ReadingBoost! For Pre-Readers

Want to help your child build reading skills over the summer?  ReadingBoost! will bring together pre-readers, who know sounds and some sight words, and are starting to put words together, and help them to build those basics into stronger reading skills.  In the process, ReadingBoost! will expose students to a variety of types of books, teach them that reading is exciting, and that it’s fun to talk about the books you read with other children.  The camp will be part reading circle (students practicing reading aloud – after practicing sounds and sight words from the book together), part book club (students discussing the book with each other), part word-game-show (students competing to show off their acquisition of sounds, blends, and sight words), part writing class (students practicing their phonics and writing skills to write short book reviews), and part book-report-craft-time (students applying what they liked about each day’s book to make a craft or activity to share with the class – while learning the basics of writing a book report).  ReadingBoost! will increase your child’s fluency, sight word knowledge, confidence with reading, and love of reading.

Time: 9:00 am–3:00 pm, M-F, August 9-August 13
Grades: K-2^nd (students who have pre-reading skills but aren’t reading beyond very simple books) 
Class size: 6-10
Fee: $350 (scholarships available)

ReadingBoost!  For Early Readers

Are you looking forward to summers when your children curl up with a good book at the beach, but find that their reading skills aren’t quite good enough yet?  ReadingBoost! for Early Readers is designed to help students who are reading – but struggling to read smoothly, efficiently, and with good comprehension – improve their reading skills and increase their interest in reading.    This camp is specifically designed for students who can read and sound out words but who are reading slowly and haltingly and who may struggle with comprehension. The camp will involve a lot of reading out loud (to give students practice and confidence) as well as some speed games (to use silly, low-pressure ways to help students practice reading quickly), a lot of discussion (to help children understand and love what they read), and a wide range of projects (including both writing and crafting, so that students can apply what they learn from books to other applications).  Summer is a great time to build reading skills.  And, book clubs and camps help kids to see that reading can be fun, social, and interesting.  ReadingBoost! will help your children increase word knowledge, reading speed, reading comprehension, and interest in reading.

Time: 9:00 am–3:00 pm, M-F, July 12-July 16
Grades: 1^st-3rd (students who are reading, but need practice and help to read more fluently and comprehend better) 
Class size: 6-10
Fee: $350 (scholarships available)

• A summer camp registration form.
• A completed EdBoost registration form for each child (if we have a current form on file, you do not need to submit).
• Full payment for each enrolling student must be made one month before the first day of the camp.
• A scholarship form (if you are applying for a scholarship for summer tuition).*
  

* We offer need-based scholarships for all summer camps. (If you have a current scholarship form on file, please contact us for scholarship rates for summer classes.  If you do not have a scholarship form on file, but wish to apply, submit the scholarship  application (above) with your registration form and we'll contact you with your scholarship rate.)

** Note: We reserve the right to cancel camps if we do not reach minimum enrollment.  Payment for camps is due one month before the start of the camp and if we need to cancel a camp will will notify (and provide refunds) to enrolled parents with at least three weeks notice.