Families Enjoying Stepping Stones Together
My daughter is entering kindergarten this fall, and will be home with me all summer. I’ve been looking for a good early reading program that I can work on with her, so when I got the chance to review Stepping Stones Together, I was excited to try it out.
Stepping Stones Together was founded and developed by Erika Burton, Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. The program is online, and includes printables. Based on your child’s current reading ability, you can start at any level. Simply print out the activities (including flash cards), work through them with your child, read the book, and then print out the achievement certificate for each level. The program is designed for 15-20 minutes per day, so it doesn’t take too much time out of your busy summer months.
To learn more about Stepping Stones Together, visit their Web site.
While you are working on summer reading with your kids, keep the charity “Reach Out and Read” in mind. This summer, in conjunction with United We Serve’s “Let’s Read. Let’s Move.” initiative, Reach Out and Read is launching the Summer of a Million Books, a bold, new campaign to put one million brand-new books in the hands of American children before Labor Day. That means that every day between Father’s Day and Labor Day, Reach Out and Read’s participating pediatricians will need to distribute more than 18,500 books to the children we serve. They are asking folks to get involved by donating a book or sponsoring a child through our Virtual Book Drive, organizing a book drive or becoming a volunteer reader for the Reach Out and Read Program in their community, and most importantly, to read to the children in their lives every day.
If you are interested in learning more, you can join their virtual Facebook event.
Disclosure: We received a free subscription to Stepping Stones Together so we could try out the service.
