Reading for Pleasure

August Asset of the Month

The asset of the month is reading for pleasure! Youth who engage and enjoy reading for three or more hours per week are more likely to have positive values and make healthy choices. Three hours of reading a week is only 26 minutes per day! Reading opens up a young person’s mind and can teach and inspire them to live a richer life! There are many ways to help young people read more.

Here’s how:

·         Give your child or a youth a book or magazine subscription for their birthday or a holiday

·         Ask a teenager to recommend a book for your child

·         Let your child read to you

·         Take youth to a book sale

·         Set-up a book club

·         Volunteer to read out loud to children at schools, libraries, community centers and/or child-care center, etc.

·         Visit the local library with your family

·         Make a book nook with fun comfortable seating and good light in your home

–Maya Angelou

The mission of the Healthy Communities-Healthy Kids Coalition is to engage Haddam and Killingworth youth and adults in efforts to educate, implement strategies, and change policy to advance the wellness of the community.