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Thursday, i\i]gust 17. 1989 - THE CHARLOTIS POST - Page SB RED B^K-T(T-SC iHelp Your Children To Become Enthusiastic Readers “ The first milestone tn a child's J^school career Is learning to ^yead. «■ But long before students learn ^to make s^nse of the letters and words on tiie page, they have be gun developing the skills and at titudes that will help make them readers. Betty Jean Foust, chief reading consultant for the N. C. Depart ment of Public Instruction, says reading skills and attitudes about reading begin very early In children. "Children who grow up watch ing their parents reading and epjoylng It learn quickly that reading Is Important and that It Is fun, not work," Foust says, "The whole foundation for read ing Is realty the parents." And, good readers tend to do well In school. They also tend to be well-adjusted, confident stu dents. , Foust offers a checklist of tips ■for parents who want to help their children become enthu siastic readers: „ • Read aloud to your children, • no matter how young or old they are. But don't read when the - child Is not calm or Is not Inter ested. Often reading aloud Is best done at a regular time, such as after dinner or at bedtime. • Surround children with books that have topics that Interest them. If your child loves motor cycles, find books that have mo torcycles In them. Often, the children's librarian at the public library can help find books on specific topics. • Read newspapers. Children love reading the comics with their parents. • Subscribe to one or more of the many chUdren's magazines available. Many "adult" maga zines, such as The National Geo graphic, offer children's ver sions, too. Be sure the magazines are addressed to the child since children love to re ceive mail. • Don't force children to learn the mechanics of reading before they are ready. Just prepare them to enjoy reading. • Keep pencils, crayons and paper around for children to Tips On Reading -Read aloud to children -Surround children with books -Read newspapers -Subscribe to more than one children's magazine -Prepare cldldren to enjoy reading -Keep pencils, crayons and paper around -Have fun reading Instill in your children an 'T can do” feeling -Let children cook with 3ml -Give your children lots of, experiences play with. Praise efforts to copy letters, draw or scribble. • Worry about having fun more than you worry about measuring the results of your efforts to en courage reading. This Is not a contest. • Instill In your children an "I can do" feeling. What does your child do well? Whatever It Is, praise it. The self-confidence that results will help them learn to read. • Let children cook with you. Recipes teach children several skills: reading, following direc tions and doing things In se quence. • Give children plenty of differ ent kinds of experiences. Take them to museums, concerts, farms and other places where they can broaden their experi ences. Children are more Inter ested In reading about chickens tf they have seen chickens. Bi-Lo's Computer Classroom Program GREENVILLE, SC - Shopping at Bl-LO grocery stores can help local schools receive free IBM computer equipment, according to a program Introduced recent ly by Marsh Collins, president of BI-LO. The "Computers for Classrooms" program - spon sored by BI-LO - makes it pos sible for schools K-12 to obtain free IBM computer equipment through the redemption of BI- LO cash register receipts. 'We are showing, by example, how the private corporate sector can directly enhance the push for quality education," Collins emphasized. "Equally Important, we are structuring our program at the very grassroots level of education, whereby principals, teachers, parents, students - everybody can get Involved." To receive the free IBM per sonal computers, printers and software, schools collect BI-LO register receipts throughout the 1989-1990 school year. Partici pating schools can receive a free IBM System 2 Personal Com puter by amassing $195,000 In BI-LO register receipts. There Is no limit on the number of sys tems a school can receive. Addi tional receipts can be used to obtain additional computers, printers, and software packages from the Bl-LO "Computer for Classrooms" IBM catalog. When a school collects the ne cessary volume of register re ceipts, It just drops them off along with a "Computer for Classrooms" order form at Its lo cal BI-LO store to receive Its free computer equipment. A lo cal IBM education specialist will then arrange to deliver and install the computer equipment and train school personnel to BI- BIG $38.® SALE Volunteers Can Help At Schools When school starts each fall, there are new teachers, new stu dents Wand, sometimes new principals, for everyone to meet. But some of the new faces are ' not school employees or stu dents, but volunteers. "We are grateful for the volun teers who continue to support public schools," State Superin tendent Bob Etheridge said. "The State of North Carolina could not afford to pay for the many hours of assistance volun teers offer, and yet all of the ser vices volunteers provide are Im- p>ortant." Volunteers read to children, design bulletin board displays, demonstrate crafts and science experiments, comfort sick chil dren waiting to go home, and help mail letters to parents. They help on field trips, shelve library books, sponsor after-school scouting programs, and lecture on topics of their expertise. This list Just begins to describe what volunteers do for children In North Carolina's public schools. The Department of Public In struction estimates that at least 165,000 citizens contribute their time to schools during one typi cal year. Together, their efforts equal more than two million hours of working for public schools and their students. The number of volunteers In the schools has been growing since 1977 when the General Assembly passed the North Carolina Community Schools Act, mandating the promotion of citizen Involvement In public schools. Only a handful of otlier states have such a legislative mandate. iVs the number has Increased, the type of person volunteering In the schools has changed as well. Volunteers are parents who don't work outside the home, working parents, retired people In the community , busi ness and government leaders and non-parents. Scheduling Is more difficult for such a cross section of people, but when volunteering sched ules can be creative, more peo ple are able to contribute. Work ing parents, for example, couldn't spare an entire morn ing to work In their children's school, but they might be able to come on their lunch hour and read with children. For Information about volun teering In your school, contact the school system school- com munity relations coordinator or your school principal. Back To School Savings a^ a® © 4i n MEAT MARKET & GROCERY FORMERLY LUNSFORD'S GROCERY 'Saves You Time 8l Money" Small & Lean Pork Ribs $1.69 Turkey Neck 5 Lb Bag $1.99 Fresh F^rer Leg Quaters 5 Lb $1.99 Short Ribs of Beef $2.19 |Bone in Chuck Roast $1.39 1 iPan Ready Cub Steak $1.99 1 1 We Sell Fresh Veal ^ 1 OPEN *7 *Xil 7 MON.-SAT. 'The Working Man's Friend" 372-3642 operate the new technology. To get the program started, LO wlU give each school that signs up for the program a $20,000 bonus receipt certifi cate toward the IBM computer equipment. School principals have received an Information package about the BI-LO "Computers for Classrooms" program. More Information on the program can be obtained by contacting BI-LO coordi nators at 803-234-1759. 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