Choose a book to read aloud that you and your child BOTH like and then close out the rest of the world. What a great way to relax and connect with your child!

Hey LIttle Ant is one of the titles selected for the Get Outside Bookclub. In it a boy is urged by an ant to look at things from the ant's point of view before stepping on him. Leaving the conclusion open, readers are asked, "What do you think that kid should do?" After reading this book, take a magnifying glass outside and look for creatures on the ground.

"The single most important activity you can do to build the knowledge students require for eventual success in reading is to read aloud to them." (Becoming a Nation of Readers, Anderson, Hiebert, Scott & Wilkinson,1985)