciting opportunities for students and the school community coming up.”
