When talking about the photocopied "books" that will be sent home for practice, the teacher said, "if you don't have books at home." Wait, what did she say? I mean, I know there are kids who don't have books, but I never really thought about the fact that there are kids THAT DON'T OWN BOOKS! It just breaks my heart.
So now, of course, I feel compelled to do something about it. Here's what I'm thinking:
I signed up to bring party favors to the Halloween party. Instead of wasting money on making something cute from Pinterest, I'm going to find a way to get real books into the hands of my son's classmates. Who am I fooling? I'm sure I'll include something crafty too, but these kids are going to get a book.
And I'm thinking my kids are going to use some of their profits from selling pumpkin muffins at our garage sale to buy books for Christmas.
I swear I'm learning as much if not more than my kid that's in school.
Are you going to join us?
**How to make it happen: We probably spend at least $1 per kid when we put together a party favor for a school party... right? Well, you can buy $1 books through Scholastic Books. If you order online and enter your classroom code, your teacher will be able to get a book for the classroom FOR FREE. So for what you are already spending, you will get a book into the hands of each child and a book in the classroom. How awesome is this?
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The kids are on board for Operation Every Child Needs A Book! I just ordered 26 books for the Halloween party and we are looking forward to using some pumpkin muffin $ to buy some more for the holidays :)
ReplyDeleteI love that you are doing this, reading is a very important value of mine. I used to be an Adult literacy tutor.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a child in school, but I want to help buy books. I don't have a "classroom" code. Yet, I have a code for a free book ($5) from some cereal I bought recently as well as several $ worth of "Box Tops" would you be able to use any of these?
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It's funny, Joe. I've always had a deep appreciation for the privilege of owning books... and being able to read them. I still have all of my favorites from when I was a child.
DeleteI would love to use the code to buy a book for a kid at our school! And I would be happy to donate the Box Tops to our school as well. I will email you and we can figure out how to make it happen.
Thank you so much!