LeVar Burton, beloved host of TV's Reading Rainbow, is running a Kickstarter campaign (helpreading-rainbow.com) to relaunch the show on the web. There will be two subscription-based versions of a Reading Rainbow website (home and school) to encourage young readers. The current tablet app has been downloaded more than a million times.
Five things Burton wants the public to know:
1. 66% of American fourth graders aren't proficient in reading.
2. 20 minutes of reading a day can prevent a child from losing literacy skills.
3. There's a critical window (between the ages of 7 and 9) where a child either becomes a reader or not - for life.
4. Americans read far less for pleasure than they did in 1983.
5. Insist by example (spend time reading in front of your child) so your child understands that reading is an important aspect of life.
Read Meryl Gordon's interview with Burton and see his recommended reading list at parade.com/levar
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