March is National Read-Aloud Month, a special time to share the joy of reading and encourage literacy for the little ones in our lives. Read one book aloud each day and track your progress in the reading log below. When you have completed all 31 days, return the log to the library and choose a small prize.
March Read-Aloud Challenge for Little Ones
Twenty Minutes a Day
Richard Peck
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 children 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
Goodnight Moon.
Turn the pages together,
Sitting close as you’ll fit,
Till a small voice beside you says,
“Hey, don’t quit.