CENTERVILLE ISD

In today’s fast paced society, we all do the best we can to keep up with our busy schedules.  As the mother of two, I understand the stress of “trying to fit it all in”.  As a result, I assign very little written homework during the week because I ask that your student read each night for 20 minutes.  Let’s work together to ensure your students success! 

The chart below is a perfect visual of the impact daily reading can have on a student’s educational performance.

20 Minutes a Day

Read to your children

Twenty minutes a day;

You have the time,

And so do they,

Read while the laundry is in the machine;

Read while the dinner cooks;

Tuck a child in the crook of your arm

And reach for the library books.

Hide the remote,

Let the computer

games cool,

For one day your child will be off to school;

Remedial? Gifted? You have the choice;

Let them hear their first tales

In the sound of your voice.

Read in the morning

Read over noon;

Read by the light of

Good Night Moon.

Turn the pages together,

Sitting close as you’ll fit,

Till a small voice beside you says,

“Hey, please don’t quit.”

By: Richard Peck