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When Prctchce Is Fun, Reading Comes Easy
W hen it comes to practicing a skill, most people A Scholastic Book Fair does more than bring books kids
think of sports or music. But there's one skill love to your school. it creates a new level of excitement and
that requires just as much practice and pays off with the enjoyment around the idea of reading because when kids
greatest of rewards. That skill is reading. get to choose books they want, reading doesn't feel like
practice—it feels like fun.

Reading is the most critical skill because it is the

foundation for all other learning. and like any other skill, it Without even knowing it, kids read more because they enioy
needs to be practiced, developed, and refined. doing it, and in the process, build up their reading skills

significantly. Add in an inspired theme, some exciting contests,

And we’ve found that the best way to get kids to practice and a few Family Events, and the Book Fair transforms your
reading is without them even knowing it. How do you do school into a place where reading is cool and students’

that? reading skills strengthen.

The answer is simple: Give them books they love. Make Practice doesn‘t have to make a perfect reader, but it can and
it fun. That’s where the power and beauty of the Book Fair will make a better reader. And you are a big part of making
comes in. that happen. Thank. blovl

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